We worked more with the letter a this week, which I think Eleanor liked, mostly because we had already done the handwriting sheets for a last week. She was able to read more short a words (But is it just me or do "am" words not really work as short a words because they don't say the traditional short a sound? I run into this at work all the time and Eleanor was having trouble with it, too.).
This week's writing was the retell a fable we had read. I read her the story about the Little Red Hen and the sky falling, but she kept confusing it with the fable she had just seen told on Super Why! that morning. So I just had her retell me that one. It came out okay. I'm just glad we were able to get it done.
This week we also read "Old Mother Hubbard" and made puppy chow to snack on. The puppy chow was a huge hit with everyone around here, so we'll have to make some more soon.
We also experimented with ice cubes, melting three in different locations and predicting which would melt first. She correctly guessed the one outside and was able to tell us why (because it was hotter outside). And we (gently) caught a butterfly in the backyard to observe for a little while before letting it fly free.
The big hit this week was our trip to the Natural History Museum. Last week we had read about dinosaurs in her science book and we had talked about them being extinct, with only their bones left for us to see. On Wednesday, when Matt was off of work, the three of us went to see some of those bones.
She liked the dinosaurs and loved the hall of gems and rocks. But I think her favorite part was scaring her daddy with the stuffed zebras!
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