Books were reading this week:
Read Aloud:
Om-Kas-Toe: Blackfoot Twin Captures Elkdog by Kenneth Thomasma
Dd's Reader:
The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson (Scholastic Biography) by Ann McGovern
This week's AUDIO book:
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan
Dd's fun books this week:
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
The Blue Lotus (Adventures of Tintin) by Herge
Wednesday we went to the Children's Museum: www.childrensmuseum.org. Besides the new exhibit: Treasures of the Earth we also did a project in the Science Port (create a Chinese Terracotta Warrior); we also went to the Science Lab and did a project: DNA Mystery (who's DNA was found on the half eaten cookie). We had a great time with our invited friend "M". The two girls had a blast and learned a lot!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Children's Museum - Ancient China Aug 2011
These pix are from the Ancient China exhibit-these are Terracotta Warriors.
Friday, August 26, 2011
SL Core D Week 17 -LOW Aug 22-26th 2011
This week we finished SL Science Week 3 and Week 4. We did more Radish experiments and started the Corn & Beans experiment--The Balance.
Our Read Alouds:
The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library) by Dorothy Rhoads and Jean Charlot
The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin by Cheryl Harness
Time For Kids: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents by Editors Of Time For Kids
Dd's books this week:
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh and Helen Sewell -finished
Martha Washington: America's First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Jean Brown Wagoner--still reading
Math this week was a mix of MUS-Gamma and Teaching Textbooks 4 and Math Missions video game and board game and TimesAttack online multiplication game. We have also been listening to MUS' skip counting songs--focusing on the 6 family.
Our bible this week was another good week from:
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
Music this week has focused on:
Hymns 4 Worship: Amazing Grace by Various Artists
Debussy: Clair de lune & Other Piano Favourites by Claude Debussy and Francois-Joël Thiollier
Hands & Hearts : Early American kit--continued
Pictures were posted earlier today, but we redid the Tea Brick. This time we actually drank the tea from the brick. Dd made the Talking Feather and the Cross Necklace this week also.
Our Read Alouds:
The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library) by Dorothy Rhoads and Jean Charlot
The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin by Cheryl Harness
Time For Kids: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents by Editors Of Time For Kids
Dd's books this week:
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh and Helen Sewell -finished
Martha Washington: America's First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Jean Brown Wagoner--still reading
Math this week was a mix of MUS-Gamma and Teaching Textbooks 4 and Math Missions video game and board game and TimesAttack online multiplication game. We have also been listening to MUS' skip counting songs--focusing on the 6 family.
Our bible this week was another good week from:
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
Music this week has focused on:
Hymns 4 Worship: Amazing Grace by Various Artists
Debussy: Clair de lune & Other Piano Favourites by Claude Debussy and Francois-Joël Thiollier
Hands & Hearts : Early American kit--continued
Pictures were posted earlier today, but we redid the Tea Brick. This time we actually drank the tea from the brick. Dd made the Talking Feather and the Cross Necklace this week also.
Tops: Radishes: Green Thumb August 2011
Hands and Hearts Early American History Kit - Aug 2011
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| H&H Apple Pomander kit |
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| H&H Cross Necklace |
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| These are rubbings from the Tea Brick; then we drank the tea itself-which was good! |
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