February 29, 2008
before breakfast My Trier watched this video and this video and learnt about slavery
as he did the breakfast dishes he again listened to he Ali Baba tape
Music and reading using this story The Tale of Tsar Saltan that can be found here I found some art work to illustrate the story. We read about Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov and then listened to The Flight of the Bumble Bee on UTube. Then we explored the fact that he used the voilin, the string family and flute to convey the tune and flight of the bumble bee. Then I allowed Billy to play around with the orchestra. We used this site to complete this last bit of the study.
My Trier was very interested this morning so I will copy this lesson plan again and study another composer again next week
Phonics
reading comprehension – he did the reading and writing as it was easy enough
writing the last bit of his story
Maths from the stunt book we started yesterday, 5 times tables
pools
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February 28, 2008
Phonics
writing (his story)
reading
test on sea scouts stuff
maths times tables and started using this book 
looked at time with it today
Art used “Stu’s cartoon safari : a step by step guide to cartooning a jungle of crazy creatures / by Stu Duval.” to draw
Science – watched this dvd and did some bookwork on the subject
Did some more work on Vikings
while My Trier was washing the dishes tonight he listened to the tape of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Sea Scouts tonight
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February 27, 2008
A truck driver delivered some wood for scroll sawing and so My Trier joined Mr Wonderful for a chat about scroll sawing
Phonics
writing his story My Trier worked really really well this morning
maths – addition and 5 times tables
reading
cooking after receiving another gift from our cousin in the UK
Art My Triers submission for this weeks theme on 
Vikings
went to the library
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February 26, 2008
Set play group
Phonics
Art for a the book My Trier is making
writing the story that he dictated to me yesterday
Maths – assessing what My Trier knows from level 1 of the New Zealand Curriculum
made chocolates using the moulds I brought after the trip the other day
little test on scouting to see what he remembered from yesterday
reading
typed a thank you email to our cousin in the UK she sent these
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February 25, 2008
Maths 3 times tables and practicing addition
Phonics
reading
I read the history of scouting to My Trier. I will continue to do this this week as he is getting tested on Thursday night.
English – character analysis
spelling
Anne
Science – How Long Does The Marble Take To Fall To The Bottom Experiment
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February 24, 2008
national mudslide afternoon with the Scouts and Sea Scouts
a fun afternoon
A news story about the event
In the evening we went to a Christian concert. It was AWESOME. I unfortunately forgot my memory stick for my camera. The main band (Missy O’Day) sang and acted out a dramatic retelling of the Jesus story. Afterwards I found some of the band and told them how awesome they were.
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February 22, 2008
phonics
english
reading
maths started working on the 3 times tables
swimming the local one was over run by a school and closed so we went to Ocean Spa instead with another home schooling family. The boys loved it
Youth Group
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February 21, 2008
Phonics
English- nouns, rhymes, adjectives
Spelling
word find related to our trip yesterday
reading
Maths
NB:-we have a couple of 15 minute breaks in the morning
My Trier wanted to cut his second break short this morning. He was keen to keep working. Sometimes I need the break as much as he does. I told him Id be there to start work again soon. When the break was over I went into the bed/school room to find he had already started doing his maths. I praised him for his self motivation and happily left him to do his maths.
We had a cause for celebration and you should have heard Our Little Man and I. My Trier knows his 2 times tables YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Science
Our study about the Vikings found some music on UTube of their times and lives
more Science
one of our experiments
Art made a pumpkin head man (we dont celebrate Halloween so although this has been made in February it didnt matter to us)
Tonight My Trier is going to Sea Scouts
after Sea Scouts My Trier we lit his pumpkin face
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February 20, 2008
reading
Chocolate factory and museum tour
phonics
english
writing
when Mr Wonderful got home My Trier told him that in the olden days the prostitutes use to pay10 cacao beans and that cacao beans are made into chocolate. That in Victoria times poison was put in chocolate things like arsenic, brick dust and metal shavings.
The trip was really good they were given an information sheet to fill in. We also watched a movie of chocolate ads.
Tonight Mr Wonderful and My Trier did some more scroll sawing out in the garage
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