Inspiration...
Play Time
This was our MOPS (Moms of Preschoolers) kick-off meeting. We planned it at the Splash Pad to have fun in the sun and start the Fall semester meetings on a good note. It was a success.
Has anyone read or used this book before? I am interested in getting it, but wanted to hear from someone who has used it.
Nice reminder...
Spanish
Yesterday, we started to learn the alphabet in Spanish. Please keep the handout I gave the kids because we will be using it for several weeks. I wrote the pronunciation under each letter (with Spanish pronunciation). We did A to M. Next week, we'll do the rest and they will learn a rap. It is kind of fast, so I wanted them to be introduced to the names of the letters first.
Art
Last week we looked at Monet and his paintings, and worked with watercolors on our own sunflowers. This week we did finger printing and stamping. Next week we will try Kandinsky and his circles.
Ballet
For ballet, we are always going to be working on flexibility, agility and balance: the key elements that make a superhero, I mean, a ballerina. We practiced the 5 positions more today (with arms).
I have 2 rules in my class. It'd help reinforce/talk about them at home.
1) Listen to the instructor.
2) No playing with the medicine balls until the end of class. Yup, they're a distraction, er, a big hit amongst the kiddos.
I always give them a couple of minutes at the end of class to play with them, so I redeem myself a little.
French (First Class)
Well, today went great. It was shorter than we thought, but the kids did awesome! I love small groups! We learned Bonjour (hello) and Au Revoir (goodbye). Our friend, Ratounet, taught us a song with a few French words.
Here is the link: CLICK HERE.
Please show it to your kids a few times during the week and feel free to print the lyrics. In the "Au Revoir" part, there is another phrase in there, but I repeat the same as the "Bonjour" one. Keeping it simple. :)
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Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour Madame (Mrs.)
Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour Monsieur (Mr.)
Bonjour, bonjour, comment allez-vous? (how are you?)(comet alle voo)
Bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon-jour!
Au Revoir, au revoir, au revoir Madame
Au Revoir, au revoir, au revoir Monsieur
Au Revoir, au revoir, comment allez-vous? (it says something else, but don't worry about it)
Au au au au au au au au au Au Revoir!
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Letter of the Week (My Father's World)
This week, it was "l" for "leaf." K had a wonderful time and learned a lot.
Our first MOPS meeting of the Fall semester went super well! The moms loved it as well as the kids!
Play Time
I finally decided to become a Young Living distributor and, to Caleb's delight, my first delivery of my wonderful diffuser and essential oils also contained lots and lots of packing bubbles! He had a blast making all that noise (they were the extra jumbo ones).
Montessori Culture (Geography): Penpal and Postcard Exchange
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| We are receiving more and more postcards from different states and countries! It is cool seeing the map get some color (we fill and label the states that we have gotten a postcard from). Picture of the map coming soon. |
Click here to read my post on Family/Home/Homeschool Rules. It's a post with some great inspiration for those of you who want to come up with something uniquely fitting for your family.
Click here to see my post on healthy, quick and yummy lunch ideas for homeschooling days.
