Today we continued our studies with "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel".
We began our day on the deck because it was such a perfect morning. The weather was beautiful. We enjoyed listening to the book on CD with bag pipe and symphony music in the background. Luke discovered a dot to dot of Mary Anne on the CD jacket cover, so I made a copy and he completed it. After that he wanted to color the Mary Anne from the dot to dot. He completed picture with a drawing of Mike Mulligan at her side. Luke even illustrated dirt coming from her mouth and a large hole in the ground that the old steam engine had dug. Next, we moved our lesson from the table to the sandbox and played with our very own Mary Anne, even though she wasn't the color red. Luke created one story after another with Mike, a
lego man in overalls, and his trusty steam shovel. He constructed roads, cellars, canals, and more. As we played we were able to discuss many aspects of the story like how Mike took great care of Mary Anne and how she was able to keep on working despite being old. We discussed how God
wants us to take care of the things he gives us. We also thought about how even when things grow old they are still useful and God still has a plan for them, just like when Mary Anne was used at the end of the story as a furnace instead of being thrown away with all the other steam engines.
We continued our studies with a geography lesson; learning the cardinal signs of the map, North, East, South, West. Luke completed a map of the imaginary town from our story,
Popperville.
It was such a joy to be with Luke this morning and watch him learn to love learning! We were in God's creation learning and taking in our very own beautiful back yard. As we played we saw a flock of geese fly overhead and we speculated on where they were headed. We also saw a monarch butterfly and wanted it to land so we could get a picture of it. There was a fairly good sized lizard with a blue tail that ran up the wall as we dug through the sand toys. It was just a banner day at our little school of one! Perhaps the greatest fun of all was watching our crazy dog Sarah run as fast as she could through the yard with her big goofy grin!! We pretended she was Mary Anne and was digging and working as fast as she could and she seemed to play along running faster and faster as we cheered!! This was a great day of love, laughter, and learning!! Thank you Lord for this awesome opportunity! May we have many more days like this one! We are still enjoying k5 in our cozies!
We began our day on the deck because it was such a perfect morning. The weather was beautiful. We enjoyed listening to the book on CD with bag pipe and symphony music in the background. Luke discovered a dot to dot of Mary Anne on the CD jacket cover, so I made a copy and he completed it. After that he wanted to color the Mary Anne from the dot to dot. He completed picture with a drawing of Mike Mulligan at her side. Luke even illustrated dirt coming from her mouth and a large hole in the ground that the old steam engine had dug. Next, we moved our lesson from the table to the sandbox and played with our very own Mary Anne, even though she wasn't the color red. Luke created one story after another with Mike, a lego man in overalls, and his trusty steam shovel. He constructed roads, cellars, canals, and more. As we played we were able to discuss many aspects of the story like how Mike took great care of Mary Anne and how she was able to keep on working despite being old. We discussed how God wants us to take care of the things he gives us. We also thought about how even when things grow old they are still useful and God still has a plan for them, just like when Mary Anne was used at the end of the story as a furnace instead of being thrown away with all the other steam engines.
