May
15

What’s in the Box Wednesday ~ Kindergarten

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Hi everyone! I have a new What’s in the Box Wednesday post for you today! What’s a “What’s in the Box Wednesday” post all about? Last year I did a weekly meme just to show what we were putting in our workboxes for the day. You can see all of my previous posts here: What’s in the Box Wednesday? I’ve had a few emails asking what happened to this series, and so I thought I’d share a sample of a day of work in the Confessions house: Today I’m sharing Tinker Bell’s workboxes…in case you’ve just found my blog, she’s in Kindergarten this year:   Drawer 1. In the top drawer she has a little tray of supplies that include pencils, erasers, a pencil sharpener, a pencil grip, a ruler, and a dry-eraser. Behind that in the black binder is our Grapevine Bible study and a pencil bag full of colored pencils specifically for Bible time. Drawer 2. In the next drawer she has her All About Reading workbook, and reader along with our Abeka Basic … [Read more...]

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Apr
26

What’s in the Box Wednesday: First Grade

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Welcome to What’s in the Box Wednesday! I’ve been trying to get back to adding in fun things to our workboxes lately! With the end of our year in sight, I’ve been slacking a little, but the kids notice and have requested more fun things. These were our first grade boxes for today: Abeka Reading Abeka Letters and Sounds Tape Measure It: This is a favorite! I give my son a tape measure, and a chart of objects for him to find and measure. He records the length of each object. On page 2 of the printout, he charts the objects based on length then lets me know which one was longest and shortest. Math U See Alpha Abeka Language iPhone Math Bingo: Another Favorite, anytime I can add in a fun educational iPhone app, they love it! AbekaLetters and Sounds Test A Reason for Handwriting T All About Spelling Level 2: I LOVE THIS PROGRAM! Have workboxes to share? Leave your blog in the comments, I’d love to see them! … [Read more...]

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Apr
05

What’s In The Box Wednesday: First Grade

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Welcome to What’s In The Box Wednesday! Today I’m sharing my First Grade workboxes with you. 1. Math U See: Alpha. You can also go to the Math U See E-sources, they have a ton of online activities, worksheet generator, loan calculator, investment calculator, and online math drills. 2. All About Spelling: I can’t say enough about this, my kids are doing really well with it. While I think some of the words are a little too easy, the phonics rules they’re learning are priceless! This makes for spelling of more difficult words much easier. 3. Abeka Phonics practice: I’m really just adding this in because we’re still using the Abeka worksheets and I want to make sure that we don’t miss something for those. Next year I won’t do this. 4. Handwriting: This is Abeka, but we’ve since switched to A Reason For Handwriting. My son likes it better and so do I. 5. Word Scrambles: These are to be used with magnetic letter tiles from Lakeshore Learning. 6. Abeka Language: 6. … [Read more...]

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Mar
22

What’s in the Box Wednesday: 2nd Grade

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Welcome to What’s in the Box Wednesday! Wow, I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile! But I do like to look back and see what was in our workboxes, so I thought I’d do one again. I have another one for First Grade coming up too. 1. Math U See: Beta. You can also go to the Math U See E-sources, they have a ton of online activities, worksheet generator, loan calculator, investment calculator, and online math drills. 2. All About Spelling 3. Abeka Letters and Sounds Test (I put the test and key in there so when she gets to that box I’m not searching all over for my teachers manual.) 4. Abeka Language 5. A Reason for Handwriting transition to cursive book. 6. Little Kids Adventure Bible. My 2nd grader does her own bible reading each day. This Bible says its for ages 4-7, but I find it works well for her. There are still nice illustrations and the wording is great for her age. They also have The Adventure Bible for Young Readers that’s for kids 8-12. 7. Typing. Right now … [Read more...]

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Nov
17

What’s in the Box Wednesday: Tot School

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Welcome to What’s in the Box Wednesday where I’ll be sharing my Teeny Tot boxes!    One common question I get is people asking me what I do with my Teeny Tot while we do school. Well, here’s my answer…workboxes of course! I found my Teeny Tot climbing on the older kids desks and pulling open their drawers and stealing worksheets, so I finally just gave her some boxes of her own with lots of fun colorful and SAFE stuff to get into. I don’t refill her boxes daily, I try to change them out weekly just because I’m lazy and also she doesn’t always get into them all. But if she’s being particularly pesky I’ll grab a drawer she hasn’t done yet and give it to her. So with that said, here’s what I put in for this week... Go fish game: She can use the suction fishing pole to grab the fish and place them into the boat trays. All good motor skill stuff! If you have time you can say the color of each fish she grabs. Number Peg Cards: These cards are foam and … [Read more...]

