My body

 Ruth really enjoyed making an outline of her body and then labeling it. She wanted to write each word herself so I wrote on a scrap paper and she copied each word.
It was lovely to see how many names Ruth knew. We only put on what she could remember. When we spoke about ankles she told me that her ankle is what allows her to move her foot to walk. She then went through all the other joints in her body (including her spine) and told me how they helped her to move.
 She always enjoys painting but does not get to do it often. The paints that I mix always end up going mouldy but today I found some old finger paint that was now so runny that it worked really well with a brush.


We also had fun drawing the head outline of everyone else in the family to see how we all compare. Dad only just managed to fit on the paper.

Preschool Nativity Pack

I printed this Preschool nativity Pack off the Internet yesterday and Ruth and Hannah had a lot of fun with these pages this morning.

Ruth said "This is easy" :-)

"Jesus starts with ....."

And then the letters on her own. Good job Ruth.

Writing practice

Rachel has started learning to write in cursive and so I found a website where you can create your own writing practice pages. I decided this would be nice for Ruth to do. She often wants to write her name on her own - so this is good practice (without me having to do dots for her the whole time). And she works so nicely too. Good job Ruth.
Ruth really enjoys Rachel's 96 pieces Egyptian puzzle book. She had no problem building this one even with all that shiny gold.

And she does not get tired of her old puzzles either. I love how she just decides which one (or two or three) she wants to build in the day. I also love how Hannah wanted to copy her big sister. :-)

What animals Eat - Part 1

Today Ruth started on her Correspondence School work about What Animals Eat. This is the book that she is going to make.

She has really enjoyed talking about it all and drawing and writing in her book.

The first page about what animals we have at home. I drew the shape of the cow's head to help her and I also did some tiny dots as a guide for the side of the chook's body (after she had done the head on her own). She did the cat completely on her own. I was really impressed with what she did. She also enjoys writing over the dots that I do for the numbers and words.

Then we looked at what these animals eat. Her cat food packet ended up turning into a cat I think - so that one was not too successful. She is having so much fun having her own "school work" and it's surprising to realize how much she already knows.