Today is…Thursday July 21 2011

Reading, reading, reading!

We had a Gospel lesson about seeking counsel from the Lord, and not trying to puff our pride up:

Then (because I’d taken a moment to plan) we practiced some reading and writing. I had Giant read “j” words, and Ettin try and write “j”‘s.

Which, looking back, may just be the hardest letter for a beginner writer to write! A straight line, upside down rainbow. Dot on top. Definitely dependent on orientation. I probably should have had him practice “l”‘s or “o”‘s…But he loves is Baby Jaguar, and I thought that would be a great hook…

We also took some time to build with PicoCrickets!

We assembled the pieces:

Tested it:

And played with a PicoCricket Battering Ram:

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