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Nov
03

What’s in the Box Wednesday: 1st Grade

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Welcome to this week’s What’s in the box Wednesday! I’m sharing my 1st grade boxes today.  You’ll probably notice I don’t put the Expedition Earth stuff in the boxes, we do it in the afternoon after our workboxes are done, so it doesn’t go in them. Nest Bible Video: Counting Money and Telling Time: Since Math U See doesn’t cover these topics as well as I’d like, I just added in a box to go over them myself. Every day i change out the amount of money in the box and he counts it and writes it on the white board. Then I spout out times and he makes them and writes them on the clock. Easy and fun! Math U See: Alpha Abeka Handwriting:   Abeka Letters & Sounds: Abeka Language: All About Spelling: Level 1 Abeka readers Pick and Draw Game: This is a fun drawing game developed by Rich Davis, if you haven’t checked it out yet I highly recommend it! If you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about when I say “Workboxes” click here to find … [Read more...]

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Oct
27

What’s in the box Wednesday: 2nd Grade

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Welcome to this week’s What’s in the box Wednesday! I’m sharing my 2nd grade boxes this week. Nest Bible Video:   Math U See Abeka Language/Phonics: A Reason for Handwriting T Talking Fingers Typing, Powerspeak Spanish All About Spelling, Abeka readers Animalogic game  Draw Write Now Series: Drawing practice Have boxes to share? Link up below! … [Read more...]

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Oct
16

Letter C for Caterpillar

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What’s in the box this Wednesday? Today I’ll share some of our preschool boxes for our Letter C week, this is always one of my favorites as the little caterpillar pieces are so cute! Here was my preschooler’s line up for today: A caterpillar number order game: Letter C writing practice: Caterpillar Lacing activity: Caterpillar color matching: Caterpillar counting activity: Caterpillar letter match: Large floor number game. (I call out a number and she hops to it) Here is our alphabet book page, letter C for caterpillar. I gave her several colors of foam circles and she glued them to the paper along with eyes and antennae, then drew on legs. Caterpillar number clips, I wrote numbers on mini-clothespins. Here she is matching the clips to the correct card. To download these games and see all of our Letter C activities click here! Click here to get more information on my Letter of the Week Curriculum! Visit our sponsors! Pick and Draw by Rich Davis! Easy … [Read more...]

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Oct
06

What’s in the Box Wednesday: Prek

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This week I’m sharing what’s in our boxes for preschool. We’re on the letter B this week, so that means Butterflies! Click here to see all of our Letter B for Butterfly Activities Click here to get the entire Letter of the Week Curriculum! 1. Calendar date and day of the week, the pointer stick is for counting the days of the month, we do it daily. It’s really helping her learn to count. Making the letter B with Magnetic Letter Builders Letter B practice worksheet (You can download the entire alphabet sheets here) Butterfly Counting Game: Butterfly Large Floor Numbers for number hopscotch Butterfly Beginning Puzzle Letter B lacing cards: Butterfly Counting game: Click here to see all of our Letter B for Butterfly Activities Click here to get the entire Letter of the Week Curriculum! What’s in your boxes today? Link up below! … [Read more...]

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Jul
08

Magnetic Mosaics

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Welcome to What’s in the Box Wednesday, today I’m doing it a bit differently and instead of showing all the boxes for a certain grade, I’m showing what was in our “Fun Box” that everyone received! A nice reader led me to these super fun Orb Factory Magnetic Mosaics! I like that they are re-usable. We’ve done the Sticky Mosaics, which are also fun, but once they’re done, well, they’re done. And let’s face it, they’re not cheap, so this is a great alternative! The only downfall is that the box came with enough to create 1 picture at a time, and with 2 kids trying to work simultaneously, well, you can see that there may have been a small issue. The other thing is that the sheets are VERY thin, so you have to be careful not to rip them. I am going to try and laminate them, but the magnets aren’t super strong, so I’m a little worried about whether they’ll still work. We’ll see… That said, we really did love these, and they still get pulled out … [Read more...]

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