2020-2021 Rome to Reformation Week 31

We had a most delightful vacation last week and felt that we rested well.

This week we continued to learn about the reformers

The girls wrote keywords for 4-5 facts about Ann Askew, read their sentences to me (younger ones), then I asked them to do a dress-up.

These were their final result

I made these posters.

We didn't write about John Calvin, but we taught about TULIP.

This is for John Knox.

The girls made notes for Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, getting their facts from this website. or here

I ventured into asking them to do 1 sentence opener as well.

I felt that using the IEW way of styling and structuring writing is really effective! This is one of the writings Baby Sis had to do for English. I asked her to do keywords (of facts), and then do a dress-up.

Science

This week we learnt about Kuiper Belt.

When we were in vacation, I downloaded the Skyview Lite App It was REALLY REALLY cool to see the constellations!!! This app helped us to find the stars. Otherwise, I don't think I will be able to.

When we came back, on our walks, I found that budding had begun. Wow.

The girls started a coding class with Varsity Tutors. (free class). It was really fun. The most interesting thing was that the girls got a taste of "public school" life when you have many students and the lesson usually goes much slower because different people have different questions or concerns.

On the side note...

I spent last weekend cleaning out our cabinets. We were gifted a lot of wonderful, amazing craft materials. We had to do a BIG clean up to accommodate them. This is one of the cabinets. So proud of myself. =) We live in a small space. 900 sq ft 2-bedroom apartment for seven people...It can get quite messy if we are not careful! =)

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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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