GOALS:
1)Keeping a simple year filled with family, friends, and adventures.
2)Make new friends & Building social skills
3)Work on anxiety
4)Work on life skills (house cleaning / helping)
Reading
See - Google Doc,
Writing
Daily Writing Journal
DUCK? RABBIT?
Math
TEACHING TEXTBOOKS GRADE 4
Played Horse-opoly
Played Hi Ho Cherry O with little sister
Played Yatzee with grandma
Played Monopoly Jr with Little sister
Played Uno with grandparents
Played Yatzee with mom
Science
Blue Heron Reserve - Pond dipping & learning about pond animals.
*Shadow exploration
the dandelion shadow
Big A and her shadow
My shadow is not in front of me anymore...more exploring to do.
DVD's / Shows about Light or Sound
*Star Light, Star Bright. (Peep and the Big Wide World)
*What's Up In Space? The Sun. (The Solar System for Kids)
Books read about LIGHT & SOUND:
(Read to Little A) - My Five Senses. by Aliki
(Read to Little A) - Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth. by Karen Olson
WEATHER:
Science / Art: Big A made a plastic cup lighthouse
*Sunshine - Solar Pictures
Solar Print Paper was a lot of fun to explore & create with. We had to be quick with the paper. we took out paper and put something on top of it. 1-3 mins in the sun the paper turned from blue to white - then we put it in water for a minute for it to set, then we dried it.
HABITATS:
Food Chain Project
Big A created a food chain poster.
Including: Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, and Tertiary Consumer.
BUILDING A HABITAT PROJECT:
Big A has decided to build a habitat for snails.
She put together a list of items that she needed and then we went to the $$ store for accessories to make it a little extra creative. She created a "home" for the snail with a wooden bed, wooden dresser and a clothesline with tiny snail clothes and wash cloths.
Dirt, Plant, Rocks, Sticks, Leaves, Water Bowl, Bed, Dresser, Clothes & Clothes Line.
String, Glue, Scissors & Tape were all used to create this project.
Socials
We have been discussing political parties and what they do and do not support.
Main topics we have discussed are: abortion, suicide / assisted suicide, drugs, criminals, money for families.
We took the girls to vote. Big A got to see how the process works.
Fine Arts:
Art:
4 Cats Art Studio (1 week class)
3 days at Bakerview Summer Art Camp & 1 night Art Gallery Showing
1 day camp 10-2 at The Reach Art Gallery
Made a lighthouse out of plastic cups, tape, mini battery candle
Created a horse out of dots
Dance
Worship Dance Class with Everly:
Drama
...Got one of the two lead roles in the church Christmas Play!
Music
Participates in Sunday morning worship services
Big A got to sing with the worship team for the offering Sunday Nov 1
Physical Education
*soccer
*floor hockey
*walks to the park
*walks to the spray park
*bowling
*mini trampoline
*hike up Teapot Hill
*Jungle Mini Golf at Castle fun park.
*Hike up Teapot Hill
*Swim & Play at White Rock with bio brother.
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| Playing in the dirt |
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| A little swim |
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| siblings walking down the pier together. |
*Hike through Othello Tunnels
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| hiking up the mountains for some extra fun! |
*1 hour of picking potatos (bending, stretching, picking, lifting heavy buckets (about 25lbs)...for an hour (together our group picked over 1000lbs of potatos in an hour.)
*30 mins trampoline at friends home
*running through sprinkler (Oct 1)
*1hr trampoline at Aunties
*1 hour dance class
*soccer with cousins
*tried badminton with friends
*exploring the pumpkin patch at Willow view Farms
*exploring the pumpkin patch at Taves Farm
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| learning about apple sorting |
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| looking for the perfect pumpkin |
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| found it! |
*1 hour dance class
*20 mins on bouncy trampoline thing (for 20 kids)
*1 hour at playground
*30 min neighbourhood walk
*15 mins on Swings
*1 hour dance class
*20 mins trampoline at friends home
*2 hours @ Play Abby
*30 min neighbourhood walk
*2 hours of helping lift and move items (hay, tables, chairs...)...for a barn party
*5 hours Barn party fun...3 legged race, potato sac race, musical chairs, ring toss, bean bag throw, other relay races, and then the take down of all the hay, tables, chairs, sweeping... she was a GREAT helper.
