On Monday, Grant started out by modeling a cube with the fingertips of his right hand, and then we did some math review with his wooden dice. We did are penny whistle lesson and learned another new note. Grant now knows how to play eight different notes. Please enjoy the following demonstration:
After penny whistle lesson we talked a little bit about hibernation, and then I read this book. The kids really liked it because it kept them laughing.
The bear had a hard time hearing Old Man Winter telling him to go to sleep and thought he said, drive a jeep, then go sweep, then dive down deep, then climb a mountain steep, until at last Old Man Winter yelled, "Haven't you heard what I said? It's winter, go to bed!" And he was more than happy to!
After the story Grant and I began our main lesson. First, he read each word (Fri-Sun) out loud and then he spelled them out loud. Then we talked about Friday, practiced the symbol and Grant drew a picture in his lesson book:
Friday is a "fun" day since Grant and Johanna have more time to play and we usually do a fun activity, review, or catch up on the week if we need to. Since Grant and Johanna have been playing Lego's in Grant's room lately on Friday mornings, that's what Grant wanted to draw.
Johanna and Julia wanted to get in on the drawing action, too. Johanna has a lot of fun drawing "herself at the zoo with an elephant behind her." This was one of the first times I have seen her really put some effort into what she is trying to draw. She usually gives up and asks Grant to do it.
(The purple is the elephant tail behind her.)
Doesn't Julia look content and so sweet and innocent drawing on the paper? I ran upstairs for about five minutes, and when I came back Grant showed me a spot where Julia had colored on the floor. I was not surprised by that, especially since my last statement as I went out the door was: "Everyone keep the colors on your paper."
Grant wanted to do another fun drawing.
In the afternoon, Grant and I did some knitting.
On Tuesday, We revisited the star count game for math review and did our penny whistle lesson. After that we talked a little more about hibernation and how we have to wear things to keep us warm, but the animals do not. Then I read this book:
After I was done reading the book, Grant helped me make our "bear print" snacks.
Everyone enjoyed these tasty treats!
After snack, Grant and I talked about Saturday, and he read, then wrote down the days of the week (F-Su) on his chalkboard. After that he drew a picture in his lesson book:
Later on in the day we added some glitter to some of our paper snowflakes, and played "bury the bear". Each of the kids had a bear to hide. Grant started with his. Whoever found the bear got to hide theirs next. Julia thought the idea was to show everyone where her bear was before they could find it.
All the snow had melted over the past week, so the kids were happy to wake up on Thursday to 8 inches of the white stuff. We spent most of our morning plowing, shoveling and playing. I shoveled while Cory plowed, while the kids played. Doesn't seem quite fair, does it? While I was shoveling, I was thinking to myself, "I CANNOT wait until Grant can do this!" I will be more than happy to pay him. Now that I think about it, if I pay him, I may even be able to get him to do it now!
Grant started digging out a "snow fort" and worked on it every chance he got for the rest of the day.
We did still have some time to come into the school room, warm up with some hot chocolate, have our penny whistle lesson, and do some "zoo-robic" seal rolls.
I had Grant hold the ball above his head and roll, then hold the ball between his knees, then between his ankles and finally between his feet. Johanna was having a princess moment, so she was not interested in doing seal rolls. Grant helped Julia do her rolls.
Notice the hands-behind-the-head posture that seems to say,
"Go ahead Grant, I'll let you do all the work while I chill out."
Grant and I also reviewed the months of the year, and the days of the week.
On Friday, Grant and Johanna went out in the morning and continued to work on the snow fort. Now it has windows, tunnels, and sleds for doors.
In the after noon we made "snowballs" for snack. We got the recipe here from weelicious.
Next week we will be reviewing the seasons and then learning about analog time.
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