Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
I allow our 3 year old to play with the cuisenaire rods while the 7 year olds uses them during math. The 3 year old made these rod combinations and called them her "hot dogs". She is quite fond of making them now and doesn't realize that she is doing math. Great fun! I love moments like these during our school days.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Geography Day 6
We built on what we did before and put Africa and the other continent blobs together today.
This one was done by our 3 year old. She gets the idea at least!
This one was made by our 9 year old. He has a hard time drawing so we have decided to let him concentrate on making blobs. Paul makes dots for him to reach for when making the blobs.
Our 11 year old made this map. We asked her to make Africa as accurately as she could and then begin to give the other continents some shape.
And finally, our 6 year old's map. She made blobs this time. When she gets frustrated she tends to scribble a bit.
This one was done by our 3 year old. She gets the idea at least!
This one was made by our 9 year old. He has a hard time drawing so we have decided to let him concentrate on making blobs. Paul makes dots for him to reach for when making the blobs.
Our 11 year old made this map. We asked her to make Africa as accurately as she could and then begin to give the other continents some shape.
And finally, our 6 year old's map. She made blobs this time. When she gets frustrated she tends to scribble a bit.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Our new timeline!
We also have book timelines for the kids' individual History lessons but they asked to do this. They remember when we used to have one on the wall a long time ago. So we went to the teacher's store and I let them pick out a roll of bulletin board background paper. This paper was the compromise! I have to say, it looks a little better than what would look like a piece of butcher paper in my kitchen!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Geography Day 5
Today we added Africa. We made the same lines on the page that we made before and then carefully copied Africa so that it lined up with the Great Five Circles and the Prime Meridian.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Geography Day 4
Use this map today. Uncle Josh's Maps doesn't have a suitable map for today's lesson.
First we labelled the continents (this map doesn't have Antarctica so write it at the bottom) and we drew all of the lines with labels that we have done in the last 3 days. Then we outlined each continent and colored them a different color. Outlining is important because they will begin to draw the continents on their own soon and they need to have an idea of what the shapes are. I say this because our children tried to get away with not doing it. :)
First we labelled the continents (this map doesn't have Antarctica so write it at the bottom) and we drew all of the lines with labels that we have done in the last 3 days. Then we outlined each continent and colored them a different color. Outlining is important because they will begin to draw the continents on their own soon and they need to have an idea of what the shapes are. I say this because our children tried to get away with not doing it. :)
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