Spelling Lessons . . .

Yes. They're in their pajamas.
I offered either a Disney movie or Homeschool Review night . . .

You see what they selected!

Alphabet BINGO!

In Phonics/Spelling we are familiar with these letter: F B M T R A H P S I

In Handwriting, we've learned these letter: F E D P B R N M H K L U V W X Y Z C O

. . .and this is enough to play ALPHABET BINGO!

↑ "All I need is a "G." ↑

↑ "Or an "I" or "Y" ↑

↑ "BINGO!" ↑

↑ "What's this letter, again, Mom? ↑

↑ "Look! BINGO!" ↑

Selah Reads Words!

We're doing great on letter-sounds.

We're putting the sounds together now and reading real words!

m - a - t spells mat!

b - a - m spells bam!

See more phonics with handwriting below.

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Phonics & Handwriting

I'm pretty sure Abraham Lincoln learned to write on a chalkboard like this.

. . . And he probably had fun at it! . . . made his poor mama cry laugh.

Please don't confuse Shepard's excitement for folly. The Boy's a genius-in-waiting!

Today I learned. . .

Shepard:

I want to say, "I spell S-h-e-p-a-r-d. Shepard Goossen. An 'S' looks like a snake. It swirls everywhere like snake. Today I learned how to put it on [my fingers on the pencil the right way]. I think that homeschool is fun. My favorite book is "Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature."


Today I learned about weather: What to do when there is snow. Wear mittens. We learned about things that happen during winter months - like Valentine's Day. We make card for people. We make some Valentine decorations. Mom says we wait a few months from now.

My favorite thing today was learning the letter "B."

- Shepard

Selah:

I learned about making a letter "B." It's a long line and two curves and we learned things that start with letter "B". . . like bed, and boxes, and butterflies, books, and baskets.

My favorite reading book today was "A Treasury of Mother Goose"

We read about two sticks in a straight line and a chicken :

"1,2,

Buckle my shoe.

3,4,

Knock at the door.

5,6,

Pick up sticks.

7,8,

Lay them straight.

9,10,

A big fat hen.

11,12,

Dig and delve.

13,14,

Maids a-courting.

15,16,

Maids in the kitchen.

17,18,

Maids a-waiting.

19,20,

My plate's empty.

My favorite thing about today was learning how to hold the pencil right.

-Selah