Dear Sis,

We took some time off school when baby sister was born, so Daddy suggested schooling on weekends until we get back on schedule. Hence Saturday morning lesson:)

Our Daily Reading

Doreen Cronin is one of our favorite children’s authors, so naturally we chose the humor filled Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin as today’s fiction selection.

Our non-fiction selection is Ducks! by Gail Gibbons. It is packed full of great information and great illustrations, that young people can appreciate.

“D” is for Duck Letter Craft

Parent Preparation

• Print D is for Duck Template from Kid Soup, on white card stock.
• Cut out D, head circle, heart beak, and webbed foot.
• On yellow craft paper, trace and cut out D and head circle.
• On orange craft paper, trace and cut out heart beak and webbed foot.
• Provide a sheet of blue craft paper, glue stick, two yellow feathers, and one wiggly eye.

Student Assembly

• Paste D to blue craft paper.
• Paste webbed foot, head, and beak in place.
• Paste tail and wing feathers in place.
• Paste wiggly eye in place.
• Write or have your grown up title, name, and date your work, for your homeschool portfolio. 

5 Little Ducks Song

We printed this 5 Little Ducks lyric sheet From ABC to ACTS. The printable also includes duck puppets. We decided to use rubber ducks instead:)

We sang through the song twice. Stopping at each verse, to count how many ducks remained. When there were no baby ducks, we called that zero. 

Lucky Ducks Game

We played the Lucky Ducks Game as our shape lesson today. If you haven’t played before, this game takes two AA batteries to make the ducks swim round in circles. Each player sits in front of the shape they wish to collect. Taking turns, each player looks at the bottom of one duck to see if it matches their shape. If it does, they keep it. If it doesn’t, they return it to the board. Whomever collects all three of their ducks first wins!

Rubber Duck Counting Activity

Parent Preparation

• Provide 10 rubber ducks. We found ours in packs of three at Dollar Tree.
• Provide water in a tub, sink, dish bin, water table, or pool.

Our Process

• I called out a number of ducks to add or take away from the water. William counted aloud with each addition or subtraction.
• Then, we counted the ducks that were still floating around. We kept at it until I felt like we’d had enough practice.

William played with his ducks another 20 minutes before returning indoors:)

Love,

b