Term 3 Week 10 Day 3

Kindergarten

Religion: The Best We Can Be
☑ Sister Mary Lelia, Leading Little Ones to Mary (1993) Chapter 1.3

Religion: Lives of the Saints
☑ Mother Teresa

"Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness."

“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

English: Independent Reading
☑ Department of Education, NSW, A Book to Read (1955)

Mathematics: Worksheet
☑ Odds and Evens sorting

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: My Body
☑ Once Upon A Time... Life - Breathing [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]
This series is still fascinating the boys. It is a very good introduction to the body. We watched this episode through three times in a row.

Creative Arts: Craft
☑ More structure formation - attempting to build a plane that can fly out of wooden blocks, sticks and feathers.

Human Society & Environment: Mystery Activity
Topic: Families Past and Present - At the Museum.
☑ Arctic Artifacts [Link]
☑ Stories from the past - Pictographs [Link]
These interactive games from the US National Park Service were greatly enjoyed.

Cultural Studies: Music
☑ There was an Inuit drum amongs the artifacts to be identified in the Artic Artifacts game. Waratah wanted to hear what one sounded like and see one in action, so we went exploring. We watched two videos of Inuit Drum Dancing [Link] [Link].
☑ We also went down a rabbit trail to find out what kind of drum dancing our Cree ancestors might have done. We found the Cree Indian Prairie Chicken Dance [Link].
☑ We discussed the differences between the Inuit and Cree Drum Dancing, and compared these dance traditions with the acrobatic Chinese Drum Dancing we had watched previously [Term 3 Week 8 Day 5].

Science & Technology: Craft
Topic: Looking around you - Town and Country.
☑ Watercolour painting
☑ Discussion of organic versus manufactured shapes and objects, and how they affect the look of the landscape.

 

 

Preschool



Imaginative Play: I am a fireman.

Infant Activities

Tummy Time
Peek-a-boo
Baby Sign Language
Mirror play

Boronia is starting to teethe.