May 19 - 25th

Week of may 19 - 25

Math:
2 pages in Kumon Subtraction book
almost 1.5 pages in Kumon Addition book...someone had a meltdown as the answers were too hard to get...after 10 you run out of fingers...and it gets too hard...so she took a break...and never came back.
Big A is really struggling in math and we would love some new fresh creative fun ways to learn math...adding and subtracting without using our fingers...
Played game : Make 10 (a math version of Go Fish).

Science:
Genesis 1 - Creation Story

Reading:
Big A read me: Me and my mom by Mercer Mayer
Big A read me: Genesis 1:1
Big A did reading with SEA at Library

Writing:
Worked on Spelling Words
We are starting something new for writing...Copy work...
  Day 1 - Big A is copying out passages from her Beginnings Bible into a notebook to help with her practice of writing / reading & Bible study.
...From Genesis 1
  Day 2 - Big A did next part of passage for copy work
 
Home Ec:
Big A helped to unload the dishwasher
*Making a Float for the Yarrow Days Parade

Socials:

Art:
Big A created some beautiful art pieces - lots of drawing, cutting, glueing
*Building a float for the Yarrow Days Parade. Big A used paper mache to make a large world.
*Big A also helped by putting ribbons on the float.
Playdough

Music:
Go Fish

Drama:
Big A put on 2 plays for me this week - one playing "Hells Kitchen", and one "American Idol".

PE:
Dancing to Go Fish Songs
Play Abby
Mucking Stalls
Hula Hooping
Mill Plake - excercise equipment

So...This h as been what Big A did with me - there will be a communication book with notes from SEA and what they do together.

May 12 - 18

This week Uncle is in visiting us from Winnipeg. We hope to show him the sights.

Monday:
Big A & Little A spent most of the day playing board games (Sorry, smurf matching, animal sequence) and watching movies with Uncle.
They also put on a nice play for him.
Mommy spent the day checking out 4 possible new homes...(none of them work for us)...and cooking.

Tuesday:
Today we spent most of our day at Mill Lake & Play Abby (probably a good 6-8 hours)
Big A also did 6 pages in her Math U see work book.
Big A did some math games on her IPad too.
The girls are enjoying their time with Uncle here.

Wednesday:
The girls went to Mill Lake with daddy & uncle for 2 hours today.
Big A put on a musical / play for us today.
Big A & Unlce played a matching game, and the smurf card game.

Thursday:
Today we went to White Rock and enjoyed the tide being out. We had fun running  and playing in the sand / ocean. Little A went swimming :) She had a blast!
Then we walked the Pier. Big A thought she saw an octopus...which turned out to be a bunch of purple star fish - so beautiful! There were so many.
After we enjoyed hour playtime at the beach - we went to Krispy Kreme for yummy donuts. Soooo yummy!
Then Uncle took us to Toys R Us to find birthday gifts - Big A picked out a great new scooter.

Friday:
Today Daddy & Uncle took the girls to Mill Lake to ride their new scooters.
In the evening Big A and Uncle put on a little play / dance routine for us (very cute).

I am looking forward to getting back into a real routine again.