Halloween Pictures

We had a great time trick-or-treating tonight!  Here are the boys before we left.



This morning Austin sorted fall colored pom poms into a muffin pan.  That was all he did school-wise, then he went off to play.

Gavin read out of his phonics reader.  He also read two books for Book It today.  He's already halfway through with November and the month hasn't even started yet!  He really wants another pizza!

In math we read another book about telling time that revolved around a soccer game.  Gavin really enjoyed the book and we moved the hands on our clock to follow along and figure out the time. 

For the rest of math today we focused on the concept of half.  First I drew two squares on the white board and Gavin put his finger in the middle of the squares.  We did this several times with the squares at different distances and Gavin did a great job with it. 

Then I drew half of an object on the white board and Gavin had to draw the other half to match.  This was difficult for him but we did several objects and he got a little better.  But it explains a lot about his artwork...

Then we got out the geoboard.  I made a shape and Gavin had to find different ways to cut the shape in half.  This was easy for him too!

Then we divided tiles in half.

We finished learning about our senses today and Gavin finished his paper body by adding his face, complete with eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

He glued his face to his body...

And paper Gavin is finished!  Gavin suggested we hand it up for decoration for Halloween and somehow that seems fitting.

This is the book we read for math.

These are the books we read for science.

And we are about halfway done with this book.  We are enjoying it and learning a lot so I'm not rushing to get through with it.

It's not officially November but I went ahead and switched to the new month anyway.  Our artist this month is Pablo Picasso and our composer is Frederic Chopin. 

Our Bible verses are Psalm 100:1-5

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before Him with joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is He who made us, and we are His;

we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to Him and praise His name.

For the Lord is good and His love endures forever.

His faithfulness continues through all generations.

These verses seemed fitting for Thanksgiving time.  Here is our poem of the month:

First Thanksgiving of All

by Nancy Byrd Turner

Peace and Mercy and Jonathan,

And Patience (very small),

Stood by the table giving thanks

The first Thanksgiving of all.

There was very little for them to eat,

Nothing special and nothing sweet;

Only bread and a little broth,

And a bit of fruit (and no tablecloth);

But Peace and Mercy and Jonathan

And Patience, in a row,

Stood up and asked a blessing on

Thanksgiving, long ago.

Thankful they were their ship had come

Safely across the sea;

Thankful they were for hearth and home,

And kin and company;

They were glad of broth to go with their bread,

Glad their apples were round and red,

Glad of mayflowers they would bring

Out of the woods again next spring.

So Peace and Mercy and Jonathan,

And Patience (very small),

Stood up gratefully giving thanks

The first Thanksgiving of all.



This morning we continued to practice telling time to the hour.  Gavin matched clocks to the digital time shown on the clock. 

Austin finished his caterpillar craft from Wednesday.

Gavin learned about how artists use lines today in art.  We studied the Japanese woodcutting, "The Warrior Hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune" by Kiyohiro to see how the artist used lines to tell as story even though there is no color like in a painting.

Then Gavin drew a picture of one of his (Actually Austin's) lacing toys using lines.

In science we learned more about our five senses and learned about how our ears work.  Then we made a Jack o'lantern pizza and talked about how we used our five senses to make a pizza.  We smelled the tomatoes and herbs in the sauce, felt the cold, soft cheese, smelled the spices in the pepperoni and felt the heat of the oven when we put it in to cook.  We also used our sense of hearing to listen for the oven to beep telling us it was hot enough and when our pizza was done.

It was a basic pizza but we put a Jack o'lantern face on top!

Here's what it looked like before we finally got to use our sense of taste!

Today Austin and I read these books:

Gavin and I read these books:



This morning Gavin and Austin got to watch a video about the life of Joseph since we have finished reading about him.  Then Austin and I read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' again and Austin painted an egg carton caterpillar.  We will finish him (the caterpillar) on Friday.

Gavin worked on cursive letter 'x' and then went ahead in his phonics book since I was apparently taking too long with Austin.

In math we reviewed telling time.  Then we played a matching game - matching clocks with the digital time shown on the clock.  It was just to the hour so Gavin didn't have any trouble with this.

Then we did the matching game we did yesterday matching the minute to the hour like 3 and :15.

I found a book about Renaissance painters that had a few pages about Michelangelo so we read that and then Gavin became 'Gavinangelo' and had to draw a Bible scene on the bottom of the Sistene Chapel, otherwise known as a piece of paper taped to the bottom of the kitchen table.  And he used crayons rather then paint.  He drew Joseph of course.  It was a little hard for Gavinangelo to get comfortable enough to draw.

In history we just read a few chapters in our Pilgrim book.

Today was the Halloween party at the boys school.  Austin went as a little knight.  He was very proud of his 'armor'.

Gavin was a Viking.  Here they are together.

Gavin did a ghost craft with his friends.

Then it was time to eat!  Austin decided to join the class by this time...he never turns away from a meal.

And the costume parade.  Austin had pretty much decided to join his brothers' class by this time.

Then it was time for more games - like this skeleton puzzle.

That was our day!