2012 Term 4 Week 5 Day 1

Kindergarten

Religion: Bible Story
☑ Etta B. Degering My Bible Friends, Book 4: Go Wash in the River (1977)

English: Independent Reading
☑ Browsing through library books

English: Story Time
☑ Luke Tidies Up based on the Large Family stories by Jill Murphy (2008)

English: Story Time
☑ Hugh Lofting, Dr Dolittle (1920) Chapters 14 - 18

Mathematics: IXL / iPad
☑ Butterfly Math - addition (the basic (free) version of this app is too simple for Waratah, who has many others that he prefers, so I am moving it into Mulga's section).

Creative Arts: Music
☑ Both boys had a try at playing a trumpet and a trombone.

☑ We then watched Rafael Mendez, The Trumpet, Musicale of the Day (1940s?). If you want a treat, watch the third section in which he plays Flight of the Bumblebee and The Mexican Hat Dance.

Human Society & Environment: Brainstorming
☑ How did Aborigines use the Nepean river?

Science & Technology: Why Is It So?
☑ Recap of Waratah's understanding of the water cycle.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: My Body
☑ Once Upon A Time... Life: Blood [Playlist - 3 episodes]
☑ Once Upon A Time... Life: Platelets [Playlist - 3 episodes]

Cultural Studies: Investigating Diversity
☑ Introduction to famous rivers around the world - the Nile, the Yangtze, the Thames, the Mississippi, the Congo, the Ganges,  the Danube, and the Amazon.

PreK - Play-based learning (EYLF)

☑ Mulga joined in the trumpet playing and Rafael Mendez video, Story time, and the My Body videos.

☑ He also spent time today working with the Mini Train for Kids (logic / puzzle solving) app, and got out his nesting firemen and nesting dolls for some dramatic and manipulative play.

Infant - Learning stories

☑ Boronia is working on movement. She is rolling around all over the place!