Bible
Learned about different essential oils used in Bible times. Got to smell 9 of them.
Weekly Sunday School Attendance
Weekly Awana attendance
Awana verses:
John 20:31
Psalm 118:1
1 John 4:19
Genesis 1:1
Romans 3:23
John 17:17
Learning the books of the new testament.
-Each week Large group stories are leading the kids through the bible starting in Genesis
-Learning about creation
-Learning about a missionary. Finding where they live on a map, finding out what they do to help others. Sharing this with an Awana leader.
Math
Right Start Math
-patterns
-tallying
-adding with tally sticks
-adding with abacus
-adding practice
-subtraction practice
-creating bar graphs from information
Using geoboards to make shapes and patterns.
Language Arts
Daily reading practice
Daily writing practice
Read Aloud
Tornado
Reading Buddies with Pippa
- Read The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spire. Pondered Genesis 1:1. Sang Jesus loves me.
-Shared things they had made. Jordan made a Lego creation. Read Family by Isabell Monk. Discussed John 3:16. Sang Father Abraham.
-Discussing family. Read Circus Ship. Sang circle of Friends.
-Read The Three Snow Bears. Shared favourite Christmas things. Recited verse. Sang Frosty The Snowman.
Alex shared his research project with reading club.
They shared poetry.
-Writing simple sentences through copywork, based on illustrations drawn by Alex.
Drawing illustrations to go with scenes from James and the Giant Peach. I write their narrations.
Alex wrote an acrostic poem
Science
Bag in the Wind-story of recycling
Making recycled creations.
Read The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute
Watched Magic School Bus episode about recycling.
Coloured picture about recycling.
Watched Mighty Machines about recycling
Franklin plants a tree.
Working on a Pebble Go research assignment for reading club. Alex is learning about Cheetas. Watched Kratt Brother show about cheetas. Watched episode on cheetas from Wild Kratts.
Cheetah show on Discovery Education.
Read two books on habitats. One on grasslands, one on the savannah. Compared the similarities and differences of each habitat. Looked at vegetation and animals.
Coloured a worksheet showing the grasslands and four animals that live on it.
Sinking and Floating.
-Did an experiment where Alex put different items into water and made predictions as to whether or not the items would sink or float.
Watched Magic School bus on sinking and floating.
Learning about the three states of matter.
Watched Magic School Bus about water cycle.
Drew a picture on a griddle using crayons to watch the crayons change from solid, to liquid. Alex drew a picture of Adam and Eve to show creation.
Started a rock crystal garden to see how they grow.
Completed worksheet labeling Living and non-living.
Simple Machines.
Watching Brain Pop Jr video on simple machines.
Read Berenstain Bears Simple Machines.
Drawing pictures of created machines and finding the various simple machine parts.
Making catapults out of popsicle sticks to shoot marshmallows.
Creating things out of K/nex. Made a car.
Watched Brain Pop video on rocks and minerals, slow land changes, fast land changes, soil, landforms and fossils.
Social Studies
Learning about Scotland for family project.
Learned about modern transportation. Rode on the skytrain in Vancouver.
Spent time in the seniors home visiting with the seniors. Alex gave out lot's of hugs and smiles. He initiated a game of balloon toss with one of the residents. They played for nearly 10min together. Smiles on both their faces.
Celebrated Poppa's 100th birthday! Also spent time visiting with great aunts aged 99 (almost 100!) and 95.
Read, "Three Names" and looked at all the ways that things were different "then" to how they are "now". Jordan drew a picture of a horse drawn carriage to show "then" and a horseless carriage (car) to show "now".
Read, "Mike Mulligan" and looked at how things differed from "then" and "now".
Read, "Hannah's Cold Winter" and looked at "past" and "present".
Playing board games to practice cooperation.
Fine Arts
Alex made a creation using things from around his room.
Beginning to prepare for piano lessons. Practicing playing keys softly, loudly, quickly, slowly, recognizing black keys, white keys, wallboard, etc.
Attended piano recital.
Alex started piano lessons Jan5. He loved his class! We originally thought the boys could split a 1/2 hour lesson but it quickly became apparent that their enthusiasm requires a full 1/2. They quickly moved 1/2 way through the beginner theory book. They have practiced daily and are looking forward to weekly lessons.
