Andy and the Lion
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues him, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
This week we enjoyed learning about lions and reading James Daugherty's, Andy and the Lion. This adventuresome tale entertained us immensely. The story is dedicated to the lion sculptures that stand in front of the New York Public Library and this story begins and ends at a public library. The rest of the 3 part story is silly, adventuresome and totally unbelievable. The two tone illustrations add so much to the text and remind me of C.W. Anderson's sketched illustrations. Turns out, Billy and Blaze was published only two years before Andy and the Lion. Both Tristan and Ana enjoyed this story about a boy and "his" lion.
Our word for this week: lion. We talked about vowels and consonants and how vowels have different sounds. If there are two vowels in a word, they often take their long sound, as in lion.
For Math: we counted the pages of the book and the number of times the lion appeared, Andy and Prince. We also worked with our 100 chart, counting to 100 then by 10's, then by 5's.
For language: we learned about personification. I printed the illustration of Andy waking up with the sun winking in the window. Then the kids each made a story about the sun. (Another fun book we read this week that personifies the sunshine is Milkman by Carol Foskett Cordson.) We also discussed stories, true and untrue. Books (from the Library) can be fiction or non-fiction and we talked about books that we read for fun and others that we read for information. The Natural History section of the library contains mostly non-fiction books. We, much like Andy, enjoy choosing books about animals. I feel like it's crazy to say that we studied lions for science, because we re-checked books about lions that we've read before:) However, we also looked at some things on-line, (national geographic kids and such). Listening to audio of lion roars and watching a home video I took in 2011 at the National Zoo of the male lion roaring. We read Pride's Progress about the pride of lions living in the Bronx zoo in the 60's. The story was dry, however, the black and white photographs are exceptional and captivating. It was also interesting for us to learn about lions that lived in captivity. It is amazing that scientists say lions used to inhabit most of the land on the northern hemisphere and now they are found only in Africa and a small part of Asia. We marked on our dry erase map where lions used to live, and where they live now. I was surprised to learn that lions are considered an endangered species.
For art we made paper plate lion masks and drew animal tails, by hiding stuffed animals behind a box and then trying to capture the essence of that animal, with just the tail sticking out. We also colored stories using only two colors (a very interesting exercise).
For Social Studies we discussed kindness/friendship. We read the classic story The Lion and the Mouse. Thanks to a kind friend, we were able to enjoy the beautiful wordless version of this story illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. I just love how the children read this story to me. Beginning with the title on the cover of the book, a picture of a lion & a picture of a mouse. Truly an edition for all ages. We also read the story Eli by Bill Peet, another story about friendship. These two stories along with Andy and the Lion provided opportunities for compare and contrast discussions.
We also talked about dreams. We enjoyed the book Carousel by Brian Wildsmith.
During our morning Bible time, we were able to read stories in the Bible about lions. Daniel in the Lion's den, Samson killing a lion with his bare hands, David and Goliath (great exercise, find the lion in the story 1 Samuel 17) and finally Revelation 5:5-8 which talks about Jesus as both the lion and the lamb. We marked on our map where each of the Bible stories would have taken place and reinforced how Lions used to have a much bigger range.
Good times. We finished Charlotte's Web by E.B. White this week. We've been reading this one just for fun. In honor of completing the story I used the idea from Hands on as we grow to make a sticky spider web with paint tape and throw balled up paper flies at it. That's how we ended our week.
This week we enjoyed learning about lions and reading James Daugherty's, Andy and the Lion. This adventuresome tale entertained us immensely. The story is dedicated to the lion sculptures that stand in front of the New York Public Library and this story begins and ends at a public library. The rest of the 3 part story is silly, adventuresome and totally unbelievable. The two tone illustrations add so much to the text and remind me of C.W. Anderson's sketched illustrations. Turns out, Billy and Blaze was published only two years before Andy and the Lion. Both Tristan and Ana enjoyed this story about a boy and "his" lion.
Our word for this week: lion. We talked about vowels and consonants and how vowels have different sounds. If there are two vowels in a word, they often take their long sound, as in lion.
For Math: we counted the pages of the book and the number of times the lion appeared, Andy and Prince. We also worked with our 100 chart, counting to 100 then by 10's, then by 5's.
For language: we learned about personification. I printed the illustration of Andy waking up with the sun winking in the window. Then the kids each made a story about the sun. (Another fun book we read this week that personifies the sunshine is Milkman by Carol Foskett Cordson.) We also discussed stories, true and untrue. Books (from the Library) can be fiction or non-fiction and we talked about books that we read for fun and others that we read for information. The Natural History section of the library contains mostly non-fiction books. We, much like Andy, enjoy choosing books about animals. I feel like it's crazy to say that we studied lions for science, because we re-checked books about lions that we've read before:) However, we also looked at some things on-line, (national geographic kids and such). Listening to audio of lion roars and watching a home video I took in 2011 at the National Zoo of the male lion roaring. We read Pride's Progress about the pride of lions living in the Bronx zoo in the 60's. The story was dry, however, the black and white photographs are exceptional and captivating. It was also interesting for us to learn about lions that lived in captivity. It is amazing that scientists say lions used to inhabit most of the land on the northern hemisphere and now they are found only in Africa and a small part of Asia. We marked on our dry erase map where lions used to live, and where they live now. I was surprised to learn that lions are considered an endangered species.
For art we made paper plate lion masks and drew animal tails, by hiding stuffed animals behind a box and then trying to capture the essence of that animal, with just the tail sticking out. We also colored stories using only two colors (a very interesting exercise).
For Social Studies we discussed kindness/friendship. We read the classic story The Lion and the Mouse. Thanks to a kind friend, we were able to enjoy the beautiful wordless version of this story illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. I just love how the children read this story to me. Beginning with the title on the cover of the book, a picture of a lion & a picture of a mouse. Truly an edition for all ages. We also read the story Eli by Bill Peet, another story about friendship. These two stories along with Andy and the Lion provided opportunities for compare and contrast discussions.
We also talked about dreams. We enjoyed the book Carousel by Brian Wildsmith.
During our morning Bible time, we were able to read stories in the Bible about lions. Daniel in the Lion's den, Samson killing a lion with his bare hands, David and Goliath (great exercise, find the lion in the story 1 Samuel 17) and finally Revelation 5:5-8 which talks about Jesus as both the lion and the lamb. We marked on our map where each of the Bible stories would have taken place and reinforced how Lions used to have a much bigger range.
Good times. We finished Charlotte's Web by E.B. White this week. We've been reading this one just for fun. In honor of completing the story I used the idea from Hands on as we grow to make a sticky spider web with paint tape and throw balled up paper flies at it. That's how we ended our week.
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