Oct 30, 2008
A Work in Progress
That is what this blog is. I cant decide what I want it to look like. So bear with me, I have no clue what I am doing! It might be a little wonky for a while but in the end I will get the kinks figured out.
A Work in Progress
That is what this blog is. I cant decide what I want it to look like. So bear with me, I have no clue what I am doing! It might be a little wonky for a while but in the end I will get the kinks figured out.
Oct 28, 2008
Africa Choir
So today in history we talked about ancient Africa. Not much is known about the continent because they didnt keep records. The kids liked it though and make amazing connections between life and our readings (I need to write these down!).
We made African necklaces and instuments (from the activity book, pictures to come later) which they are still enjoying hours later. :)
So next week we have the opprotunity to go see the African Childrens Choir. I think this will be an awesome way to see and hear more about Africa. We cant wait and I think the kids are going to love it!
Wanna check it out: African Childrens Choir
We made African necklaces and instuments (from the activity book, pictures to come later) which they are still enjoying hours later. :)
So next week we have the opprotunity to go see the African Childrens Choir. I think this will be an awesome way to see and hear more about Africa. We cant wait and I think the kids are going to love it!
Wanna check it out: African Childrens Choir
Africa Choir
So today in history we talked about ancient Africa. Not much is known about the continent because they didnt keep records. The kids liked it though and make amazing connections between life and our readings (I need to write these down!).
We made African necklaces and instuments (from the activity book, pictures to come later) which they are still enjoying hours later. :)
So next week we have the opprotunity to go see the African Childrens Choir. I think this will be an awesome way to see and hear more about Africa. We cant wait and I think the kids are going to love it!
Wanna check it out: African Childrens Choir
We made African necklaces and instuments (from the activity book, pictures to come later) which they are still enjoying hours later. :)
So next week we have the opprotunity to go see the African Childrens Choir. I think this will be an awesome way to see and hear more about Africa. We cant wait and I think the kids are going to love it!
Wanna check it out: African Childrens Choir
Oct 23, 2008
An update
It has been brought to my attention today (Thanks Liz!) that I havent updated for a long time.
We are plugging along with Math and Reading. Caitlin still loves math and the things we were struggling with earlier in the term have now been overcome. She has started doing a lot more independently and is taking pride in the fact that she knows her numbers and knows what comes before and after. She is doing great with Reading also. We are on lesson 40 in our book. She is memorizing a lot of site words and is becoming a lot faster on her skills. Its great to see her picking out words in other places than just her books.
Art Poetry is going great. We have covered William Blake (a personal favorite), Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Charles Lamb, and Rudyard Kipling. I have the kids close their eyes while I read the poem through one time. The we talk about what the poem means and the choose key words and then draw or paint them. They love doing it and often beg for extra poems throughout the week. Next term I will schedual at least 3 poems a week because they do love them so much.
We are plugging along with Math and Reading. Caitlin still loves math and the things we were struggling with earlier in the term have now been overcome. She has started doing a lot more independently and is taking pride in the fact that she knows her numbers and knows what comes before and after. She is doing great with Reading also. We are on lesson 40 in our book. She is memorizing a lot of site words and is becoming a lot faster on her skills. Its great to see her picking out words in other places than just her books.
Art Poetry is going great. We have covered William Blake (a personal favorite), Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Charles Lamb, and Rudyard Kipling. I have the kids close their eyes while I read the poem through one time. The we talk about what the poem means and the choose key words and then draw or paint them. They love doing it and often beg for extra poems throughout the week. Next term I will schedual at least 3 poems a week because they do love them so much.
History is going great. We just covered Ancient China on Monday. We were supposed to make Ming Bowls but we lost motivation and I didnt have all the fun things we needed (like clay). Ian really likes being part of our history studies. Both the kids can pick out Egypt, India, China on the map and also the Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Yangteze and Nile rivers. They love to talk about it.
Our time line book that I made is working out really well. The kids like to paste their person (or place) in the book and then flip through until they find their pictures. It gives them a visual for how long ago it was I guess. They think it is pretty cool.
Our time line book that I made is working out really well. The kids like to paste their person (or place) in the book and then flip through until they find their pictures. It gives them a visual for how long ago it was I guess. They think it is pretty cool.
So there is a pretty lame run down of the last few weeks. I have pics but they are stuck on the camera until I go to Wal-Mart tonight. I will try and spiff things up a bit here in the next few days.
An update
It has been brought to my attention today (Thanks Liz!) that I havent updated for a long time.
We are plugging along with Math and Reading. Caitlin still loves math and the things we were struggling with earlier in the term have now been overcome. She has started doing a lot more independently and is taking pride in the fact that she knows her numbers and knows what comes before and after. She is doing great with Reading also. We are on lesson 40 in our book. She is memorizing a lot of site words and is becoming a lot faster on her skills. Its great to see her picking out words in other places than just her books.
Art Poetry is going great. We have covered William Blake (a personal favorite), Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Charles Lamb, and Rudyard Kipling. I have the kids close their eyes while I read the poem through one time. The we talk about what the poem means and the choose key words and then draw or paint them. They love doing it and often beg for extra poems throughout the week. Next term I will schedual at least 3 poems a week because they do love them so much.
We are plugging along with Math and Reading. Caitlin still loves math and the things we were struggling with earlier in the term have now been overcome. She has started doing a lot more independently and is taking pride in the fact that she knows her numbers and knows what comes before and after. She is doing great with Reading also. We are on lesson 40 in our book. She is memorizing a lot of site words and is becoming a lot faster on her skills. Its great to see her picking out words in other places than just her books.
Art Poetry is going great. We have covered William Blake (a personal favorite), Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Charles Lamb, and Rudyard Kipling. I have the kids close their eyes while I read the poem through one time. The we talk about what the poem means and the choose key words and then draw or paint them. They love doing it and often beg for extra poems throughout the week. Next term I will schedual at least 3 poems a week because they do love them so much.
History is going great. We just covered Ancient China on Monday. We were supposed to make Ming Bowls but we lost motivation and I didnt have all the fun things we needed (like clay). Ian really likes being part of our history studies. Both the kids can pick out Egypt, India, China on the map and also the Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Yangteze and Nile rivers. They love to talk about it.
Our time line book that I made is working out really well. The kids like to paste their person (or place) in the book and then flip through until they find their pictures. It gives them a visual for how long ago it was I guess. They think it is pretty cool.
Our time line book that I made is working out really well. The kids like to paste their person (or place) in the book and then flip through until they find their pictures. It gives them a visual for how long ago it was I guess. They think it is pretty cool.
So there is a pretty lame run down of the last few weeks. I have pics but they are stuck on the camera until I go to Wal-Mart tonight. I will try and spiff things up a bit here in the next few days.
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