Lesson Plans for the next three (3) weeks

Posted on 26/09/2010 by Momma Jo

We have three weeks left of our third school term of 2010. I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone by. Its been a very exciting year, with the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup here in South Africa to name just one. Here are my lesson plan outlines for the next three weeks. The last 2 weeks of the term are ouR assessment weeks. Noo will still do his reading and Theme of the Month work, but the focus of our day will be his assessments.

This week’s lesson plans

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The last two weeks of the term lesson plans

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Lesson Plans 20 September – 24 September 2010

Posted on 19/09/2010 by Momma Jo

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Tiny Tag Along Totschool

Posted on 19/09/2010 by Momma Jo

~Fifi is 19 months old~

Miss Fifi listening to Noo read his read aloud

Reading her own story. She is my little bookworm.

Later that day, Noo found a syringe that I use to make the kids jelly (jello) in and had fun playing doctor with Fifi. He would “inject” her and she would say ouchie ♥ They played like this for about half an hour before she got bored with it, LOL.

Is he a doctor or a mad scientist?

Her foot also needed to be injected, LOL

She discovered our Rotary blocks construction set this week and had a ton of fun putting them together in sets of two and taking them apart again. I just love how, no matter how often I brush her hair, her hair always looks so wild ♥

Isn’t this just the cutest little picture of her ♥ I found her drinking her bottle on the rocking chair and sharing with her “baba”. I couldn’t get a nice pic of her feeding her dolly

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Studying Africa – Resources

Posted on 12/09/2010 by Momma Jo

I am an active member of the There is No Place Like Home homeschooling forum and we have monthly themes set out for the next American school year. For September, we are studying Africa.

Noo has elected to study Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

I got the following books from the library (click on the title to purchase the book from Kalahari.net):

Nigeria (Mary N. Oluonye)
Pack your bags We’re headed to Nigeria. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Nigeria’s vast grasslands and long rivers, find out about Nigerian music, and see fishing and yam festivals. A special section introduces Nigeria’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world.

Looking at Nigeria (Jillian Powell)
Looking at Countries is a colorful introduction to other cultures. Perfect for reports, each book has been thoroughly researched and uses a variety of features to familiarize readers with people and countries around the world. Each book includes: – Leveled text correlated to the early elementary social studies curriculum – Engaging, full-color photographs – Multiple maps, including a black-and-white reproducible map and map-related activities – An overview of the land, weather, people, homes, food, and lifestyles of each featured country – A two-page section of facts about each country, including government, currency, population, and a photograph of the country’s flag – Did You Know? boxes that present information that is interesting, surprising, or just fun to know – A glossary to explain difficult or new words.

Looking at the Congo (Kathleen Pohl)
This leveled-reader series provides a colorful introduction to countries and cultures around the world. Perfect for reports, each book presents an exciting overview of the featured country’s people, land, weather, homes, food, and lifestyles. Clear, easy-to-follow text is coupled with large, vibrant, full-color photographs, multiple maps, and a black-and-white reporducible activity map.

Noo also has this fun Africa Continent Kit

HERE is our post about our South African unit study.

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Science ~ Slime

Posted on 12/09/2010 by Momma Jo

Noo got this lab coat as part of his Edukits Young Scientist Kit, Koko is wearing a white school shirt. He wants to look just like Noo when they do science ♥

Noo getting ready to start the Edukits Slime Kit experiment.

Koko admiring his big brother ♥

Showing Fifi the slime

Fifi having a look at it, I had to take it away from her, she thought it was jelly *oops*

Playing with the slime

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“This stuff is way cool” LOL

My hansom young man, no more a little boy

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Featured ~ Edukits – Africa Continent Kit

Posted on 12/09/2010 by Momma Jo

I bought Noo the Africa Continent Kit a while ago to go with our monthly themes. We used it for the first time this week.

The aim of the kit is to teach your child about the continent of Africa, its people and cultures as well as the natural resources found there. The kit came with a styrofoam sheet with the continent of Africa and little flags on tooth pics to match with the countries (this is not yet available for sale).

Noo Loves the flag activity. He has asked to learn about the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. He is fascinated by Nigeria for some reason, LOL and this kit has helped him so much in terms of placing the countries on the continent.