Dec 8 - 14

For the week of Dec 8th - 14th 2013

PE:
2 hours playing at Safari Zone (climbing, running, jumping, sliding...)
1 hour Neighborhood walk
Dancing for the musical (many hours this week!)
1 hour gymnastics
2 hours at play Abby (climbing, running, jumping, sliding...)

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Explode the Code 3 book:
lesson 11: ai and ay
lesson 12: oa and ow
lesson 13: ee and ea  / ai and ay  / oa and ow
Big A FINISHED  the explode the code book this week. Well done Big A!


SCIENCE:
Cat in the Hat: learning about Spiders & Webs
                     *learning how to problem solve



FINE ARTS:

MUSIC
Bakerview Music Academy:
2 hours violin
2 hours choir pratice
Christmas Concert was this week too... half hour violin & half hour singing.

CIK kids musical:
1.5 hour practise
3 hour dress rehersal plus 1/ 2 hour lunch with friends
3 performances (each about an hour long)

ART:
4cats Art Studio: Big A did more painting on the large canvas, and worked on scetching & clay work.

Dec 1 - 7, 2013

Dec 1 was Little A's 2nd Gotch Day (2 years ago we welcomed her into our family)
We celebrated with popcorn and movie Elmos Christmas.
This morning we went to church.
Big A went to Sunday school (singing, dancing, games, art, reading stories, working on memory verses)
Big A went to worship service & participated in the service by singing & listening & doing activity pages (dot to dot, color by number, and coloring).

PE:
dancing
neighborhood walks
1 hour gymnastics

FINE ARTS:
Drama
the girls were doing drama and working on a little play about Joseph & Mary.
They did lots of singing and dancing.

ART:
-lots of drawing & coloring during the week

-4Cats Art Studio -
 they spent an hour sculpting clay and creating a beautiful winter scene.
This was working on social skills, fine motor, waiting, listening, following instructions...

-Bakerview Music Academy
2 hours violin this week
2 hours choir

-CIK Musical
1 hour musical practice this week (singing, dancing)


Big A had a hard time in the evening while waiting for supper and spent time in her quiet corner listening to music.
(This area could use some extra items)...(something soft, squishy, lighting...)


1.5 hours kids club (social skills building, stories, songs, drama, gym time, art, snack)