There's even a fun game on there to match states and capitals.
SpellingCity.com has its own list of sight words or here's another site.
HT: Backyard Farming
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Spelling and Sight Words
There's even a fun game on there to match states and capitals.
SpellingCity.com has its own list of sight words or here's another site.
HT: Backyard Farming
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Orchestra
Tonight my husband found a gold mind on the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra website. If you scroll down on that page, you can listen to a portion of what you'll hear at the concert. In addition, you can click on other links that tell about the composer or the piece.
Pointillism
The Artful Parent gave me the idea.
He started with two colors, then asked for green. The second picture he wanted to use the q-tips as a paint brush - which was fine with me. I asked that he finish the first picture with dots.
The third picture he asked for white paint and colored construction paper (and I was thrilled he used pointillism on his own!)
He started with two colors, then asked for green. The second picture he wanted to use the q-tips as a paint brush - which was fine with me. I asked that he finish the first picture with dots.
The third picture he asked for white paint and colored construction paper (and I was thrilled he used pointillism on his own!)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Magic School Bus science video/project: Erosion
Today I found the video behind our Magic School Bus science project on erosion! (I apologize for posting the incorrect link below, and corrected it just now.) I have no idea whether it's a legal copy, but it can be viewed online for free here, entitled The Magic School Bus Rocks and Rolls. We're going to view the video, then do the experiment, then glean points for "cool mom."
Bible Memory
Trying to put a new twist on Bible memory, I put together a little diddy for the workbox.
In the drawer, he will find:
- scissors
- glue
- construction paper
- the document
In the drawer, he will find:
- scissors
- glue
- construction paper
- the document
Monday, October 18, 2010
Revolutions of Time (Song)
Below Kristi sings "The Revolutions of Time." It's the history song the children are working on in assembly. Or, if you're reading this in email, click here.
Erosion for kids
The Discovery Channel has a video on erosion that may help us out this week! So might this from howstuffworks.com, but their stuff tends to be a little more dry. Disclaimer: I have not watched these videos in advance.
National Geographic has some (of course) striking photos of weathering and erosion, and this site has various sites with animation on erosion.
This site has a ton of erosion activities, mainly for older students, as well as a graphic organizer, power point presentations, quizzes--even crossword puzzles.
For younger kids, here's a Magic School Bus project on erosion, complete with a printable.
National Geographic has some (of course) striking photos of weathering and erosion, and this site has various sites with animation on erosion.
This site has a ton of erosion activities, mainly for older students, as well as a graphic organizer, power point presentations, quizzes--even crossword puzzles.
For younger kids, here's a Magic School Bus project on erosion, complete with a printable.
Africa Update by John Isaac
If your child is in the first grade at Comm. Central, I hope they made it home with a coin from Rwanda, Africa. John Isaac and his dad spent two weeks in Africa, where John was teaching a class on the Gospel of John (lots of Johns in this story!). Yesterday I took John Isaac on an ice cream date with the sheer purpose of getting information out of him. I asked all kinds of questions about his trip. He didn't have much to say. This morning before leaving for Comm. Central, he decided to dictate the below narrative for class (before seeing any of the pictures). --Julie
I liked Rwanda, Africa, and the bananas and passion fruit too. The outside of a passion fruit looks like purple punch, it is round and hard, about the size of a black walnut - you have to cut it open then scoop out the seeds. The insides look like swirling swirling roots. The seeds are really sweet.
We also ate rice, meat, sauce, chips (which we would call french fries), and fish. My dad ate a lot of avocado. We had some really good bread. There was no fast food in Rwanda.
The power went out about every day.
The roads were one lane, not two lanes like America. Most roads were bumpy and made of dirt. One time we were riding and I had to go without a seat belt because there was another person in the car. There were six people and only five seats. One time a person (Alphonse, the usual driver) had to ride outside the truck.
We slept under a net because mosquitoes could give you malaria. In the mornings, a bird called “inyamanza” would wake us up. In Swahili, it means: be quiet! This is the sound it would make - AH-AH-AH!!
At the guest house, our neighbors were David and Liz from England. We had tea because they have tea in the afternoons in England.
I liked Ms. Arrylia, the teacher of the second grade class. I played football at the giant field. There they call soccer “football.”
When we went to Alphonse’s family’s village (the college student we know in Little Rock), at least thirty Rwandan kids crowded around the door and just stared at me while I sat inside the house. If an adult went out the door, the kids would scatter like a puff of smoke. They were staring at me because they had never ever seen a white man before!
We went to a game park, which is an animal park, kind of like a zoo except no fence. We saw giraffe, warthog, impala (which is like an antelope except it runs faster), waterbuck, white fish eagle, hippopotamus, and crocodiles. And lots and lots of baboons! There was a tree there covered in thorns. It was called an Acacia tree.
My dad taught a class and I went with him to his school, once. There I saw a drum as tall as me, and one African painted maraca. We sang, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” in English. I ate lunch and had tea with Dad there.
At one of the churches we didn’t sing because they didn’t translate. (Julie's note: they were there FOUR hours.)
We also went to Kenya and spent two days there. After we got off the airplane, we saw a whole lot of giraffes and a whole lot of zebras. I made friends with Morris and Francis, their parents also work with FamilyLife. Together we built blanket forts.
