We read Look What Came From France and learned that a stethoscope was first invented and used in France. Ambulances, motion pictures, Braille writing and photography are also special gifts they gave the rest of the world.
Morning Warm Ups
We started something new this week with morning warm ups and activity/coloring pages. I'm finding that B likes to do these throughout the day so I created a box to put in all of the worksheets for the week. In the morning on whenever she feels like coloring or doing a worksheet, she can go to the box and pick it out herself. The only exceptions are handwriting worksheets and specific math or reading comprehension assignments.
Here are some of the worksheets included:
Bible Story
Our Bible verse was from 2 Timothy 1:7 - For God did not give us a spirit of fear. David & Goliath was our story to discuss from the Bible. We talked about the courage that God gave David to fight Goliath and how God wants us to be courageous in our lives too as we look for the calling God has for each of us.
Vocabulary
- illusion - a false impression of something
- mission - a purpose or goal
- bonjour - "hello" in French
- collage - artwork made by several things pieced together
- bum - someone who depends on others for their needs
- tramp - homeless wanderer or beggar
- organ - part of the body that has a specific job
- skeleton - the bones of our body
Proper Nous:
- France
- Paris
- Eiffel Tower (whoops! I misspelled it on our chart!)
Picture Books
There were a couple of great picture books that we read this week and really enjoyed. Everybody Bonjours! was one of them. There isn't a whole lot of reading in it so I let B helped me as much as possible. A little girl goes throughout France while on vacation with family and hears "Bonjour" at all of the major site-seeing spots before returning home from her trip to a "hello" from her grandma.
We also read City Cat, a story about a cat who tags along on a family vacation to some of Europe's hot spots. We are keeping the book for another week to read again as we study the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe.
Madeline
We read Madeline everyday (we were inspired by the FIAR bloggers) and the kids loved it each time. Its the cutest little story and it seemed like the kids noticed a new part of it each time we read it. In the story there are topics that can be pulled out for discussion. We discussed telling time when it was referenced in the story (half past nine, Visitors 2 to 4, etc.) and learned about our body's organs after Madeline has her appendix removed.
We also borrowed Madeline's Tea Party and I helped B read it. She was able to do most of the reading and we read it a couple of times throughout the week and talked about manners and caring for others even when they aren't nice to us.
We borrowed The Madeline Movie: Lost in Paris from the library and watched it together later in the week. Several of the reviewers for this dvd were very negative about how dark and scary some of the movie's scenes were but we had no issues with it. Madeline goes to live with who she thinks is her uncle and attend a "fashion school" but when she gets there she learns that he is a fraud and is taking her to work in a secret factory making lace. The lady running the operation yells at the girls and cuts off their hair when they won't behave. I watched it with the kids and explained what was going on when necessary but the kids understood that the man and women just wanted money and free labor, not to actually harm the girls. If you're worried about it, you might watch it for yourself before letting your child watch it.
We also watched the Madeline movie together on Netflix and enjoyed it. I love how the movie starts off retelling the original story with the language almost identical to the text.
I would have loved to purchase a little Madeline doll to sit in our living room throughout the week as we read and learned but I couldn't see paying the current asking price. The little dolls are the cutest and even come with an embroidered scar from having her appendix removed. Maybe in the future the cost will go down or I can find one used.
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse began his love for painting after finishing law school and falling sick. During his recovery at home in Paris, his mother gave him a paint box and the rest is (art) history. Some of his most unique work was done in his self-created style of "painting with scissors" in which he used cut out shapes to make collage style art.
We read Henri's Scissors and Drawing with Scissors to learn about Henri's style and prep for this week's art project - a collage!
Human body
The stories of Madeline and Henri having their appendixes removed inspired us to learn about the human body. We drew a life sized outline of ourselves and used body part templates from Confessions of a Homeschooler to cut out our organs put add them to the outline. I used PicMonkey.com to create a comic book outline of their faces to color and add to the body. They LOVED this project!
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We are continuing to practice telling time with the help of a Thomas the Train book we borrowed at the library. As I already mentioned, each time we read Madeline we pointed out the time references and reviewed "half past" each hour.
We also started the Singapore Math book this week and reviewed Chapter 1 on Monday. We worked on number bunches the rest of the week in Chapter 2. B used candy corn to practice this skill.
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There were a lot of books, ideas and resources that I didn't get to use this week either because of time or not having the resources. Some of these ideas are on my BKS Prep - France Pinterest Board if you're interested in checking them out.
Learning Resources & Media
I've tried to give links to any ideas that didn't come directly from my head. Here are some additional resources where I gathered information or resources.
- Learn about France
- Magic School Bus Episode 2: For Lunch and Episode 3: Inside Ralphie
- Justin Time - Too Many Cupcakes
Justin and Squidgy help a French baker with his cupcake order. - Cat in the Hat - Inside Your Outside
We didn't use this book but I typically like to use the Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That books in our lessons because they present so much information in a way that is educational and enjoyable. In the future, I'd love to use this book when learning about the human body. - Henri Matisse interactive website for kids
Has interactive features that teach kids about Matisse. The words are on the screen, however, so unless you have a child who is able to read very well, this might not be as much learning as it would be just general exposure to some of his art.
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