Bible Story: Creation Genesis 1:1-31- most of our preschool work related to creation in some way this week just as it did last week.
Bible Memory Verse: Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Caleb and Hannah have both memorized this verse. Watch the video at the end of this post to see them reciting the verse.
Nursery Rhyme: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Songs: God Made Me, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, This is the Day, and Hannah added her own favorite from her class at church (I'm in the Lord's Army).
Other Preschool Activities this week: Creation Clothespin matching game, new egg carton shake, painting a yellow sun, swim or fly animal sort, creation book pages 4-7, animal/number match, bird feathers craft, red tissue paper heart
Preschool Stories: Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Who Said Red? by Mary Serfozo, and The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood. The kids loved these stories. Several nights they came into the school room before bed to get these books to take to bed with them.
In Kindergarten this week:
History: We read about what the Egyptian people were like- what they wore, what they ate, what their homes were like, etc. Caleb and I are still bored with this. I have too much knowledge and training about how to make these things fun and exciting to continue this way, but how do I find time to plan?
Read-Alouds: We continued reading The Boxcar Children and it continues to be our favorite part of Kindergarten. We have four more chapters to go.
Math: The math was still very easy for Caleb, but he REALLY didn't like doing it. He wants to just tell me the answer and move on. He can't stand practicing writing his numbers or coloring the answer. Right now we are just learning the numbers 1-10 which he already knows, but learning to write them (and correctly) is challenging. He can do it, he just doesn't like to. The only concept that was new for Caleb this week was tally marks but he caught on immediately.
Handwriting/Spelling/Phonics: Caleb practiced writing his last name and the letter "O". We talked about how God created the octopus and actually learned some pretty cool things about the octopus.
Science: More learning about weather and rainbows. Better than last week, but still an area that will require a little more planning on my part.
We did more scissor practice which both kids enjoyed. We studied another picture in an art book. This week Caleb was much more interested in discussing the art selection.
Bulletin Board after completing Week One
Bulletin Board after completing week 2
Hannah painting her sun.
Caleb painting his sun- made sure he covered EVERY white spot. When Hannah saw his completed she wanted hers back to do again because hers still had white spots on it. I didn't give it back to her, partly because I don't want her to think her's has to look just like Caleb's, but mostly because we still had lots to do and needed to move on. I know, I know...she is three, slow down, savor the moment, and let her create.
Creation Matching Game- Hannah LOVES these types of activities!
Caleb rebelling against completing his math work.
"Field Trip" to the dentist. Both kids got their teeth cleaned. Hannah insisted on sitting in my lap so I didn't get a picture of her. 
"I said, don't take any more pictures!" No kidding, that is really what he was saying here.
God created birds. We were also discussing the colors orange and purple.
Hannah is laughing because she covered her birds eyes with a feather, looked like a black blindfold.
She is sorting animals (swim or fly). If it was something that flies, she would put it in the right pile then flap her arms to "fly". Funny girl!
Creation concoction. We started with an empty bowl since in the beginning there was nothing, only God. Then we added yummy stuff for each day of creation. Day (cool whip), Night (chocolate chips), Sky (marshmallows), land/sea (green/blue M&M's), fish (goldfish crackers), Animals (animal crackers), and on the 7th day God rested and it was good. Eat up and Enjoy! They thought I had lost my mind giving them all these snacks at one time! 
We purchased an awesome globe to add to our school room this week. The whole family has really enjoyed "playing" with it. A surprising splurge for this frugal momma, but one I felt was worth it for the educational value. I am HORRIBLE at geography and would like the whole family to improve in this area. 
Climbing the dirt mountain in our front yard. Actually the day after this was taken our sod was delivered and laid. This yard project is finally almost complete!!!Other events worth remembering from this week:
1. Caleb had his hand on his head (to prop it up while whining about doing handwriting work). He felt the pulse in his head and said, "Mommy, feel my head, it is beeping like my heart!"
2. Hannah knocked all the month words and numbers off of our perpectual calendar. I asked Caleb to put it back together for me and while doing so I realized he can identify (read) the months of the year and put them in order. There are no pictures or clues on these to help he just knew them!
3. When we opened our new globe Caleb asked me where the sand was. He then pointed to Mexico which on our globe is brown like sand and said, "oh, here it is, is Mexico the sand?". I have NO idea how he knew that was Mexico. Then he gave the globe a spin, turned it to see the bottom and said, "look, here's Antartica". Amazed, I asked, "Caleb, how do you know where Antartica is?" He said, "because that's were Curious George went to look for the penguins." Why am I spending money on curriculum when he can just watch PBS all day? Just kidding, but seriously, he has learned quite a bit (of good stuff) from those shows. We do still need to limit his tube time a little more though.
Some sweet videos of some of my favorite memories from this week:
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