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Loving the Learning
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Day One
We had a really good first day. I didn't get around to the science part because I thought we'd spread things out over the course of the day. When it was time for science, I was tired and needed to get a little straightening done. Yet another change: our schedule.
C loved his math. The main thing we did was examine a calendar and learn about its parts and how to identify the date. That's something we'll do every day - write the new date and recite the days of the week. Other things we touched on briefly were a hundred number chart (where we counted to 30), a number line (we'll add a new number each day), and a short discussion about what mathematicians do. (20 minutes)
C was okay with his writing. He wrote some last year, but this book requires a little more practice than what he likes. He only likes to write a letter once or twice, but Letters and Numbers for Me has him write it 8 times. He does like getting to color the picture at the bottom of the page, so that's his "reward" for writing his letters as much as he's supposed to. (10 minutes)
He loved reading time, as always. We have a big stack of library books that we change out every week or so. I divided them into two piles - easy ones for him to read and more difficult (read: longer) ones for me to read. We each chose one book and read to each other. I read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey and he read The Berenstain Bears Blaze a Trail by Stan & Jan Berenstain. After reading each book, we talked about the pictures and experiences we've had that were similar. (20 minutes)
For his craft, which was science-related, I had him decorate three paper plates: one for breakfast (orange juice and a bagel with cream cheese and strawberries), lunch (hot dog, apple, yogurt, and 2 Hershey Kisses), and supper (ham, macaroni & cheese, green beans, carrot sticks with Ranch dressing, and 2 chocolate chip cookies). We'll use these later when we talk about the food pyramid. We'll write on the back of the plate what each item is and which food group it belongs in. (30 minutes)
In total, it only took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to get things done. Of course there were interruptions by J, who wouldn't play his usual computer games. He wanted to be right under foot. I tried distracting him with crayons and a coloring book, but he kept going back and forth from his side of the table to ours asking me what color his crayons were. He knows his colors; he wanted to be included. I'll try the Color Wonder markers today. He always loves those. And I'm sure he'll play with the Legos we'll be using in math today. If only I can get him to play with the ones from his own tub and not the ones C will be using... |
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