Originally our homeschooling day today was to have consisted of visiting a dairy farm and taking part in Dairy Day activities in Stratford. Well... overnight we received about 8-10 inches of snow. That caused buses to be cancelled and well.. roads are still being cleared so we're not doing that. :)
Ergo we stay home and do other things.
We will therefore engage in regular homeschooling activities.
Ergo we stay home and do other things.
We will therefore engage in regular homeschooling activities.
Human Body
Today we looked over what a cell is made up of. Kid Discover has an infographic in the human cell. Will the lad understand it all? No.. but exposure over time will help him retain the information long term. He was quite intrigued by this and asked good questions.
Canada Study
We'll continue our efforts in drawing lodging of the First Nations people. We ran out of time to do this today, but there's always tomorrow. :)
OH! Almost forgot to add that right now (since our heritage is Dutch) that we are reading through an book called Kit and Kat about some twins who are Dutch. It talks about the things that children and families would have needed to do in the past. The lad is quite enjoying the book. It's only available as an e-book to the best of my knowledge.
OH! Almost forgot to add that right now (since our heritage is Dutch) that we are reading through an book called Kit and Kat about some twins who are Dutch. It talks about the things that children and families would have needed to do in the past. The lad is quite enjoying the book. It's only available as an e-book to the best of my knowledge.
Our Regular Stuff
We started off our day with Adventus. The lad did well with it, and even asked to do the lesson over again. This morning he earned a new game to do. He did struggle with understanding how to do the rhythm part and is part of I think why he wanted to do the lesson over again. He wanted to get it right from the get go. We did our question from Target the Question. We did another lesson from A+Tutorsoft math, he finally understands regrouping with subtraction over 10's So nice to see that confidence now. Then on the Essentials in Writing lesson. Again there were two pages to do, and he accomplished both quite handily.
We've gone back to reading from a reader. Right now we are using a reader called: The New Days and Deeds. i find it useful to specifically read things the lad might not necessarily choose because I find it a good way to broaden his horizons and to have something different that I can ask him questions about.
We went through our book on Telling Time. With this book he learned all the 1/2 and quarter ways to tell time. He learned how to write it digitally and manually. It's a wipe book which makes it easy to correct mistakes.
We've gone back to reading from a reader. Right now we are using a reader called: The New Days and Deeds. i find it useful to specifically read things the lad might not necessarily choose because I find it a good way to broaden his horizons and to have something different that I can ask him questions about.
We went through our book on Telling Time. With this book he learned all the 1/2 and quarter ways to tell time. He learned how to write it digitally and manually. It's a wipe book which makes it easy to correct mistakes.
We've started using a product called "Slide'n Solve Language Flash Cards". This is a simple product that helps with critical thinking with language arts. Asks a question, you need to draw or say the answer, and then look on the opposite side to see if you answered it correctly. The lad is having fun with this, and it only takes a minute to do.
We did a number of pages in Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills. Skills such as finding the blended letters, reading comprehension, regrouping when adding groups of numbers and such like. It's a good book, American focused, but it approaches things a bit differently and the Canadian Curriculum book which is not a bad thing. Keeps the lad thinking which is a good thing. We will probably alternate books daily.
Science
Yesterday the lad came up with his own science experiment which today he followed up with. "I wanted to know if water would taste good if I melted Valentine Candies in it."
The result: yes! the water is GOOD!
The result: yes! the water is GOOD!
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