CtG Week 5: Mummies and Pyramids

This week we learnt about...
...mummies and the process of mummification
...The great pyramids
...memorizing the Old Testament books

Bible
We memorized the old testament books this week.

English from the Roots Up
Until now we have learnt these words (using the quizlet app)
biblios
photos
graph
tele
metron
sauros

History
This was an interesting history week!

We learnt about the mummies and played a fun interactive game.

and we made mummies hot dogs! =) (using crescent dough)

We learnt about the Great Pyramids.

We used sugar cubes to build a pyramid

We drew pyramids using the 1 or 2 pt perspective.

And we drew King Tut.

We also watched the really interesting videos on King Tut's tomb.

This is Baby Sis' notebook. Big Sis and Lil Sis also wrote notebook pages.

Science

This was one of the few Science experiments we did. We learnt about reflection, absorption, and transmission of light.

Because of reflection, the spoon appears to be top of the bowl instead of bottom.

Read A loud

We're almost finished with Tangledwoods Secrets. Love Patricia St.John's books!

The girls did a few tests in Math, English, Science, and Chinese this week.

General Science

Big Sis is doing really well in General Science. She continues to listen to some lectures from Virtual Homeschool Group and takes the tests from the site. But there are some days she would rather read the text book on her own.

Comments

Online Resources: Sesame Street Games

I love the Sesame Street Games ...I think they are the best for preschoolers. They teach important concepts, at the same time, making computer skills real easy. For eg, there is no "click and drag"...that's hard for them...there's "click" "move" "click". There are some games Ian really likes...(click on photo for the games) That's the Wheels on the Bus song (you press the keys foe interactive movements) Patterns. Seasons. Fun for the kids. Walking the dogs...numbers. This is alltime favorite. First you make a pitcher of lemonade. Then depending on how many monsters come, you click however many cups. I love it!

Science 2015/2016: Human Body Recap

We really had fun learning about the Human Body this year. I thought it would be meaningful to consolidate our learning. We enjoyed the Body Book more than I thought we would. I did do most of the cutting though. We also enjoyed the different videos we watched and the experiments. I think this is the most successful science year yet. The five senses Tongue the Ear The Skin The Eye Skeleton Joints Long Bone Tooth Brains Spinal Cord Digestive System Stomach The Lungs The Heart The Urinary System The Muscle Look through all our experiments and videos here .

MFW Kindergarten S-Sun Unit 2012

Tactile "s" (we didn't get Laurie, we got the $1 from Staples. ;P) Sun Dot-to-dot Arranging the cards and singing A-a-apple song Handwriting A collaborative project: The Sun Plate Finished project (it is good to have ONE project in the house) Big brother wanted to do his own version Yup! Back to the cutting and pasting I really like the new Math pages She was quite good in the drawing page. Morning Board (Yup! I definitely make things A LOT easier for me this time around, compared to here ) Earth and Sun Books we read PRESCHOOL The pre-preschooler was very happy she did the puzzle Dot-a-dot worksheet Shadow game (a new folder game we got here . Will use it for leaves too) Resources for S-Sun, see here

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