We chose Australia for our country.
Alisa said she wanted to learn about koalas.
Science: water and water cycle.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Week 1: Rabbit
1. Rabbits can be black, gray, brown, white. Then I gave them a picture of rabbit to color. They chose pencils themselves. We had a plush rabbit toy that was our favorite while we were learning about rabbits.
2. Read books: Velveteen rabbit, Peter Rabbit, and some non-fiction books with very cute pictures of bunnies.
3. How do the move? Do they walk? No. Do they fly? No. Do they hop? Yes. So we tried hopping like rabbits.
4. What do they eat? Vegetables, plants (especially clover), and flowers in summer; bark and twigs in winter
5. Describe a rabbit: long ears, strong hind legs, long front teeth (always grow, that's why rabbits need to gnaw on twigs); quiet animals, until in danger
6. Where do they live? In burrows under ground (can dig very well)
2. Read books: Velveteen rabbit, Peter Rabbit, and some non-fiction books with very cute pictures of bunnies.
3. How do the move? Do they walk? No. Do they fly? No. Do they hop? Yes. So we tried hopping like rabbits.
4. What do they eat? Vegetables, plants (especially clover), and flowers in summer; bark and twigs in winter
5. Describe a rabbit: long ears, strong hind legs, long front teeth (always grow, that's why rabbits need to gnaw on twigs); quiet animals, until in danger
6. Where do they live? In burrows under ground (can dig very well)
Week 1: Argentina
Until now I have been teaching my children on a consistent basis, but nothing organized. This week we started an official school for them - for my 3 year old mostly. My one year old still wants to play more than learn, but we are learning shapes, colors, ABSs, and numbers with her.
Let me tell you how I teach. I plan a number of topics each week. Then read up on them, get books from the library, get activity ideas online, and plan simple points I want to emphasize.
Here are the points that we discussed this week.
Argentina. Ask your child to pronounce the name as many times as necessary. Make a song, clap hand, whatever it takes. We got some books from the library about Argentina that we read during the week. They have wonderful pictures.
1. Where is it? South America. (Close to Antarctica where penguins live). Show on the map. We have a World map place map, so we talk about location of the country when we eat. Big mountain range (the Andes) to the west of Argentina (show pictures).
2. Big or small country? BIG. #8 in the world.
3. Who lives there? European descent, Indian descent, gauchos (we made a poncho that gauchos used to wear during the day and use as a blanket at night from a piece of fabric that I didn't need anymore - my daughter had no problem memorizing the word gaucho this way)
4. Buenos Aires: capital
5. Language: Spanish. We learned Hola! Como estas? Bien, gracias. I made a connection that Dora (one of her favorite characters) speaks Spanish too.
6. Number one sport? Soccer. Guess what game we played in our apartment this week. You got it. I emphasized that the sport is played with feet only.
7. Food: empanadas. On Friday we had them for dinner. I love to cook, so it is fun to try foods from different places. They were yummy. I got my recipe on food.com.
This is what went inside.
This is how they turned out. Not the most authentic look, I know, but I was going more for taste.
Kids enjoyed them. Well, maybe with the exception of green olives inside.
8. For our coloring activity we colored Argentinian flag. I asked my daughter to describe it. We discussed that the sunshine symbolizes freedom. You can find a coloring page of the flag on the internet.
Now I want to see Buenos Aires with it's Casa Rosada.
Let me tell you how I teach. I plan a number of topics each week. Then read up on them, get books from the library, get activity ideas online, and plan simple points I want to emphasize.
Here are the points that we discussed this week.
Argentina. Ask your child to pronounce the name as many times as necessary. Make a song, clap hand, whatever it takes. We got some books from the library about Argentina that we read during the week. They have wonderful pictures.
1. Where is it? South America. (Close to Antarctica where penguins live). Show on the map. We have a World map place map, so we talk about location of the country when we eat. Big mountain range (the Andes) to the west of Argentina (show pictures).
2. Big or small country? BIG. #8 in the world.
3. Who lives there? European descent, Indian descent, gauchos (we made a poncho that gauchos used to wear during the day and use as a blanket at night from a piece of fabric that I didn't need anymore - my daughter had no problem memorizing the word gaucho this way)
4. Buenos Aires: capital
5. Language: Spanish. We learned Hola! Como estas? Bien, gracias. I made a connection that Dora (one of her favorite characters) speaks Spanish too.
6. Number one sport? Soccer. Guess what game we played in our apartment this week. You got it. I emphasized that the sport is played with feet only.
7. Food: empanadas. On Friday we had them for dinner. I love to cook, so it is fun to try foods from different places. They were yummy. I got my recipe on food.com.
This is what went inside.
This is how they turned out. Not the most authentic look, I know, but I was going more for taste.
Kids enjoyed them. Well, maybe with the exception of green olives inside.
8. For our coloring activity we colored Argentinian flag. I asked my daughter to describe it. We discussed that the sunshine symbolizes freedom. You can find a coloring page of the flag on the internet.
Now I want to see Buenos Aires with it's Casa Rosada.
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