*2 hour walk (taking sister to and from school 2x on Oct 26th...30 mins to 30 mins home, and again after school)
*1 hour walk to school most days
Health & Career
Book: The Care and Keeping of You. (all about puberty for girls).
She had many great questions afterwards. She thought that becoming a woman is disgusting and gross :)
I thought that her questions were very well thought out and the answers were not really addressed in the book - so we talk about most of them...
*do periods hurt when you have them?
*when will I have to start wearing a pad?
*does it hurt to wear a tampon?
*what do pads and tampons look like?
*why do I need to have a period? (This question almost got me roped into the sex talk - but I stopped myself )...
*can you feel when you are having your period?
Nov 14th - Big A took a class at the rec center called : At Home Alone.
They learned tips on how to stay safe at home. Their responsibilities and parent responsibilities. Also came up with scenarios to act out that could possibly happen if they were home alone.
The children also talked about fire safety if they are alone. They had to draw a design of their home and work out what they would do if they were alone. After class Big A and I went over the safety plan and came up with other scenarios that could happen. Teacher says that she is now able to stay home alone. We don't think she is ready - but it was a good start to learning about home alone safety.
Therapy & Extra Support
Horse Therapy - Oct 2nd.
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| Brushing Ta Kya - getting ready to ride. |
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| Feeding Ta Kya |
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| moving wheelbarrow to fill with manure |
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| scooping the poop |
IEP GOALS:
Washing Dishes (plates, bowls, and safe cutlery)
HOME EC:
washing dishes
bake apple pie
bake chocolate cake
fold & put away laundry
learning to shower on her own
went blueberry picking (picked about 3lbs of blueberries on her own.
potato picking (1000lbs in an hour)
bake banana bread
Play dates:
Met up with 2 other families (total 8 kids) at the spray park for 3 hours - the kids had a great time.
Birthday Party with 2 friends - horse back riding for 1.5 hours at horse therapy loacation.
Daycamps throughout the summer...
Church kids play at Grant Park
3 Nights away at Camp Charis alone without mom or dad (just kids)
Church camp - learned to play Soccer
Church camp - learned to play floor hockey
July 23rd - Big A had her first ever playdate with "L" here at our home. The girls had a fabulous time together. We really need to do this again. The girls played and talked about horses. They made jewlery (necklaces & bracelets), listened to Odessey Cd Stories...
July 24th - Big A had a playdate at "R;s" home. The girls baked a chocolate cake, built a fort, jumped on the trampoline, and swung on a homemade pulley system... (and more).
August 7th - Big A made her first friend phone call (30mins) She was very proud of herself.
August 17th - Met new friends at Mill Lake Spray park and enjoyed a picnic lunch.
August 24th - Big A made a few phone calls to grandparents and aunties. Enjoying some new skills and freedoms.
August 25th - Soccer Camp VBS 930-1130 Great time of interacting with peers and learning to play soccer together.
Sept - Big A's bio brother and sisters came for a week - we had a great time doing many field trips together.
Oct 24th - Church Barn Party. 35+ kids to play with.
OTHER:
Big A has been volunteering in the church nursery. She is volunteering in there 2 or 3x per month. infants up till 3rd birthday. (it was one or 2 - but they are really short workers and they love having her in there.)
She is enjoying learning how to care for babies, and play with toddlers. She told me how she held cheerios for one little boy as he would eat them way too fast and did not want him to choke - as he would take handfuls at a time.
the adults working in the nursery with her have said many great things about how hard she works and how well she works with the children.
