Hello Magnolia families. This is your biweekly scribbles, please enjoy your child's activities.
Practical life
The direct aim of practical life works are order, concentration, coordination and independence. (OCCI)
Pouring water 1-3
Penny polishing
Sensorial
Thermic Tablets
Math
Making tens with short bead stair
The aim of this math work is to learn how to make tens. To learn combinations of numbers which total ten. And to prepare for the positive Snake game.
Decimal system - Dynamic
Exchange game with the bank
This work is to prepare for exchanging and borrowing of quantity, in the use of operations of number. ( Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, Division )
Positive snake game
The child works with this math activity to reinforce knowledge of the quantity of ten. To reinforce knowledge of exchanging (regrouping). To reinforce concept of process of addition. To learn combinations of numbers that make ten.
Language
Consonant blends word list
Here the children learn the beginning consonant blends. Also this work will help the child to prepare for reading, writing and spelling.
Science
Reptiles/ Dinosaurs
Here the child puts together a dinosaurs puzzle. This work is for development of an appreciation for dinosaurs.
Geography
Land and water forms
Chain of Lakes, Archipelago
Here the child uses land and water form nomenclature cards. This work will help the child to learn the names of the land and water forms. And increase the child's understanding of what the land and water forms represent. This work will help the child to prepare for more abstract and further study of maps.
Art
Spiral cutting
The Earth and the Sun (celebration of life)
The child walks along the ellipse around the sun for the years of the child's life and gives the child both an initial impression of the earth/sun relationship an of the passage of the years form his birth to the present day. It is both a geography and a history lesson.
Sarah Belill celebrated her 5th birthday in the month of March. Her parents joined the celebration by telling their child's life story.
Best wishes. Mrs. Wasala