Cain and Abel-Plus some math!!

Yesterday we read the story of Cain and Abel.  We talked for a long time about the two of them and Goose was really interested in the story (she loves the story Adam and Eve too).

Today we made a lamb and wheat craft to symbolize the gifts Cain and Abel gave to God.  We reviewed again and Goose remembered everything we read about the day before.

One issue I am having with these old testament stories is that God is so angry and very unforgiving.  I am having a hard time knowing how to explain this when it comes up (which won't be for a long time I hope).  I don't think I even have the answer to why He was so unforgiving but now is very forgiving.



On another note, our new math program came in today.  After much research and consideration, I decided to go with Horizons math.  I feel it goes well with common core, which I use as my curriculum.  It's a good foundation and I have other workbooks already if I need to supplement.  We did the first four lessons today and she just flew through it!  It was all a review of what she knows already.  Soon enough it will cover new things and I'm sure we'll have to slow down.

One to One Correspondence-fish!

I printed a large empty fish tank for Goose.  Then on another piece of paper I would write numbers.  I'd ask her to tell me the number, then put that number of fish into the tank.

Simple and fun!

Counting, number recognition, one to one correspondence

We continue on with our winter unit.  Today we practiced reading numbers on mittens and glued down Honeycomb cereal to match the number on the mitten.

Skills needed:

Number recognition

Fine motor

Counting items (which is harder than just rote counting)


DD knows how to use glue, but if you are worried about your toddler making a mess, use hand over hand to get globs of glue down on the mitten.  I used my electronic cutter to make the mittens.

Making sure she has two pieces for her mitten

Putting globs of glue down-she tends to use too little glue, so I have to encourage her to use a bit more

Putting pieces down on her glue globs

The final project!  She did great!