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November
14, 2003
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Todays' entry isn't exactly
a new activity. We did
this a few months ago, but
it's definitely a fun
one. Calum and I
decided it would be fun to
be birds. So we cut
out about a million paper
feathers, wings, and even a
tail. We used a bit of
masking tape and TADA we
have a bird. We
learned about the life cycle
of birds through active roll
play. We covered up in
a blanket to "hatch out
of our eggs." We
looked at some pictures of
mommy birds feeding babies
on the internet. We
practiced flying around the
house. (Or jumping off
the furniture.) We
built a nest on our
"couch tree" out
of pillows and blankets and
also observed some real bird
nests I collected earlier in
the year. I gave Calum
a shelled walnut and
demonstrated with a nut
cracker how some birds use
their beaks. We also
looked through animal books
at different bird and
learned that birds are the
only creatures with
feathers. After our
games, we pasted bird
pictures in their nests
matching sizes. We
also learned the letter B
and counted the eggs in the
nests on a worksheet for our
math activity. It
sounds like a lot, but when
he is excited, activities
seem to go a lot faster and
tend to be more
productive. Calum
looks back at these pictures
and asks if we can do this
lesson again!
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I
am Amanda and this is my
five year old son, Calum.
We chose to home-school for
many reasons. Mainly,
the schools in the area we
live in are substandard and
violent. Also, we are
a military family and can
expect to move around quite
often. Another reason
is because of our religion.
And on top of all of that, I
love teaching my son and he
is a great teacher for me,
as well. Here is our
journal. Enjoy!
How
to contact me:
on AOL IM "AmandaAwbrey"
on Yahoo IM "Aithnefire"
on MSN "AmandaAwbrey"
or email me
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