L is for Leaf

This week in school we learned all about leaves. It was fun collecting different leaves from outside and learning what kind of trees they came from. In our backyard we have a maple tree and a willow tree so we talked about those kinds of trees and learned about roots and how they help get water to the tree to grow.  Our biblical concept to go with the unit was, "I will live and grow in Jesus." For each unit there is a biblical concept that ties into what we are learning and it comes from a bible verse, they just break it down to the simpilist form and then we make a "badge" for each one. Here is Isaac with his badge for this week, although you can't read it.

 

Here are some the things we did this week:)

Daddy and Isaac went for a walk at a park and collected 12 different leaves. We used these to separate from color and size and also traced them.

 

We did leaf rubbings! Which is always a cool thing to do no matter how old you are!

Isaac colored and cut different pictures of things that start with "L." He is getting pretty good with those scissors. I have seen such an improvement since we started. I used to have to hold the page in place for him while he cut across, but now he does it all on his own.

Isaac colored different patterns and practiced writing the number "3"

Isaac used "Cuisenaire rods" to build different objects. These are good for learning shapes, patterns, math and colors. He really enjoys doing these!

 Here are the books we checked out from the library to read all about leaves. It was a pretty good week although I ended up just doing 4 days last week and 2 days this week. So tomorrow we will start our new unit on, "Apples," which is perfect because my fridge is full of them!