Cycle 2, Week 1 - Resources and Reminders

Hello families! What a wonderful first day we enjoyed together... it was such a blessing to see our whole community of families together and digging into the Cycle 2 memory work. My kids had so much fun and came home loaded with lots of new knowledge to share with us over dinner. Here is this week's round up of resources and reminders... I will try to post these on Mondays from now on. The first day left me feeling pretty wiped out! ;)

REMINDERS

1. We are going to add a second helper to the nursery each week to make sure our babies are cared for.  Savannah McNeil has graciously agreed to serve in this area! I'll also be in and out as I can and will help with any teeny babies who are too small to leave with the "crawlers".

2. Feel free to bring blankets so we can "picnic" outside like we did yesterday - that was so much fun! If the weather is bad, we can sit under the covered areas in the parking lot or eat in the fellowship hall or even at tables in the Masters 2/Essentials classroom.

3. We will start learning Ephesians 6 on Week 2.

4. Job Rotations for Week 2:

• Family Presentation: Harvin
• Nursery: Walters 
• Tables/Floors: Frady
• Trash: Nelson
• Playground Duty: Peterson, Harvin

RESOURCES

SCIENCE - 7 Types of Biomes

* Biomes Chart - http://sciencespot.net/Media/biomewebqst.pdf

* Biomes Video - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/236790892886927607/

GEOGRAPHY - Continents and Oceans

* Continents Coloring Sheet - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/242350023671345301/

* Continents Crossword - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/226939268695547393/

* Continent Hopper Activity - http://www.pbs.org/parents/adventures-in-learning/2014/12/continent-hoppers-see-seven-continents-world/

* Map Skills - Refer the the Cycle 2 maps in your foundations guide and practice identifying the continents and oceans. Older kids could draw the world map from memory and then label it.

ENGLISH - Parts of Speech

* Parts of Speech Flower - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/Ae1BNgyggt1Lzde4mD_J7-3qQLRW9GPlcajcFLinTtfwSPwgbfxEfOo/

* Try making an octopus with the 8 parts of speech on its legs.

LATIN - 1st Conjugation, Present Tense

* Use the song on the Cycle 2 CD's or app. You can also find many great visual cues for the Latin on CC Connected.

MATH - 1's and 2's

* Use sidewalk chalk to write your skip counting numbers outside.

* Play skip counting hopscotch

* Sing the songs while dancing, marching, hopping, jumping, or skipping.

* Caterpillar 2's worksheet - http://www.worksheetfun.com/2013/03/19/skip-counting-2/

* Fun skip counting video - https://youtu.be/oBas_4F-YzY

HISTORY - Charlemagne

* Make a crown from construction paper and act out the history sentence.

* Make a hat to represent Pope Leo 3 - http://www.solagratiamom.com/2013/08/wonderful-wednesdays-week-1-popes-and.html

* Charlemagne coloring sheet - http://www.hellokids.com/c_27174/coloring-pages/famous-people-coloring-pages/famous-french-people-coloring-pages/french-kings-and-queens-coloring-pages/king-charlemagne 

TIMELINE - 

* Play the song while working on other projects and practice putting the timeline cards in order.

FINE ARTS - 

http://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/2012/06/classical-conversations-fine-arts/

MORE FUN IDEAS...

http://gettinskooled.blogspot.com/2013/06/cc-cycle-2-week-1.html

http://everydaymemories-ari.blogspot.com/2013/07/plans-for-cc-cycle-2-weeks-1-and-2.html