Home Pre-K: Week 4

We had a lowkey week in homeschool pre-k.  The babies were a little fussy and I was feeling pretty rundown (plus there was like three million chores backed up) so we took it easy and spent most of our time outside and doing random read alouds and lots of catch with the football. 

We did however stick to some homeschool pre-k activities specific to our theme this week: leaves! It lined up pretty perfect as there are leaves just beginning to turn and fall from the trees so we had plenty to look at and collect. 

Rusty's favorite activity was probably the Guess What is Under the Leaf Pile activity (a freebie from TPT). He wanted to play it a million times (even though he already knew all the items under the piles) so we kept switching it up with him giving clues, or me making up different clues than was written on the paper to keep it fresh and fun. We also colored all the people on his Falling Leaves mini book (TPT freebie) and he laughed for a ridiculous amount of time when I surprised him by drawing a mustache and beard on one of the dudes. He was like, "Mum, he's a kid?! Not a grown up man?!" 

Unit: Autumn

Lessons: Leaves

Books we read:
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

Memory Verse
(sung to the tune of London Bridges)
Autumn leaves are falling down
falling down, falling down
autumn leaves are falling down
orange, red, yellow, and brown

Language Arts:
Listening to clue to guess hidden image
Giving clues so someone else could guess hidden image
Discussing favorite leaf attributes (color, size, shape, etc)

Math:
sorting by leaves by color
ordering leaves by size
recognizing numbers (fingerpaint leaf to match number)

Speech:
beginning S-blend sounds

Handwriting:
4 pgs (Rust has started doing this on his own while the big kids do their homework at night. it's become like his 'homework')

Science:
finding the direction of the wind by throwing a leaf in the air during a breeze

Art: 
Creating negative space art (painting around the leaves)

Physical Play:
Going on leaf walks