September 2015

Here's a summary of work from two weeks ago.

Math: Practiced three dimensional shapes cone, cube, cylinder. Identified that a sea lion has a cylindrical body from a book she read.  Computed numbers to the thousands using the Montessori bead material, for example, the number 4306. The exercise included getting six units, cero ten bars, three hundred boards, and four thousand cubes. This exercise helped the child get a concrete, tangible idea of the conceptual depiction of the number that says 4306. Then she found the wooden cards with the corresponding label.

English / Language Arts: She typed her answer to introduce herself on the Homeroom assignment. She asked me the finger position and I showed her the markers on the letters F and J. She spent a good 10 minutes figuring out the right fingers. It was great. This month we are learning about birds and Mexico. Haley learned that the flag of Mexico is green, white, and green, with a golden eagle devouring a serpent in the middle. She read the following books: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Bird that didn’t want to Brush the Crocodile's Teeth, listened to three chapters of the Burgess book of children, The Chicken that Could Swim, Usborne first nature Birds, The Magic Porridge Pot, a few pages of the DK Picturepedia Birds, Frog’s Lunch, Moose are not Meese, Monster’s Among us, Anansi and the Seven Yam Hills, Anansi and the Talking Melon, a few pages of Why Why Can’t Penguins fly, and a couple chapters of the Book of Mormon.

Science or Social Studies: One of the activities Haley enjoyed the most was identifying and matching the sounds of Blue Jays, Robins, Goldren Finches, Cardinals and Owls. She would have to listen to the sounds blindfolded, say the name of the bird, and then check if she was right. She started paying attention to the birds outside our home and spotted, and correctly identified blue-jays and a barn sparrow.

Tech or Entrepreneurship: Haley received and was very excited to open her kit for this class. She found a three drawer container and organized the parts by size, as well as the book, and designated a workspace area on a shelf for that. I think the material is advanced for her, but she’s really into it, so I will help her along.

Tae Kwon Do: Practiced side kicks and front kicks. She also helped her younger sister with her technicque. She has practiced and learned the numbers 1 to 10 in Korean.

Tricks and Flips (will change to Piano):  She has been learning the correct posture and feet position to perform a cartwheel. She practices every day and tries to perform the cartwheel, and is currently working on her landing.