Human Body Week

Week 2 Journal:

This week our overall theme is The Human Body. Our Bible theme is Noah and the Ark. The memory verse for the month is "Be angry and do not sin" Ephesians 4:26a.

Monday

Today is Library day, which means Benjamin had preschool story time this morning. The theme was Grandparents are Great, in honor of Grandparents day. He learned this very cute poem

Grandma and Grandpa Come to Visit

When Grandma comes to visit,
We like to play with toys.
We read a book, and sing some songs.
That's what she enjoys.

When Grandpa come to visit,
He likes to tickle me.
We take a walk, and then I jump up,
And Grandpa carries me.

One of the books they read that he really enjoyed was Grandma, it's for you! by Harriet Ziefert. It is about a little girl that wanted to give her grandma the perfect gift so she made her a one-of-a-kind hat.

For our theme today, we traced Benjamin on a large sheet of paper and cut out and pasted a heart, lungs, and part of the digestive system. We also drew on veins and discussed the basic functions of the organs we made. Benjamin LOVES science, so this theme really appeals to him.



















Tuesday

Today was Sprout Club for Benjamin. In addition to his home classes he went to Selby Gardens for his preschool class. The theme there today was the Rainforest. He learned about many types of foods that come from the Rainforest and he tasted all of the samples - cashews, chocolate, vanilla, coffee - he saw the poison dart frogs and watched a demonstration of a poison dart gun.

Checking out the poison dart frogs




This was Benjamin's interpretation of the hand and footprint bird.


Today we started our human body lapbook.








Wednesday

Today Benjamin went to the Moppets program while I attended MOPS. In his class he learned about baby Moses and this song that he has sung to me over and over again:

Itty Bitty Moses (to the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider)

Itty Bitty Moses was crying in his room,
Then came his mommy and sang a little tune.
"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

Into a tiny basket, the baby Moses went,
Placed into the Nile, and to the palace sent.
"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

Lovely Pharaoh's daughter saw Moses in the Nile,
picked him up and loved him, raised him as her child.

"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

I was impressed with how quickly he picked this song up. He was able to retell the story he heard because of it.
These are his papers. He apparently got distracted by drawing trains:)
(click on them to see them clearly)



Today we made "Inside-out-bodies". We had a lot of fun with this. Benjamin particularly enjoyed inflating his "lungs".







Thursday/Friday

Both of these days we worked on our lapbook and read from our library books. In addition to our other classes.