We started today's lessons with math. Jimmy finished his calendar work quickly & easily. Then we moved on to making a pictograph (which Jimmy kept calling a picture graph). We brainstormed different winter activites that Jimmy likes to do. Jimmy drew pictures of 12 of those activites on squares of construction paper, which we then graphed according to inside & outside activities. He had 7 outside activities & 5 inside activities. He was a little disappointed that there were 2 squares left empty on the graph, so I had to explain the purpose of a graph to a 4 year old. Needless to say, I rather wasted my time. =)
We moved onto LotW. Jimmy requested that we read the story about the Bible verse again, so I did. Jimmy is really started to grasp the concept of doing things "through Christ who strengthens" us. (If only I could grasp that concept...) The story was very, very easy for him to understand, too - it was about fights between siblings. Man, I love this book! After reviewing the memory verse several times, Jimmy practiced his handwriting. In addition to this week's letter, M, Jimmy also reviewed writing B & D (upper & lower cases of all 3 letters).
We finished up with Katy. Jimmy added today's weather (cloudy at the time he checked) to our weather calendar. Then we read the book. Afterwards, we took a closer look at the illustrations around the border of page 1. Those illustrations give us more information about Katy (such as her bulldozer attachment & a 55 horsepower diesel engine). We read the captions of each little drawing, and then Jimmy recited them from memory. He needed a little help, but I was still impressed with how much he remembered, especially considering that I don't think he understood that I was going to quiz him on it afterward! I guess I just gave my first pop quiz. LOL!
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