Friday, April 24, 2015

Preschool Recap

We finish up preschool next week. Here are our favorite books from our final themes! Of all the themes we studied this year, Geography was by far my kids' favorite. Who would have guessed? They were fascinated by the maps and learning about the different kinds of places people live. They have also gotten very into their art projects lately. Annie has learned to write her name and knows all the answers to our catechism. Jacob knows them but is usually too busy to be bothered with answering.

Geography
Me on the Map, Joan Sweeney
If You Lived Here, Giles Laroche
Our World: A Child's First Picture Atlas, National Geographic Society

Spring
Planting a Rainbow, Lois Ehlert
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb, Marion Bauer
It's Spring, Linda Glaser

Easter
What is Easter, Michelle Adams
The Story of Easter, Patricia Pingry
A Tale for Easter, Tasha Tudor

Annie's choice: Seashells
Seashells, Crabs, and Seastars, Christiane Tibbitts
What Lives in a Shell, Kathleen Zoehfeld
Seashells of the World, R. Tucker Abbott

Jacob's choice: Dinosaurs
The Big Book of Dinosaurs, Angela Wilkes
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Byron Barton
Dinosaur Dig, Penny Dale

Summer
Beach Day, Karen Roosa
Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic, Steven Schnur
Summer Days and Nights, Wong Yee

This summer we will continue reading lots and lots of books, working on writing our name, learning our phonics flashcards, and having morning Bible time, but we won't be quite as structured. In the fall we will pick up with 4K and be a little more formal than we were this year, but not too much. There are plenty of years of learning ahead and for the most part we are just having fun right now!

No comments:

Post a Comment