Cycle 1 Week 6

We made it!  We just rounded out the first quarter of Classical this week.  The girls are doing so well!  I love spending time with them and getting to know their individual personalities.  They are truly a blessing to me.  Here is a rundown of what we went over last Friday.

Timeline

We learned the new hand motions for this week.  I was running behind so I did not get to review previous weeks.  Use these as you feel it benefits your child.  They are not required simply a learning aid.

History

We learned hand motions to go along with the song then practiced the song with the CD several times.  (Video will be added later.  My tech support is away from home)

English

We practiced the motions for this week's prepositions.  We also reviewed all previous weeks as well.  Next week we will set it all to music and have lots of giggles as we try to keep up and look silly all the same time.  We learn through our play! 

Latin

We practiced the sounds using the same visual cues as last week.  Once everyone was ready we practiced without music and then we repeated with the music. 

Math

11's
I wrote down the numbers from 11  to 132 on individual cards and mixed them up.  Each girl took a turn picking out which number would be  next in the sequence.  Once we got the numbers in order we practiced saying all the numbers then sang them along with CD twice.

12's
I brought in six egg cartons (one dozen size) and asked the girls if they could help me figure out how many eggs I purchased at the grocery store.  There is always a practical application for math :).  I explained that there had been twelve eggs in each carton so to count them quickly we would need to know how to count by twelves.  I provided a pictures chart of eggs in cartons with the twelves beneath each set.  We practiced the numbers then sang them to the song along with the CD.  After we practiced a few times, we lined up all the egg cartons from my grocery bag and skip counted twelve until we discovered I had "purchased" 72 eggs.  Fun extension activity would be to look at recipes and think about all the fun foods that you could make with that many eggs.  Bon Appetit!

Science

I brought in a toy representing each of the major group of invertebrates.  The girls had fun with this one...especially since the frog toy kept making a croaking sound every time I pick him up.  We sang the memory work to He's Got the Whole Word in His Hands.

Geography

We worked on our blob maps, located our map points using skittles then reviewed each one as we tasted our way through the Roman Empire. 

Fine Arts

We used printouts from the Draw Write Now series to give the girls visuals for creating their final projects for our drawing lessons.  Once the girls picked out the page they wanted to work from, I instructed them on how to follow the step-by-step guides on the sheets.  Once they completed their focal object I asked them to consider drawing a scene around it and then color everything in.  Most of our chosen pictures were from Book 1 of the series.

Experiment

We have been working on the Scientific Process with our Experiments.

Trick Your Tongue
We hypothesized about whether adding a new smell while eating would change how an apple tasted.  Half of the girls hypothesized that it would.  The others disagreed and one decided to was to shy to say :).  We tasted apple slices then held a cotton ball soaked in vanilla up our nose and tasted the apple again.  Some of the girls felt like this did change the taste and some disagreed.  So our conclusion was mixed.  This does have some great extensions possibilities at home.

Trick you Eyes
We hypothesized about whether two lines drawn one on top of the other were the same length.  One line had arrows facing out and the other had arrows facing in at the end. Again, the class was fairly evenly split on their hypothesis except this time no one was too shy to have an opinion! The science assistant measured the two lines within the arrows and discovered that the lines were indeed the same length. 

Reminder 

We will not meet this coming Friday (October 5th).  We will be starting tin whistle next week.  Each child will need access to a whistle.  If this will be an issue or hardship please let me know.  We will be dissecting a crayfish next week.  It will be smelly (dead fish smell) and a new experience for most if not all of the girls.  I will be doing the dissection as they observe and we discuss.