FREE Butterfly Definition and Nomenclature Cards

Hello there!! Well here it is! According to the result of my "query" most of my readers wanted to have free Butterfly Cards... and as promised I am publishing it today together with the rest of my insect learning packs (available for purchase from my shop).

Now all you have to do is click the image below for the link.  I am really hoping that you will like it.  If you spot an error, feel free to send me a message or note and I will correct it ASAP.  The book that we are reading inline with this study is Are You a Butterfly (Book Depository).  I decided to give a little review of the books that we're using next week once we're done with this unit.  The butterfly and insect figures that we are using are from Safari Ltd Insects TOOB and Safari Ltd Butterflies TOOB. For the card holder you can check this Cards Display Box from Amazon US.

Next week, we'll be looking into the world of Arthropods!

Remember our study of the Animal Kingdom? And the Mollusc (Snail)? We're exploring these animals one by one to help Mavi familiarize with the groups and learn which animals belong to each group, their differences etc.

So next, we'll have insects, then crustaceans...and so on.

Here are the materials we'll be using for our Insect Study.  I have prepared them already ahead of time so I could save time and we might go back to the park to observe some insects in the pond or do a nature walk around our estate to look for bugs and ants.  If you are interested, click the images below to view details of each material or click the links below.

• The Ant Learning Pack
• The Caterpillar Learning Pack
• The Grasshopper Learning Pack
• The Insect Learning Pack

And below is a list of the books that we are using:

• Are You an Ant
• Are You a Grasshopper
• Are You a Bee
• Are You a Butterfly

Keep visiting the blog or keep liking/commenting/sharing my Facebook posts so you'll receive updates of my freebies, because I'll be sharing again a free file next week.

Well, that's all for now.  Have a lovely weekend!

For more FREEbies and learning aids, please check The Pinay Homeschooler Free Learning Materials Page.

Animals and their Habitats (Part One)

In this post I'll present how we conducted our Animal Habitats study at home.

Vito

Hello everyone! Say hello to the smallest member of our family... Vito. That's his blog name.  I'd like to call him that because unlike his big brother Mavi, Vito is bossy and demanding, like much of a Don LOL.

  

Well, our little Don Vito has always been with us during our lessons.  Just sitting there in his Mamas & Papas Baby Snug (Green) Amazon UK (Amazon US), watching, observing and listening to our discussions.

And his big brother loves it that he's around.  Mavi adores him.

But now that he's in the "curious" stage, I started giving him baby activities, starting with those that can develop his fine motor skills.

 

And most importantly, I have to train him how to love the outdoors.

Exciting times ahead for our little Don Vito, Mavi and I!

Reading and Writing Numbers

I make it a point to make our Math a little bit interesting for Mavi. Yes, like some kids, he doesn't like Math (yet). So whenever we do Math activities, I try my best to put some twist into it to make it more interesting for him.

For example, this case he's learning how to write and read 3 digit numbers (hundreds). As I mentioned before he has no problem with reading, but writing hundreds and thousands seems off for him.  Like, he writes 324 as 300 24.   So this activity aims to help him practice how to write the numbers properly.

I setup six container box and filled it with the number tiles from our Stamp Game.  I also added a paper strip into it with color coded lines to guide him where to write the hundreds, tens and ones digit (same color with the tiles).

 

He's ecstatic to open each box and uncover the total number. 

             

Arranging the tiles per column, he counts the hundreds (red), tens (blue) and ones(green) then write those numbers in the paper strip.  Then we practice reading the number, pointing that the zeroes are left behind.

 

Surprisingly, after finishing the 6th box, he asked if could do more Math.  So I took out our worksheet and work on some addition problems and I made him use our cube links.

  

He has an audience you see.

 

I observed that he only used the links when dealing with big numbers (tens) but otherwise, he uses his hands :) 

And there goes our brief update for our Math activities. I am still planning what to do this June and I promise to share my plans once I'm done.

For more Math-related activities: Follow Pinay Homeschooler's board Math Ideas on Pinterest.

Ciao!