Sayings Week 3: "Look Before You Leap"

           This is a great lesson of cause and effect and also about thinking through what you want to do before you do it.  To make it fun we used our marble run pieces and made a tube and tried to get the marbles into a tub. This required a lot of forethought on their part. The moved the tub around and then they tried to find just the right spot for the tube so it wouldn't move when they released the marble. You can do this too at home with a tube from wrapping paper or a couple of paper towel rolls and a tub of any size. The goal is to get the kids to think things through and to know that they can change things to make it right if it doesn't work out.

In phase 1 Benji stayed at the top of the marble run and Jacob adjusted the bin so it would work right

 *please ignore the clutter in the background!

 Phase 2: They could both drop marbles from the top of the run. That tiny blue speck below the marble run is the marble on it's way to the tub. They were so thrilled they ran marbles for about an hour!

How do you teach your child to look before they leap? I would love to know what you do so don't forget to leave a comment!

Sayings: week 2

"The Early Bird Gets the Worm"


This was a great saying for this week. It's meaning is, success comes to those who prepare well and put in the effort.  We brainstormed ideas where we can do well if we prepare and put in the effort. We wrote the saying in our journal, colored a pictured. We also did a small activity that required "planning" in order to achieve success using stacking cups. We had to lay them out  in the right order so they can be stacked without having them fall. Any activity that requires a "planning" stage would work great here too!

Sayings: week 1

Each week we will learn a common saying. This weeks saying is:
"A dog is man's best friend"
We talked about how a dog could be man's best friend and why it is a common saying. Then we drew pictures of a dog. A simple lesson and yet when the children hear others use these sayings, they will understands.