Week 20

I am sorry I am posting this later than usual. I have to apologize too that we did not get to time line yesterday. I did it after class with a few of the children, but not everyone was there, so if you have the video use that, or you can come up with your own ways to remember it---or give me a call and I will walk you through the signs for each card.

Math: We had another race to put together the numbers in the proper order of cm in an inch.

Geography: for South Central Asia we talked about how South Vietnam looks like a ladle with north Vietnam being the top of the ladle. The soup inside the ladle is not Campbell's soup, but Cambodia soup. The steam coming off the soup is Thailand (it looks like a lump of steam) and kind of looking like the hand grasping the handle of the ladle is Laos. These are harder to see and it may be beneficial to look them up online or if you have another map at home that shows them better. We have a place mat with the world on it (that I had in class) that shows the distinction better, so use what you have :)

Latin: We did the song.

English: We did a Cadence like we were in the military. The Sargent yells out "An appositive is a noun" and the troops yelled that back. Then "That follows another noun" and lastly "and explains or identifies it." I showed them a visual of one child being a noun and another being the appositive and following the noun.

History: We acted this out and had some hand motions for north we put our hands up in the air and then put our hands south and hugged ourselves like we were capturing S. Vietnam. Make sure the kids make the distinction in the song that unlike last weeks song, the UN troops were not sent this time, however, it was the US troops.

Science: We had a song with some hand gestures. Heat will always fffflllllloooooowwwwww, to an area of higher (hands up in the air and sing this with a high pitched voice) temperature to an area of lower (hands down low and sing in a deep, low voice) temperature.

Science lab: We began building our bridges using marshmallows and toothpicks. Discuss this week how some shapes are stronger than others (the triangle being the strongest as it evenly displaces weight). Feel free to look things up online or at the library about bridge building and see if they can alter their plans next week when finishing their bridges to make them even better. It was fun to see what they were coming up with. Remind them that the bridge has to support weight and will be tested to see how strong it is.

Fine Arts: we had another great class with Mrs. Diana and learned a lot about the types of classical music and different composers. I know my kids were eager to share their new knowledge with their Daddy last night as it was the dinner table discussion here :) They like listening to the music laying on the floor in the dark too. It is very cool to see the kids getting excited about classical music :)

I have to manage the class time a bit better as I did have to stick to a strict 2 min presentation schedule and I hate to do that as I know how much the kids love to present! I will try to do better :)

It was a great class and your children minister to me each week in ways I can't even describe!! Each child is so special and I am so thankful for the little bit of time I get with them each week :) Keep up the good work Moms!!

Have a blessed week!
Stacey