Tuatara by Simon Willison, on Flickr
Well today was a much more productive day than usual.
I am not sure if knowing she had to get everything completed in a time schedule worked or not but it is what we went with and for today it was a successful day
1st we did a timeline of events that have happened in her life, out of her Unit Study 'All About Me'. She had to write down the dates that certain things have happened in her life and then put them in the right order on a time line. Things like what day was she born, what date was her sister born, what date was her brother born, when did she ride a bike for the first time, when did she read a book for the first time, that kind of thing. She was very good at finding the information as she used her photo album that I have with written captions underneath most pictures with dates.
2nd thing we did was draw an outline of her body on some brown paper you use to wrap up boxes or parcels when posting them. Then we used life sized images of some of the organs of the body, to glue on to the body outline in the right places. Once these were glued on, Tuatara needed to summarise the information given and write a short explanation of the function of that organ. After Tuatara had completed this, she decided to add some personal touches of painted nails, boots and some jewellery to her out line of her.
3rd We watch 'The Amazing Race' online as a family and it brings up lots of interesting things to discuss, like the country, any interesting landmarks that they visit and any history around that, and also the relationships of the people and how they treat each other under stress. What's a nice way to talk to people and what is not. We decided to also find these countries or 'pit stops' on a map of the world and draw a line from one to the other, to keep track of every country they go to in each season. We hope to, as long as the interest is still there to watch each season and plot in a different colour for each season, where they go and then make observations of which country is visited the most.
4th We watched 'Stanley the skeleton' on YouTube and then put together a life size print out/ puzzle of a human skeleton. Then Tuatara glued labels of the names of some of the bones on to it. Tomorrow I am going to get her to colour in each bone in crayon or paint to highlight that bone.
5th Tuatara went on Spelling City online and played games that help her to practice her new list of spelling words for the week. She got the reward of painting her finger nails in nail polish and an hour on mine craft and free time on YouTube till dinner time, for her awesome effort today. Fingers crossed for another productive day tomorrow
I am not sure if knowing she had to get everything completed in a time schedule worked or not but it is what we went with and for today it was a successful day
1st we did a timeline of events that have happened in her life, out of her Unit Study 'All About Me'. She had to write down the dates that certain things have happened in her life and then put them in the right order on a time line. Things like what day was she born, what date was her sister born, what date was her brother born, when did she ride a bike for the first time, when did she read a book for the first time, that kind of thing. She was very good at finding the information as she used her photo album that I have with written captions underneath most pictures with dates.
2nd thing we did was draw an outline of her body on some brown paper you use to wrap up boxes or parcels when posting them. Then we used life sized images of some of the organs of the body, to glue on to the body outline in the right places. Once these were glued on, Tuatara needed to summarise the information given and write a short explanation of the function of that organ. After Tuatara had completed this, she decided to add some personal touches of painted nails, boots and some jewellery to her out line of her.
3rd We watch 'The Amazing Race' online as a family and it brings up lots of interesting things to discuss, like the country, any interesting landmarks that they visit and any history around that, and also the relationships of the people and how they treat each other under stress. What's a nice way to talk to people and what is not. We decided to also find these countries or 'pit stops' on a map of the world and draw a line from one to the other, to keep track of every country they go to in each season. We hope to, as long as the interest is still there to watch each season and plot in a different colour for each season, where they go and then make observations of which country is visited the most.
4th We watched 'Stanley the skeleton' on YouTube and then put together a life size print out/ puzzle of a human skeleton. Then Tuatara glued labels of the names of some of the bones on to it. Tomorrow I am going to get her to colour in each bone in crayon or paint to highlight that bone.
5th Tuatara went on Spelling City online and played games that help her to practice her new list of spelling words for the week. She got the reward of painting her finger nails in nail polish and an hour on mine craft and free time on YouTube till dinner time, for her awesome effort today. Fingers crossed for another productive day tomorrow
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