Nov 26 - Dec 1

Week of Nov 26 - Dec 1 

I find that Big A loves the educational DVD's and Exercise DVD's. I am able to actually have a productive day when this happens too - win win I would say :)  I think I may have posted this before...

On Monday we bounced from active  or educational DVD to table activities - FANTASTIC DAY!!!  no arguing  no emotional outburst, ate all food given to her and willing to try new things (huge success)...

PE
DVD - Up , Down, and all Around - Movement for everyone. (40mins) - Monday (this one was loved)
climbing in and pushing around boxes (not sure why - i don't ask any more)
A 30-40 min  walk in the Sunshine (Tues)
Lots of mall walking (Wed)
30 mins gym play at kids club  - played cat & dog, parachute, (wed)
DVD - Monkey Monkey Music  (dancing  & action songs) 36mins (Thurs) (we wont get this one again)
DVD - HI 5  (dancing & action)  (Thurs)
DVD - Up , Down, and all Around - Movement for everyone. (40mins) (Fri)

Math
-DVD - Number Beats
I love how she teaches about how to hold the pencil in a fun way...the alligator chop (Big A really needed this!)
This DVD is quite interactive  - Big A was talking to the Tv - getting up and pointing, repeating the number chants & poems.
So Cute - She could not get enough of this DVD.
Time spent on math DVD this morning...aprox.  1 hour & 40 mins on numbers 0-9.
Both girls wanted to continue to watch...so during lunch they watched how to count by 2's, 5's, and 10's.
TOTAL TIME OF DVD about 2 hours of math Monday!!

Don't ask me about the box...I think it must be a sensory thing...
more math done this week:
-Time
-Patterns
-3D shapes
-Subtraction work book
-Calender
-Flashcard & Clothes pin game - putting the same number of clothes pins as the flashcard says to put on.
-2 hours of math games on Dream Box learning website (Fri)
-3-4 hours of math on Dream Box learning ( Sat)


Language Arts & Reading
-Popcorn Sight words - she is getting faster and learning new words everyday - very exciting.
-B Sound word search
-CH sound word search
-Opposites...hello & goodbye, dark & light, up & down, hot & cold...

Explored the book: Brain, Nerves, and Senses
Explored the book: A kid's guide to the brain
Explored the book: The amazing human body
Explored the book: The brain
Read : Hurricanes
Read: Tornados
Read: The Brain
Christmas tree story at Home school circle time

Science
Explored the book: Brain, Nerves, and Senses
Explored the book: A kid's guide to the brain
Explored the book: The amazing human body
Explored the book: The brain

Read : Hurricanes
Read: Tornados
Read: The Brain

Talk about weather - on our calendar

Play and explore with an interactive Kaleidoscope - where she can change what goes in it.

TV - Barney - talk about Monkeys & chimpanzee (what they eat, where they live, what they do)
   -ducks (laying & hatching eggs), - dogs (dog show),


Socials
A Visit with Santa Clause (Wed)

Music
Lots of music in Exercise DVD
Christmas Music
Singing songs from the Barney show (Tuesday)
Big A listens to the soundtrack or The Wizard of Oz a few times each day, and performs for us...
DVD that we used for PE on Thursday was a music video
DVD - HI 5 - lots of singing
TV - Barney - lots of singing & music
DVD - Wizard of Has (Veggie Tales)

Drama
DVD - Hi 5 - lots of make believe & story telling.
I was not sure this week if I should be impressed with creativity, or grossed out...
Big A was pretending to be homeless and dumped all the recycling all over her bed... I went with it as to not create a scene and not interrupt play...

There have been a few times this week where Big A will play homeless. She started a role play where I was homeless and she was helping me with blankets and food...I just went with it and played along.

DVD - Wizard of Has (Veggie Tales)

Health & Nutrition / Home Ec
Big A has helped with finding recycling and putting it away.
Big A has helped with vaccuming.
Big A has helped with sorting laundry and putting it into the washer & dryer.
Big A tried a new food this week and liked it :)  Breakfast was mini quiche & oranges.

ART:
Big A asked for a tac one day...she made a picture for Santa - of Santa and poked holes in it...she learned it last year at school. Looks pretty neat :)
Paper airplanes
Paper Ducks (trying to see what flies better a airplane or a bird :)
Home School Circle Time - Christmas Tree art (lots of glueing)

Big A Social Situations:
Play date with Katherine s kids (Tues)
Visit Santa (Wed)
Visit Auntie Lisa (Wed)
Kids Club (Wed)
DVD - Facing Fears without Freaking out. (Thurs)
TV - Barney (Thurs) - talk about friendship, how to be a friend
Homeschool Circle Time (Fri)
Sunday School (Sun)

I am looking for an outlet for Big A to serve & help the homeless. This seems to be very big on her heart at the moment.
FOUND:  The 5 & 2 Ministries allows children to come and serve. So we are collecting hats, mitts, socks, jackets, sleeping bags, and blankets. Then we will take it down on a serve supper night and give it to the people.

