~Noo is currently in Grade 2~
Noo just loves anything to do with soccer and his new favourite TV program is AI Football GGO so I decided to make him some workbox tags with some of the characters.
You can download them here
Category Archives: Noo
Lesson Plans 2 August – 6 August 2010
First day of winter break
We are on a 2 week winter break. Friday was our first day and Koko wanted to have a picnic (yes a picnic in the middle of winter, LOL)
This is the basket my brother-in-law’s wedding invitations were delivered in and its perfect for their little snack picnics
The snacks
The packed basket
Koko ready to eat 🙂
The kidelts enjoying their picnic
South Africa, our land ~ UPDATED now with worksheets
Our theme for August is South Africa. We will be studying our country. Noo is very excited to start on this 🙂
After finding very little in terms of unit studies online that I could use (or liked) I sat down and pulled one together myself.
Please feel free to download it by clicking the image below.
We will be using this unit study in conjunction with the following resources found online:
ABC Teach
Time for Kids
Homeschool Creations
Lesson Plans 5 July – 15 July 2010
For the next two weeks Noo will be busy with assessments for Clonard (our curriculum providers) so he won’t be inundated with too much work after that. We will be taking a short 2 week break so I can plan for the next term and give him some reprieve from all the hard work and to give his clever little mind a rest.
Volcano Experiment
Noo got this volcano kit from Edukits for his birthday (note this kit does not make lava).
We used my No Cook Play Dough Recipe to make the volcano and left it to dry overnight (it can be baked for approximately 45 minutes at 180 degrees C for faster results).
We went to visit a good homeschool friend I met online just after we decided to homeschool. She has 3 children aged 8, 6 and 4 and all our children get along so well 🙂 We took the volcano with and the kids painted it. Once it had dried, and the children had played for quite a while, we took it outside and started the experiment. The kids were dissappointed that the volcano didn’t make lava but enjoyed watching the “eruption” as the chemicals reacted. After the reaction was finished, we pulled out the vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and made our own lava which the kids adored and as a plus it was non toxic.
Here are a few pics of the “eruption”. We didn’t get pics of the “lava” as the camera’s batteries died and I forgot there were charged batteries in the bag, LOL.
The unpainted Volcano and the little houses we made out of the modelling clay that came with the kit.
The painted volcano ready for the experiment
The “eruption”. These are unfortunately the nicest pictures I could get because the chemicals used in this kit are hazardous, so we couldn’t get too close 🙁