In the Belgium airport, my grandma bought me a dinosaur kit except I couldn’t play with it because we didn’t have scissors or a knife to open the package. (Julie writes: He told me yesterday, but didn’t want to include this factoid in the report, “Because it would probably embarrass me” that “I learned that Mawgaw’s real name isn’t Pam. It is Pamela.”)
On the plane home, I slept the longest. We watched videos on the plane. In the whole trip, we had four flights that were eight hours long and two flights that were two hours.
--John Isaac, age 6
Julie adds - here is a picture of Hubby's arm with a crazy rash and yellow skin at the height of his sickness. He continues to improve but still has a fever and aches every other day. I'm glad my boys are home!
I liked Rwanda, Africa, and the bananas and passion fruit too. The outside of a passion fruit looks like purple punch, it is round and hard, about the size of a black walnut - you have to cut it open then scoop out the seeds. The insides look like swirling swirling roots. The seeds are really sweet.
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| passion fruit |
We also ate rice, meat, sauce, chips (which we would call french fries), and fish. My dad ate a lot of avocado. We had some really good bread. There was no fast food in Rwanda.
The power went out about every day.
The roads were one lane, not two lanes like America. Most roads were bumpy and made of dirt. One time we were riding and I had to go without a seat belt because there was another person in the car. There were six people and only five seats. One time a person (Alphonse, the usual driver) had to ride outside the truck.
We slept under a net because mosquitoes could give you malaria. In the mornings, a bird called “inyamanza” would wake us up. In Swahili, it means: be quiet! This is the sound it would make - AH-AH-AH!!
At the guest house, our neighbors were David and Liz from England. We had tea because they have tea in the afternoons in England.
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| with Ms. Arrylia, who gave him the t-shirt |
I liked Ms. Arrylia, the teacher of the second grade class. I played football at the giant field. There they call soccer “football.”
When we went to Alphonse’s family’s village (the college student we know in Little Rock), at least thirty Rwandan kids crowded around the door and just stared at me while I sat inside the house. If an adult went out the door, the kids would scatter like a puff of smoke. They were staring at me because they had never ever seen a white man before!
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| Alphonse's family outside |
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| Alphonse's mother in red/yellow, g-ma in blue shirt, father white shirt sitting |
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| huge bird, about 4 feet tall |
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| babboon |
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| hippos |
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| White Fish Eagle |
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| Dad's class |
At one of the churches we didn’t sing because they didn’t translate. (Julie's note: they were there FOUR hours.)
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| Boy with hand on Hubby's knee for 2 hours. Kids starred at Mr. Intensity. |
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| JI (age 6), Morris (age 9), Francis (age 7), standing in their garden, in front of sugar cane. |
In the Belgium airport, my grandma bought me a dinosaur kit except I couldn’t play with it because we didn’t have scissors or a knife to open the package. (Julie writes: He told me yesterday, but didn’t want to include this factoid in the report, “Because it would probably embarrass me” that “I learned that Mawgaw’s real name isn’t Pam. It is Pamela.”)On the plane home, I slept the longest. We watched videos on the plane. In the whole trip, we had four flights that were eight hours long and two flights that were two hours.
--John Isaac, age 6
Julie adds - here is a picture of Hubby's arm with a crazy rash and yellow skin at the height of his sickness. He continues to improve but still has a fever and aches every other day. I'm glad my boys are home!
Free games for you!
Some homemade games for you to enjoy. It's a great way to get to know your paper cutter.
Make Your Own Math: Clip these simple cards and put them into an envelope. Kids make their own math problems and solve them.
Let's Find Out Science Questions: Cut this list of questions into little slips of paper, and keep them in your own "Let's Find Out Science" box--could be a Kleenex box. Your child can select a question to research together. Sample: Why do onions make me cry? etc. Here's a cover graphic for your box.
Math Magic: To play, we spin the spinner (assembly: place a paper brad in the center, stuck through a large paperclip), then the player has to complete that number of math problems drawn from the deck of cards to move the spun number of spaces on the game board. If they answer one incorrect, it's your own house rules that determine the consequence.
Word Whiz: To play, we spin the spinner (assembly: place a paper brad in the center, stuck through a large paperclip), then the player has to make that number of words from the Word Whiz cards (we just spread them out on the table!) to move the spun number of spaces on the board.
Make Your Own Math: Clip these simple cards and put them into an envelope. Kids make their own math problems and solve them.
Let's Find Out Science Questions: Cut this list of questions into little slips of paper, and keep them in your own "Let's Find Out Science" box--could be a Kleenex box. Your child can select a question to research together. Sample: Why do onions make me cry? etc. Here's a cover graphic for your box.
Math Magic: To play, we spin the spinner (assembly: place a paper brad in the center, stuck through a large paperclip), then the player has to complete that number of math problems drawn from the deck of cards to move the spun number of spaces on the game board. If they answer one incorrect, it's your own house rules that determine the consequence.
Word Whiz: To play, we spin the spinner (assembly: place a paper brad in the center, stuck through a large paperclip), then the player has to make that number of words from the Word Whiz cards (we just spread them out on the table!) to move the spun number of spaces on the board.
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