Creating collages with feathers, leaves, paper, etc.
Making beaded candy canes.
Creating recycled creation
Learning to make reflections through art.
Learning about symmetrical. Created butterfly art.
Learning to use Draw Write Now.
Made "Icy" winter pictures with paint and salt.
Created Christmas ornaments with lockets, paper, stickers, glue, etc.
PE
Bike riding.
Weekly large group Awana games.
Sledding.
Snow shovelling.
Snow fort building.
Weekly skating. Alex is progressing from simple walking motion to beginning to skate faster and more efficiently. He has great tenacity and works hard.
Weekly swimming. Alexcan swim without a life jacket for short distances and we are practising increasing this distance each time we go.
Health and Career
Abeka Health:
Courtesy through kindness
Learning to wait patiently in a waiting room during 3 separate eye doctor appointments that I had to attend.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. video on hand washing and colds and flus.
Created a poster showing how to prevent illness.
Safety
Discussing road safety, house safety, earning road signs and poison symbols. Finding dangers in a picture of the kitchen and living room in a house.
fire safety.
Practiced reciting our address and dialing 9-1-1.
Practiced a fire drill through various scenarios and reviewed our meeting place.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. Fire safety, signs and road safety. Took the easy quizzes and received 5/5.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. on rights and responsibilities. Discussed responsibilities that Alex has. Alex drew a picture to show one of his responsibilities.
Family
Read Friends for Life a book about adoption
Discussed different kinds of families. Discussed how families can look so different and yet be so much the same. Single parent families, families with kids, families without kids, kids raised by grandparents, etc. Discussed what it means when parents are separated.
Drew family portraits.
Learned about different essential oils used in Bible times. Got to smell 9 of them.
Weekly Sunday School Attendance
Weekly Awana attendance
Awana verses:
John 20:31
Psalm 118:1
1 John 4:19
Genesis 1:1
Romans 3:23
John 17:17
Learning the books of the new testament.
-Each week Large group stories are leading the kids through the bible starting in Genesis
-Learning about creation
-Learning about a missionary. Finding where they live on a map, finding out what they do to help others. Sharing this with an Awana leader.
Math
Right Start Math
-patterns
-tallying
-adding with tally sticks
-adding with abacus
-adding practice
-subtraction practice
-creating bar graphs from information
Using geoboards to make shapes and patterns.
Playing match the numbers.
Language Arts
Daily reading practice
Daily writing practice
Read Aloud
Tornado
Reading Buddies with Pippa
- Read The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spire. Pondered Genesis 1:1. Sang Jesus loves me.
-Shared things they had made. Jordan made a Lego creation. Read Family by Isabell Monk. Discussed John 3:16. Sang Father Abraham.
-Discussing family. Read Circus Ship. Sang circle of Friends.
-Read The Three Snow Bears. Shared favourite Christmas things. Recited verse. Sang Frosty The Snowman.
Alex shared his research project with reading club.
They shared poetry.
-Writing simple sentences through copywork, based on illustrations drawn by Alex.
Drawing illustrations to go with scenes from James and the Giant Peach. I write their narrations.
Alex wrote an acrostic poem
Science
Bag in the Wind-story of recycling
Making recycled creations.
Read The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute
Watched Magic School Bus episode about recycling.
Coloured picture about recycling.
Watched Mighty Machines about recycling
Franklin plants a tree.
Working on a Pebble Go research assignment for reading club. Alex is learning about Cheetas. Watched Kratt Brother show about cheetas. Watched episode on cheetas from Wild Kratts.
Cheetah show on Discovery Education.
Coloured a worksheet showing the grasslands and four animals that live on it.
Sinking and Floating.
-Did an experiment where Alex put different items into water and made predictions as to whether or not the items would sink or float.
Watched Magic School bus on sinking and floating.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. on sinking and floating. Did the quiz. Got 5/5.
Learning about the three states of matter.
Watched Magic School Bus about water cycle.
Drew a picture on a griddle using crayons to watch the crayons change from solid, to liquid. Alex drew a picture of Adam and Eve to show creation.
Started a rock crystal garden to see how they grow.
Completed worksheet labeling Living and non-living.
Simple Machines.
Question-What is Motion?
