e is for egg - Home School Preschool

e is for egg

I think this craft flashcard of the "e" emerging from the egg is so darn cute. 
I am loving it.

Reading & Science -
The books we read this week are fabulous. 
I cannot say enough good about them.

Another good book by Ruth Heller - Chickens Aren't the Only Ones

This book has great illustrations as it teaches about which critters are egg layers.
I had the book as a kid & loved it.  I still love it.

An Egg is Quiet is a gorgeous book painted by Sylvia Long
with exceptional information written by Dianna Aston.

I am in love with the book.  We got it from the library. 
But, I think I need to purchase it. 

We also browsed the McMurray Hacthary catalog. 
(Someday we'll buy some chicks from them!)

Crafts -
We sang the Humpty Dumpty nursery Rhyme
& painted our own Humpty Dumpty eggs.

Each little humpty dumpty took a fall. 

Letter Recognition -

We circled all the "e" letters in these sentences.

• Would an elephant ever lay an egg?
• Eggplant in the garden adds extra elegance.
• Evan eats enough eggs every day to grow strong.

Penmanship -

We did our letter E tracing papers.

But, we also started finger writing in our new salt box.
I'll tell you more about that in another post.

Game -
Egg in the Spoon race!
They loved it. 
The eggs were hard cooked though.  :)

Bible -
We did a little object lesson with an uncooked egg & a hard boiled egg.
We tried to spin the uncooked egg. 
It just stayed where it was & barely wobbled.
We spun the hard boiled egg.
It spun & spun & went all over the table.
I talk to the kids about a heart that is soft & stays with Jesus.
But, a hard heart goes off to do its own things, and things spin out of control

We are also learning our E bible verse -

"Even a child is known by his deeds,

by whether what he does is pure & right."

Proverbs 20:11

Math / Shapes -
Most eggs are oval shaped. 
But, there are a lot of round ones, too. 
We went on a shape hunt around the house & yard
to find things that were also oval & circle shapes

Math/Size Comparison -
I made little egg flashcards for the kids. 
They lined them up by size.

Culture/Art -

We looked at pictures of Faberge eggs from Russia.

And, while we were doing that, we listened to a Ukrainian children's song
we have on our Wee Sing Around the World album.