We ended our Wizard of OZ unit with DVD - Wizard of Has (Veggie Tales)

NEXT WEEK WILL BE MOSTLY FIELD TRIPS AND SOCIAL...My best friend from Winnipeg is coming with her family....and they are adopting Big A & Little A's brother...so we are going to have a LOT of fun with them next week :)  Big A is VERY excited!! (as am I).

Nov 21 -25
Big A did most of  her work and play today wearing the wizard of oz - Dorothy red ruby slippers :)

Math
math work book - putting numbers in order from smallest to largest
- counting & printing
-count by 2's dot to dot & read numbers in order after finished
-count by 5's dot to dot & read numbers in order after finished
Work book 1.2 - we worked on tens & ones
-less & more
-number maze
bake chocolate chip cookies
ate chocolate chip cookies - and counted as many chips as we could
hi 5 tv show - shapes were discussed & played with this morning
flashcard / clothes pin game (15 mins)

1-100 ...made into a puzzle type activity. took a long while - but she did it and did a great job!!

science
wild kratts tv show - about Kangaroos
wild kratts computer games
HAHA - I told Big A that Wild Kratts was science...she got very excited and said, "I didn't know it was a learning thing :)  "

Big A was enjoying exploring all our special rocks Wed.
TV show -  Sid the Science Kid, talked about weather, the importance of rain and making predictions.

Magnifine glasses were played with.

Computer - Sid the science kid.  She is learning about mold, bacteria, immune system...
We have started a science project to see how long it takes to grow mold on a white hot dog bun.
She is very excited to watch the progress.

language arts
word world tv show - about oo words
starfall.com games
hi 5 tv show - lots of stories
times phonics / spelling game (15mins)
popcorn sight words (15 mins) - trying to do daily
we started printing in  her "All about me" work book.

TV - WordGirl
Reading workbook  initial sounds and final sounds

Reading

We worked on her reading workbook
She read most of the word problems in her math book
She read the"reading" book

Many stories were read to and by her

Home - ec
set up and decorate Christmas tree

cleaned up toys & organized bookshelves

Art

Big A did a lot of art this morning. drawing, cutting. taping...
She created a unicorn costume for herself.
She drew pictures of tornado s and being prepared for them.


we did a lot of play dough this week. here is one of the creations made by Big A

Social studies

TV show - Sagwa the Siamese cat (learn about China)
Visit to Library
I took big A to Glendas Christmas Cottage, to enjoy the sights and smells of Christmas.
we started her "All about me" work book.
put on clothes from china & read our facts card about China
talked about our friends that live in China
found China on our map

music
listen to Christmas music pretty much all day & while setting up & decorating the tree
lots of Christmas music this week
Wizard of Oz sound track
Singing songs with mommy & Baby A
singing at church
Sunday school class did a little concert for the parents of songs they have been learning
Our exercise DVDs have a lot of music in them

Drama
Today the girls were pretending to be in a restaurant. Big A was the waitress and Little A was the customer.
This went on for quite some time... :)
There was a lot of dress-up and pretend play today. I did not see it all - took advantage of the quietness and did some cleaning!!


Fine Motor Development
Beading, creating necklaces, bracelets & rings
Play dough

PE
Walk to park
Walk at mall
DVD -

One day Big A really just wanted to play computer games...I bribed her with educational fun games. I pulled out 4 bins and set a timer. each game 15 mins. After the 4 bins she could play more computer. It worked great. Will be doing this again!

A week with grandma here, mom and dad gone for a  few days :)
Big A had a great time with Grandma here.
They played a lot of board games.  Scrabble Jr, Sorry, Animal Soduku.
They did many puzzles 100pc & 550 pc.
Big A created her own board game.
She watched Magic School Bus, Sid the science kid, Wild Kratz, Wizard of Oz movie a few times, Curious George, Word World.
For PE - they walked a few times to Mill lake and played on the playground, walked to McDonalds playplace, and played a lot of Simon Says.
They did a lot of reading, and Big A read 5 stories to grandma too.
Big A also baked cookies with grandma too.

CRAZY

Its been a little crazy and intense. I am feeling like we are falling behind.

We are back up and running...
Big A was in a homeschool drama / music class. There were a lot of issues during the classes - with behaviour and emotional meltdowns...but performance night...she SHINED!! I am soooo proud of her!!

The month of November we are doing a unit on The Wizard of Oz.  Big A LOVES Musicals.
So far we have read the story, listened to the sound track a lot...and watched the movie.
Big A has been working on Math flashcards for addition & subtraction.  Rainbow maze, rainbow colors (ROYGBIV), and other fun wizard of oz stuff.

Should be a good month!

We also have a lot of appointments.

Today the OT is coming to observe Baby A eat food, and see if we cant increase the number of food items that she eats. Also - how to get her to brush her teeth as that is too sensitive for her.


Halloween was also a fun time. We made it through successfully and without meltdowns.  No facepaints, and we did day time mall trick or treating instead of night time spooky trick or treating. :)  Love it when we can enjoy what others enjoy.  Makes us feel normal.