December 2007
03-12-2007 (Monday): Watched a short cartoon musical about Australia on dvd. Saw a boomerang in it and then watched the clips from youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ihRxoeaPk . Wrote 3 lines of "A" for Australia http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/alphabets/a_practice3.htm. Read "The biggest frog" in Australia by Susan Roth. Denali had some free time drawing. Made some gift tags as on 26-11. This time we saved the tree we cut out and covered it with green glitter to stick on a different card. Then we cuto ut christmas balls and painted them with gouache. Denali stuck sequins on them to decorate them and then we used taped a piece of pipe cleaner to form the wire hook.
05-12-2007 (Wednesday): Deruni didn't sleep much so we didn't get to do school. Denali made a ginger bread house at German playgroup.
07-12-2007 (Friday):
writing "A" for Australia http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/alphabets/a_practice3.htm
Watched video on boomerang throwing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ihRxoeaPk . Did science lesson on heavy and light. Made birthday cards for the two zoe's.
09-12-2007 (Monday): Revised the previous lesson on heavy and light in our science book. Weighed out 2lb of dahl on the kitchen scales. Weighed 4 1lb packs of butter and took them off one by one and read the scale. Completed the lesson on rooms in the house and what you do in them. Denali had to match the rooms labelled A, B, C, D with the activities and write the letter in the appropriate box. She can now write A, C, D without help or lines.
Christmas took over.... we did "go to school" but I don't know what we did!! Once christmas was over it was Deruni's birthday, I think we're now back to business.