Today is…September.
Our first month of school, in review:
We try to start each morning with a Gospel Message. Often our Message is from the Primary Manual, sometimes from a Gospel Art Kit picture, occasionally just a random Scripture. But it is such an important, crucial part of the day, it’s not an element I let slide:
Then we look at some of our structured learning time. Similar to a “circle time” or “calendar time” in the younger classrooms. We look at the calendar, weather, and do some quick review or mini-lessons. We spend 10-40 minutes, depending on what we do:
During the rest of the day and throughout the week, we definitely cover the basics…
Reading:
Writing:
And ‘Rithmetic:
We study Geography:
-Continents:
-Maps of local areas:
Baking is a big part of our curriculum:
-Meringues:
-Cake? (they made “original” creations)
-Fruit Crisps
Baking naturally teaches:
-Cleanup:
-and Math (fractions especially):
We do a lot of Art:
-Painting:
-Playdoh
-Which lends itself to stealth (sorta) learning:
-I LOVE the writing that comes from play. (This was from playing with cousins at church: “ARPLAN” [airplane]/”VejeThruc/WifFoodSuPlis” [veggie truck with food supplies]):
We play Music:
We play Games:
We are trying to learn Gymnastics (they are doing “eggrolls”):
We play with Robotics a LOT (awesomeness itself in incorporating heaps of important mathematical skills, especially in regards to logical and procedural thinking):
We love Science Experiment books. A really fun fallback for when I have nothing brilliant planned (what, who said that? I’m ALWAYS perfectly planned. HA!):
-the effects of heat on sugar and salt:
-…sugar especially 😉
We are studying the pioneers:
-…including how the pioneers would NOT have been whittling their wood (Don’t worry, Ettin got me a bandaid):
Sign-Language videos are saved for Movie and Game Friday (guess when the boys are allowed to watch movies and play video games!):
And we are Outside A LOT! A very important part of life and learning, don’t you think?
-We ride bikes:
-Study nature:
-And reap the benefits of hard work:
September has been wonderful, and I can’t wait to see what we learn in October!