What is his name again mommy?

This afternoon, Edward suddenly got really quiet. I called through the house for him but couldn't find him. I went outside to see if he was out there playing. At first I couldn't see him at all (my heart began to drop) then I looked over our fence to our neighbors yard and there was Edward "helping" our elderly neighbor work on his bright yellow moped scooter. He always is coming in the house and asking me the neighbors name. I think it is cute that Edward wants to help him. The other day, Edward brought in flowers from the neighbors garden that he cut for him. We put them on a vase and put them on Edwards desk. Don't worry the neighbor doesn't allow Edward in his house and his wife is there. He tells Edward to come tell me that he is helping him. I think Edward does but I think it comes out a different way...he is showing the neighbor something (usually something to do with his trains). Edward doesn't have any grandpas around so this is a blessing for him. I did go over with Edward today though that he isn't to go any further than the neighbors yard, he can't go in their house or garage. He is to let us know know that he is over there. If he breaks any of these rules, he will not be allowed to go over there to "help".

It's A Cell

Today in Co-op Class the children learned about the last days of Creation. The listened to stories about this subject and had a snack of different types of fruits. Mrs. Friesen, the teacher, had the children looking through a high power microscope at plant cells and human cells. After this the children made cells using a ziplock bag, jello, a grape and a couple of raisins. She got this activity from a science curriculum called, God's Design For Life, by Richard and Debbie Lawrence. Our cells have 5 parts (the children made these): 1. The Cell Membrane, represented by the zip lock bag 2. The Nucleus, the "brain" of the cell, represented by the large red grape 3. The Vacuoles, which are storage "warehouses" that store food for the cell 4. The Mitochondria, the cell's "power stations", represented by the raisins 5. The Cytoplasm, represented by the jello In addition to these 5 parts, plant cells also have: 6. The Cell Wall, represented by a shoe box 7. The Chloroplasts, the "power plants", where plants make their own food, represented by green grapes (cut into 4th's)

Creation Cut Outs

Edwards Co-op Class did Creation Cut out picture project. Edward is the one up in the Right Hand Corner (with the white horse). Unfortuantly I didn't think to get a better picture of his. I was taking pictures for the class this morning.

Look What I Wrote

Last Saturday, Edward wrote his name all by himself on this chalkboard. I do have to admit it was hard not to help him. I stood behind the easel so I couldn't see what he was doing, to help him or correct him. I want him to see that he could do it all by himself. He was so proud of himself. It was so cute.

By George He's Getting

Today during school like every day for the past 5 1/2 weeks we have been working our way through the alphabet. We are up to Ff now. Everyday we begin with saying the letters and their sounds. Today like every day I ask Edward the sounds that the letters make to see if he knows them before I begin reviewing them with him. He successfully made the A B C and D sounds with no help or reviewing of them. I am so proud of him. He is also working very hard on writing his name all by his self. It is just amazing to watch his learning grow every day.

Hands on Daddy

For those of you who might be wondering if Kirk helps at all with Edwards Homeschooling, I am proud to say that he does. I bought Folders (like the ones the kids bring home in Elementary school), one is See What I Did Folder (this holds all of the work Edward did for the day), one is My Homework Folder (this holds things that Daddy needs to help Edward with when he gets home....like todays was making a list of things that we have in the house that are made from or contain apples in them and the other was coloring red , green and yellow apples (daddy is taking this one to his office to hang it on his board at his work)) and the 3rd one (we wont start using this one yet) is a Reading Folder. Kirk helps with Edward Homeschooling on a daily basis. When Kirk got home tonight they worked on Edward counting to 20 and writing Edward's name besides doing his homework. It is nice hearing them working together. Kirk is so encouraging and patient with Edward.

Apples, Apples, Apples this weeks Curriculum

This week I've added a weekly theme to Edwards Homeschool Lessons. This week is apples. Today we stamped with paints and apples. We are doing a science experiment with two pieces of Apples, one has lemon juice on it and the other doesn't. We are going to see what happens to the two pieces of apple. We also about 4 types of Apples at the store today, a granny smith, a honey crisp, a Golden Delicious and a Gala. We tasted them and talked about difference in taste, look and texture. We also made a book about Apples. Tomorrow we will be making another book about apples using words we come up with to describe Apples. We've also been reading a poem by Robert Frost titled: After Apple Picking. This week we are also working on the letters Ee and Ff. Circle is our shape and Yellow, Black and White are our colors. 4 is the number of the week. Our Memory Verses is Genesis 1:3 "God said let there be light and there was light." We have been learning about light and shadows this week. We measured a trees shadow yesterday in the morning, then went back at 2pm to see where the shadow was at that time. Today we used a pencil and a flashlight to see how a sundial worked. We've been reading books on how a apple tree grows an apple and a great book called the Genesis of It All. We have also been working on Rhyming words and Beginning sounds. We have also been working on Edward writing his name all by himself without my hand steadying his. He is doing pretty good at it. We are very proud of him.