after the nature walk
chanda's toes were very cold because she wore her rainboots. (with all the deep puddles of slush along the crosswalks, it's a tough call whether to wear snowboots or rainboots. walking about the city these days is not easy.) my fingers were icicles. we warmed up at the chocolate bar!
at home, chanda completed her bow, made with a branch from the fallen pine tree in our courtyard.
she meticulously cut away the bark so the twine would have a shelf to rest upon, and not slide down.
we also worked on fractions today; pulling out our old auntie pasta game which we hadn't played in awhile.
she was very enthusiastic to work on her fractions. i'm afraid of been negligent in the math department this year. we had grown tired of the singapore math, and i wasn't sure what to move into. right now, we're working with several ideas i jotted down from my friend's donna simmons' fifth grade math curriculum, along with the key to books. the sparseness in this curriculum induced me to explore the live-ed fifth grade curriculum, and we will be receiving this in a week or so (we were inspired by eva's math main lesson blocks with her daughter charlotte. thanks eva!). we're looking forward to the geometry sections.
chanda enjoyed working on her fraction tree . . going up the tree with larger denominators, but smaller fractions.
morgana came home and we had a dinner of chicken sausages and red lentil soup with carrots and coconut milk, and a loaf of freshly made bread.
after dinner, morgana did the dishes while chanda started another loaf of bread for her friend whose tibetan grandmother, amala, just passed away in kathmandu.
we then had some time to listen to the voyage of the dawn treader before going to bed.
morgana and i chose to knit, but chanda chose to work in her key to fractions book.
chanda's toes were very cold because she wore her rainboots. (with all the deep puddles of slush along the crosswalks, it's a tough call whether to wear snowboots or rainboots. walking about the city these days is not easy.) my fingers were icicles. we warmed up at the chocolate bar!
at home, chanda completed her bow, made with a branch from the fallen pine tree in our courtyard.
she meticulously cut away the bark so the twine would have a shelf to rest upon, and not slide down.
we also worked on fractions today; pulling out our old auntie pasta game which we hadn't played in awhile.
she was very enthusiastic to work on her fractions. i'm afraid of been negligent in the math department this year. we had grown tired of the singapore math, and i wasn't sure what to move into. right now, we're working with several ideas i jotted down from my friend's donna simmons' fifth grade math curriculum, along with the key to books. the sparseness in this curriculum induced me to explore the live-ed fifth grade curriculum, and we will be receiving this in a week or so (we were inspired by eva's math main lesson blocks with her daughter charlotte. thanks eva!). we're looking forward to the geometry sections.
chanda enjoyed working on her fraction tree . . going up the tree with larger denominators, but smaller fractions.
morgana came home and we had a dinner of chicken sausages and red lentil soup with carrots and coconut milk, and a loaf of freshly made bread.
after dinner, morgana did the dishes while chanda started another loaf of bread for her friend whose tibetan grandmother, amala, just passed away in kathmandu.
we then had some time to listen to the voyage of the dawn treader before going to bed.
morgana and i chose to knit, but chanda chose to work in her key to fractions book.
I love that bow.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of the Auntie Pasta game - we are just starting fractions here...
I'm still sad about your tree...
(sigh), me too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Dorina. You know, another very helpful program for geography is RightStart Math, intermediate math. We've used RightStart Math for Jonathan and Charlotte in combination with Singapore, Key to, Miquon, and Live Ed. The RightStart geometry couse can be spread out over several years and is written to the student. Jonathan has learned so much!
ReplyDeleteI love your blackboard! It's so BIG! Do you know Kamik boots from Canada? They have rain boots with very warm insulation and are great for the wet winter days.
hi eva, thanks so much for the kamik boots recommendation. i think we could use them! my friend cindi actually has a pair and i really like them. however, i didn't realize they were insulated. it's good to know.
ReplyDeleteand thank you for the right start suggestion. i'm going to look it up today. i think it would be good for us.
i painted the blackboard onto the wall. i don't think i'd like it if it was noticeable right when you walked into the apartment. but it's not seen until you sit down at the table. the most difficult part of having it on the wall is dealing with the chalk dust. i lay down a towel when i erase and vacuum often.
We also have the problem with the chalk dust. Fortunately, we have a very forgiving carpet.
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