D is for Dinosaurs

Monday Through Wednesday....
Officially we hadn't really discussed dinosaurs, because we didn't have any little plastic dinosaurs or dino books handed down to us by any older boys. Which means dinosaurs are like Kitchen Aid mixers, you don't find them at garage sales because you use them until they break.



D is for Dinosaurs is the unit study we are doing this week. The general curriculum for learning letters and science this year is My Father's World. (MFW). Today we went outside and measured 110 feet on the street and drew an Ultrasaurus. I say we, because they did draw the legs and mouth. After 32 feet, the whining won and I took over with the sidewalk chalk. If you look closely at the head, those are not antennae, those are plants, the Ultrasaurus is a plant eater.

We drew dinosaurs (Tyrannosaurus Rex and Diploducus) on Monday and made dinosaurs with playdough on Tuesday (Allosaurus and something from the Cretaceous period that looks like something from a Captain D's Combo Platter). God is cool, because what should arrive in the mail this week but Williams delayed birthday present, a plastic dinosaur. The boys each got one and have been playing nonstop with them.

As part of of MFW, almost everyday we add one more straw to our straw cup. We are counting to a hundred. Today is 45,that is 4 bundles of ten straws and 5 single straws. We also note the moon phase (M is for Moon) its a full one right now. Finally we have days of the week cards and we also also mark our calendar. The calendar is part of Saxon Math curriculum. This month we are coloring the days, yellow and green, following the ABB pattern. Next month will be AABB.

I also pulled out some used Georgia K12 curriculum science pages and we did some cutting and pasting of animals. I was just checking that we were following along with what the school district is teaching..... scanning.... scan.... (I am a speedreader)... Yep just fine.

Next time we will discuss our reading!