I am really excited to see how our first real day of homeschooling will go tomorrow. We had something of a day on Friday but Pere was home all day and it was a holiday weekend so it was not a regular day.
Here is a list of learning experiences that Z initiated this weekend
Did eight sit ups (P.E.)
Peeled carrots (home ec.)
Played her friend E (socializing)
Played Sorry (strategy and following directions)
Played Apples to Apples (reading comprehension)
Played with neighbor, S (socializing)
Practiced Gymnastics (P.E.)
Actively watched Basketball kept up with all the action and asked questions when she didn’t understand something. (team spirit)
Read three picture books – Kindness to Pets., Safety, Obedience (Reading and Character education)
Listened to chapter of Wind in the Willows (reading comprehension)
Practiced Piano - four songs for competition (music)
Played version of the card game War but with acute, right and obtuse angles (math)
Played the board game Allowance , with Z being the banker with problems like paying 78 cents for something and giving change back from $10.00 (math)
Watched Bill Nye the Science Guy- deserts (Science)
Practiced piano for competition in front of audience (music)
Played with neighbor friend S again - learned to use a walkie talkie (Socialization)
Watched the movie Witches based on the book by Roald Dahl which she read a couple weeks ago. (comparative analysis)
Listened to Pere read a chapter from My Side of the Mountain (reading comprehension)
Watched Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers (Literature/Storytelling/Mythology)
Coloring (art)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Wow! It sounds like a normal day at our house too:) Grace adores "Sorry" and "Apples to Apples". She also love comparative analysis of ...anything. The most recent though was "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Inkheart".
Both were stories of Good vs Evil, Light against Dark( she had multiple examples of this) . The lead in each case was named some form of "Meg". We looked up the meaning of the name and it means "pearl" and is the name of a Saint. Grace surmised that perhaps "Meg" or "Meggie" were the "pearl" in the oyster that is the story. I think she's right! LOL
Forte
It sounds like a great weekend. Has Z always intiated this much. My nearly 3 year old wants me to play, read and do with her all day. I love doing it but not for 10 hours a day. I don't know how to teach her to play by herself.
That is a great observation that Grace made.
Hi Nina
Z still wanted me to do everything with her when she was three.
These days (she is nearing six) she likes to go in her room and close her door to only a crack and play privately. *heh*
And yes Z always had initiated this much learning. When she was two and a half she was insisting I teach her K math and Spanish and how to read, etc.
Post a Comment