Music: Intro. to Music
Today we practiced a "hello" song. We learned the words and have to add in their own action item each week. It will be the repetitive feature.
We talked about how animal sounds can be used in music and sang Old MacDonald Had A Zoo.
Then we did a song with birds where we each sang a part. When combined, the sounds make a song with a beautiful melody.
We then played a bird hunt song and walked around following the instructions.
Finally, a slow song where we rested and then danced slowly to the beat. Again, a lot of fun!
Spanish: Review and Zero
-hola (hello)
-buenos días (good morning)
-las vocales (the vowels) with sign language
-los números (the numbers) 1-10 with sign language
-introduced "cero" (zero)
-stamped on paper matching numbers
-and played the kids' all-time fave: The Flyswatter Game" to practice the numbers. I'd say a number in Spanish and the child swats it. It was fun.
Baby Girl's Homeschooling
Sight Words
Shapes: rectangle, star, oval, heart
Shapes and matching items with the same shape.
Cards I made with body parts
Desk Work
Today, K chose the Spiderman activity book (what a shocker, right?).
We were supposed to count the shapes in the two boxes and then circle the ones that have fewer shapes.
Word Families: -en, -at, -ar, -ip
It was fun using all kinds of pitchers and cups. Originally, the Montessori uses blue food coloring to color the water. It makes it easier for children to see and notice when they are getting to the top of the cup. I confess, I could've/should've colored the water, but didn't. I will next time, though.
We started out with the vowels (on blue boards). We said their name, their sounds, and we traced them with our fingers.
Then we traced them on the magnetic board.
He did a great job.
We really enjoyed this activity. He wanted to keep going and going.
Tracing the letters before writing them.
After the vowels, K wanted to keep going, so we started tracing a few consonant (on pink boards) and then writing them out.
Montessori Mathematics: Spindle Boxes
This activity is pretty simple. You get all the spindles out, go through each number (starting with 0) and put the correct number of spindles in each box in front of the number.
To go a step further, we used pipe cleaners to bundle the spindles together.
Learning to twist the wire (pipe cleaner) was like a whole new world to K.
He kept practicing over and over and it seemed to be his favorite part in the whole activity.
My husband had to travel for work. While he's gone, I kind of have a hard time sleeping at night (you know, holding down the fort alone is hard work, wink), so I left this note on my door to let him know where I was. He found me in the morning, no problems. :) Smart reader!
We were supposed to count the shapes in the two boxes and then circle the ones that have fewer shapes.
Word Families: -en, -at, -ar, -ip
Montessori Practical Life: Learning to Pour Water Into a Smaller Container
It was fun using all kinds of pitchers and cups. Originally, the Montessori uses blue food coloring to color the water. It makes it easier for children to see and notice when they are getting to the top of the cup. I confess, I could've/should've colored the water, but didn't. I will next time, though.
Montessori Language Arts: Sandpaper Letters (Upper Case)
We started out with the vowels (on blue boards). We said their name, their sounds, and we traced them with our fingers.
He did a great job.
We really enjoyed this activity. He wanted to keep going and going.
Tracing the letters before writing them.
After the vowels, K wanted to keep going, so we started tracing a few consonant (on pink boards) and then writing them out.
Montessori Mathematics: Spindle Boxes
This activity is pretty simple. You get all the spindles out, go through each number (starting with 0) and put the correct number of spindles in each box in front of the number.
To go a step further, we used pipe cleaners to bundle the spindles together.
Learning to twist the wire (pipe cleaner) was like a whole new world to K.
He kept practicing over and over and it seemed to be his favorite part in the whole activity.
Art: Father's Day Trophies
For the past two weeks we've been working on Father's Day Trophies for the world's best dads. K decorated his trophy with pasta, rice, wheat, beans, beads, glitter and gems. It was spray painted gold. Very pretty and worthy of a special owner (dad). Happy Father's Day! Keep an eye out for pictures of the trophy and other Father's Day gifts in the next post.My husband had to travel for work. While he's gone, I kind of have a hard time sleeping at night (you know, holding down the fort alone is hard work, wink), so I left this note on my door to let him know where I was. He found me in the morning, no problems. :) Smart reader!
Music: Solfege
We learned about the "Solfege" Musical Scale. Also known as, Do-Re-Mi.We learned the song from the movie and talked about how the notes rise and fall.
We used our bodies to indicate if the notes were going up or down.
We also used the Solfege hand signs to show each note.
Next week we are going to talk about actual notes (what they look like, how long each one is, etc).
