A rainbow shines through my window, My Lord loves me
The morning started with this glorious sight
And then there was much singing of this song:
I cry every time I sing this song. I still hear my Dad singing this to me when I sing it.
It's World Dictionary Day! Show the Dictionary some love!
Games of Apples to Apples amidst reading, chores, math and copywork
We're listening to the Judy Blume audiobook called "Double Fudge". The book's main character is obsessed with money. So we make our own money and play several games
And then spend a gazillion hours playing Monopoly
Sunday, October 14, 2012
If the pumpkin fits, wear it. -Unknown
As previously mentioned, we are in love with 3-d shapes of late. It's all we can talk about. Spheres, Cylinders, Square based Pyraminds...it's all the rage over here.
We are loving shapes in a big way. Perhaps due to the hexaflexagon madness that inspired us from youtube.
Have you seen it?
No?
Well, let me share this with you.
And this:
We spent the remainder of the day saying, "Really, it's not that hard."
"No, diagram."
3d sculptures
Then we grew bored of that and decided to try a spelling game involving contractions.
We rounded up the usual suspects (markers, crayons and dice)
made up some nifty words that needed to be contracted
and took turns rolling the dice and spelling the contraction.
I loved the game, my eldest said, "Once is enough. Really."
(followed by more jokes of "No, diagram!)
Then off we went to do various learning of 3-d shapes, art and science while listening to the fourth installment of Elizabeth Enright's Melendy family. Have you heard the Four Story Mistake or The Saturdays? You should. We love the Audiobook.
I, being in a goofy mood, decided that perhaps some frivolty was needed. Oranges gone wild.
And since we needed to cut up a pumpkin for pie making, why not make it an event. ..
involving faux Rice Krispie pumpkins.
Oh, the culinary art that can be done with a decent batch of Rice Krispies.
And masking was a necessity before fully cooking our pumpkin for pie!
Oh, what I wouldnt give for a plate of fried
green tomatoes like we used to have at the cafe. Ooh!-Ninny Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
Some days call for a silly start to breakfast...
...followed by good news that just had to be shared with one of my most favourite people in the world: my bro...also known as Uncle Babaganoush
(thank you Apple for the ipad and face time features!)
My eldest proudly displays the pumpkin she grew
These are just some of the MANY tomatoes we have at our house. Math and tomatoes are going hand in hand this week. Counting, multiplying, measuring, etc.
And...when you have tomatoes coming out of your ears, you must eat them.
Fried Green Tomatoes to keep this girl's soul happy to the brim.
Well, it's happened. Just as it always does. Remember my little post about us going back to our last spot of success in math and picking up from there. Well, a few days of games and what not and my girl decides she's ready to tackle the multi-digit multiplication again. Her father and her have a tet-a-tet about the basics of this complex approach to math. And within a few minutes, she's off and doing the math problems as happily as can be. Solving them correctly and humming while she does! Mark my words. Write them down. Tattoo th- --nevermind. If you are having trouble in an area of learning with your child, go back to your last place of success. Camp out there for a few days. Remind your child how competent they are. Give them confidence to face the next step. And when you are ready for that next step, break the problem down into smaller pieces. And tackle it one bite at a time. Go back to go forward. Quote me on it. Just don't use it as words on my tombstone. It will make no sense.
