Week of Feb 4th

Hello to those who stop by and read my jabber of our week, this week was full of some fun moments.

We are still fighting off sickness in our house but managed to make it to all of our extra curricular stuff as well as a bit more. The boys needed to get out not to mention I did as well. It is funny how quickly cabin fever can set in in the winter, with sick kids, and homeschooling. We all needed to get better and have some interaction with the outside world this week, which I am delighted to proclaim we did. We enjoyed our crazy busy week with gymnastics, dance, volleyball for me, Awanas, the gym, swimming, family day events at the events centre and even some skating at a local rink. It was a active week but a good time.  

Skating with friends.

Bible was a interesting topic this week, we started talking about evolution and creation and the two different opinions. We talked about what we believe (he knew what he believed!- Proud momma :)

We talked about what the big bang was and how it differs from what God did. We talked about tolerance and what it means to be respectful of others different opinions. 

He continues to enjoy and participated in Awanas practicing his verses and achieving little gems and shares. 

As for Math this week we did more addition and combining tens up to 100 then number recognition up to 100. 

This week for social studies we made mini books for grandpa (cause he needs something to read as he's recovering from knee surgery ;0). Then read a book about postal workers and learnt about the postal process. We went to post office, put stamps on them and mailed them off. 

We also watched you tube videos and discussed what chinese new year is as his Nana & Papa live in Hong Kong and it's something that is happening right now in the world. 

We watched a Neat chinese dragon dance  

Science- 

We read about the ear drum and our eyes for science, I found this great resource at the library that has simple experiments about the human body for children. 

This was our ear drum experiment, we had a plastic bag over a mason jar with rice on it. We had taken a heavy spoon and a cookie sheet then hit it hard near the jar. The "sound waves" (molecules) made the rice jump. It was comparable to the noise we hear and how our ear drums vibrate with sound waves.

We also spent some time on brain pop Jr, which I love! we watched videos about bullying, anger, and the food chain. 

I started a comprehension book for my son, for when we read out of our lesson book (there are no pictures). I know that he reads it to accomplish it but I want to spark some creativity with the reading. 

So he draws a picture about the story that he had just read and builds comprehension as well. 

I am excited for my DS, I got some level 1 readers from the library on our last visit. We sat down and he read most of Foxy Fox!!!! I am so excited for him, he felt so accomplished! 

Watching the Zamboni with friends. 

This week I asked my son what part of the human body he wanted to learn about (as he loves it)

He said the Nervous system!! I can't even believe he knows what the nervous system is and that he is actually interested in it. So I guess I better find some things we can do for that. Wow, he keeps me on my toes!!