Summer School: Sunflower Week

We kicked off our home-based "summer school" with Sunflower Week. The curriculum was ambitious, but my little chicks followed it with enthusiasm. We read a lot about sunflowers (This Is the Sunflower and Sunflower House were favorites), then we made paper plate sunflowers with seeds glued in the middle. We practiced measuring and cut stems to match each girl's height in inches, then planted them on the wall.

Selby practiced telling time and writing numbers on a sunflower clock. And writing skills were used in the creation of original sunflower poems.

A science lesson was centered around the planting of sunflower seeds. Selby measured the spacing of the seeds and created a chart to follow their growth... much to our surprise, they sprouted in just 3 days! Only one week later, they were ready for planting in the yard.

Of course, we had some fun in the kitchen, making Sunflower Seed Bread and Sunflower Mini Cupcakes.

Finally, the girls received an art & social studies lesson on Van Gogh by professional artist Nana. While at her house, they also made these sunny headbands with felt.

Join us next week to hear all about Pond Week, now in session!

*Skills used in Sunflower Week: reading, telling time, measurement, graphing, number review, letter practice and writing words & sentences.