-Looking up definition in the dictionary
Discussing definition and thinking about motion.
Reading Pebble Go information on motion. Completing experiment on What is Motion.
Watching Brain Pop video on Sir Isaac Newton.
Discovery Education-How Things Move
Brain Pop Jr-Push and Pull
Activities: experimenting with motion-creating domino paths. Looking at the difference between the force of the push.
Learning through play dough. (push and pull)
Question-What is Energy?
-looking up definition in the dictionary
Discussing definition and thinking about motion.
Reading about energy on Pebble Go.
Reading The Berenstain Bears Science Fair on what energy is and energy types.
Watching Brain Pop video on Forms of Energy, Sources of Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Conserving Energy, and Kinetic Energy,
Activity-4 different experiments. Building a marble track. Testing gravity on items. Making a roller car using elastics. Testing friction on various surfaces.
Identifying potential energy and kinetic energy.
Watching Brain Pop Jr video on simple machines.
Read Berenstain Bears Simple Machines.
Drawing pictures of created machines and finding the various simple machine parts.
Making catapults out of popsicle sticks to shoot marshmallows.
Creating things out of K/nex. Made a car.
Watched Brain Pop video on rocks and minerals, slow land changes, fast land changes, soil, landforms and fossils.
Social Studies
Learning about Scotland for family project.
Learned about modern transportation. Rode on the skytrain in Vancouver.
Spent time in the seniors home visiting with the seniors. Alex gave out lot's of hugs and smiles. He initiated a game of balloon toss with one of the residents. They played for nearly 10min together. Smiles on both their faces.
Celebrated Poppa's 100th birthday! Also spent time visiting with great aunts aged 99 (almost 100!) and 95.
Read, "Three Names" and looked at all the ways that things were different "then" to how they are "now". Jordan drew a picture of a horse drawn carriage to show "then" and a horseless carriage (car) to show "now".
Read, "Mike Mulligan" and looked at how things differed from "then" and "now".
Read, "Hannah's Cold Winter" and looked at "past" and "present".
Playing board games to practice cooperation.
Fine Arts
Alex made a creation using things from around his room.
Beginning to prepare for piano lessons. Practicing playing keys softly, loudly, quickly, slowly, recognizing black keys, white keys, wallboard, etc.
Attended piano recital.
Alex started piano lessons Jan5. He loved his class! We originally thought the boys could split a 1/2 hour lesson but it quickly became apparent that their enthusiasm requires a full 1/2. They quickly moved 1/2 way through the beginner theory book. They have practiced daily and are looking forward to weekly lessons.
Creating collages with feathers, leaves, paper, etc.
Making beaded candy canes.
Creating recycled creation
Learning to make reflections through art.
Learning about symmetrical. Created butterfly art.
Learning to use Draw Write Now.
Made "Icy" winter pictures with paint and salt.
Created Christmas ornaments with lockets, paper, stickers, glue, etc.
PE
Bike riding.
Weekly large group Awana games.
Sledding.
Snow shovelling.
Snow fort building.
Weekly skating. Alex is progressing from simple walking motion to beginning to skate faster and more efficiently. He has great tenacity and works hard.
Weekly swimming. Alexcan swim without a life jacket for short distances and we are practising increasing this distance each time we go.
Health and Career
Abeka Health:
Courtesy through kindness
Learning to wait patiently in a waiting room during 3 separate eye doctor appointments that I had to attend.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. video on hand washing and colds and flus.
Created a poster showing how to prevent illness.
Safety
Discussing road safety, house safety, earning road signs and poison symbols. Finding dangers in a picture of the kitchen and living room in a house.
fire safety.
Practiced reciting our address and dialing 9-1-1.
Practiced a fire drill through various scenarios and reviewed our meeting place.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. Fire safety, signs and road safety. Took the easy quizzes and received 5/5.
Watched Brain Pop Jr. on rights and responsibilities. Discussed responsibilities that Alex has. Alex drew a picture to show one of his responsibilities.
Family
Read Friends for Life a book about adoption
Discussed different kinds of families. Discussed how families can look so different and yet be so much the same. Single parent families, families with kids, families without kids, kids raised by grandparents, etc. Discussed what it means when parents are separated.
Drew family portraits.
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