Week 12
Congratulations everyone for a job well done. We finished half year of CC amazingly strong. Continue on giving your best in every endeavor you undertake.
Presentation was entertaining. The kids shared their favorite Christmas family tradition... the common theme is family. Christmas is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. It reminds us not only of our love for each other, but most especially also of God's love for us by sending His one and only Son, Jesus, to us.
Science experiment is more a Science craft; we made constellation scopes. The kids were excited of what their scopes would look like, and I asked them to share what it looks like when they try it at home. This is the site where we got the project idea. Have fun!
We talked a little about the moon calendar we filled out. I asked the kids how they liked the activity. Most of them enjoyed it even if they did not fill out the calendar. I told them I don't really mind the if they did not fill out the calendar as long as they learn from real life. They are excited to do it again, and I suggested that it would be great to do it sometime in the spring or summer (the link for the moon calendar is in the previous blog). I encouraged them to take every opportunity to learn beyond the books that they are reading. It is a very stimulating way to learn.
New Grammar
Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
I briefly introduced them to the goal of each mission. We had a very good discussion on the different space missions. They might enjoy researching more about the topic.
History: Song - CC CD
I briefly told them about Napoleon Bonaparte and the Battle of Waterloo. The kids were just amazing. They have a lot of questions that is relevant to the topic we are discussing. This is a wonderful site about the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon. Have fun learning with them. I am honored to be learning and having fun with them.
English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We continued our memory work for the indefinite pronouns. We have one more week to go on the indefinite pronouns.
Latin: Song - CC CD
We reviewed last week's conjugation
Math: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We are finally done with our tables. Please keep on practicing their multiplication table at home. We started with measurements this week. The kids want to keep going on; I had to stop them to keep on doing the memory work for next time.
Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We traveled to the Eastern European Seas - the kids noted that they have different colors. We did not have enough time to discuss about USSR, but I promised them I would send the link to you, so here is the link. It would be great for them to see where and what the countries (former USSR) are in the map as we continue on the whole of Europe next semester. And I told them to try to trace the map of Europe (on a tracing paper) this Christmas break. It would be a good start to prepare them for Challenge.
Review
We were able to review all weeks of History, Science, Latin, and English this week. from my observation, the kids are struggling with the different pronouns for English. I told them to make a sentence and keep replacing it with the pronouns. We were unable to review Timeline and Geography. Continue to work on them at home. The kids all raised their hands when I asked who will be going for Memory Masters and I am really proud of them. Continue reviewing their memory work at home for Mock Memory Masters testing on January 9, 2017. I know they all can do it... NO DOUBT!
Fine Arts
The end of tin whistle and our music theory. We reviewed everything we learned in theory, and as a final review, we looked at a real music score and identified things in the music that we know. The kids did wonderfully. For "Silent Night", we divided the class in two - melody and harmony. Melody Kids - Elle, Reid, Nolan and Ruthie. Harmony Kids - Jacob, Jayven, Caroline, Ellie and Dawn. I told them I will not force them to memorize the piece; I would only encourage them to memorize it... hahaha! They need to work on speed (they go too fast on the parts they know and slow on the parts that they don't) and closing the holes tightly. Please encourage them to practice their part for the Christmas program. I would appreciate it very much. I believe I forgot to send the music via email last week. I will do it this time, promise!
P.S. for the week. We did not have enough time to practice the Bible verse (Ephesians 6:1-9). The kids know it, but please encourage them to go over it even once this week. Thank you.
Thank you so much for all your kids and for all of you - your encouragement and your friendship. It has been a wonderful first half of the year. I hope to continue the next half of the year with much excitement and thrill with your kids. Keep on!
Sincerely,
Zabrina
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Week 11
Hello to everyone! I am always amazed at how the kids take care and love each other. I am doubly blest with their love for me. Thank you, girls for the card and the drawing on the board. It is a wonderful encouragement to me. Nolan, we missed you.
Presentation was exciting. I am very impressed with the books the kids are reading. We had books written by great authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis , etc. The amazing thing is the kids are able to talk about most of the books that was shared. Presentation was more of a book discussion, which is so awesome. Treasure this wonderful time of reading. Next week's presentation - "Tell us about your favorite family tradition for Christmas."
I can only say one word for the Science experiment - ROCKETS! We had a marvelous time launching the rockets and comparing them. However, we did not know what was the final verdict on which rocket flew higher. A question for Mr. Herson next week, kids.
New Grammar
Timeline: Song - CC CD
We reviewed the timeline section taught during the opening ceremony. The kids had more fun finding out what was before a certain time period. This is a great exercise and challenge for the kids who had memorize the Timeline song for many years.
History: Song - CC CD
I briefly talked to them about the French Revolution. I guess I was mixing my words at that time because the kids were so quiet, or maybe they are just really paying attention. To read more on the French revolution, look at this site or this site.
English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We started with the first of the three groups of indefinite pronouns. We will be going over this list for the next three weeks, with different focus every week.
Latin: Song - CC CD
First conjugation future perfect tense... When we were learning future tense, our hint was a bow (bo). Now with future perfect, our hint is an arrow (ero). We even had an opportunity to review all of the Latin conjugation.
Math: Song - CC CD
We learned about the cubes. They are really good with skip counting, so to challenge them, I asked them about cubes out of order (e.g. 7 cubes, 9 cubes). they struggled, but I believed they had fun.
Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
I briefly explained to them the other bodies in our solar system. The kids struggled with the pronunciation of the meteoroids and meteorites, but they know their materials. If you want to learn more about the other bodies in our solar system, check out this site (Scroll doen to the lowest section to find asteroids, comets, and meteorites).
Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We were in Eastern Europe and we learned that Istanbul used to be named Constantinople. This is a good reading site about Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire. I also mentioned to the kids that part of Turkey is located in Europe and part of Turkey is in Asia. Check out this site for more on Turkey... and yes, I remembered the body of water - Bosporus strait.
The water behind us is the Bosporus strait. We were in Istanbul (Europe part of Turkey), and the land behind the water is the part of Turkey in Asia. We also learned that Russia used to be USSR. I asked the kids to check out what independent countries now, used to be part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This is their homework (if they remember), and we might talk about it next week. Have fun researching. I will send a good site to check out about USSR next week (just in case the kids are reading this blog).
Fine Arts
We reviewed a little bit of our theory. I introduced new grammar (mostly Italian words), piano, forte, mezzo, crescendo, diminuendo, legato and staccato. Next week will be our last week in music theory, it would be great if you can review what we learned the past six weeks. We will be looking at real music and see how we can read the music score. We also practiced our "Silent Night". The kids are doing great. I heard most of them. I just need to hear from a few of them so we can balance the sound of the melody and harmony part. Please remind them to keep practicing both melody and harmony. I will send the music via email attachment just in case some of them lose the copy of the music. Awesome job, Jacob for finishing the assignment on "We Three Kings". We will play this music again next week. I gave them a copy of "Ode to Joy" for tin whistle without the finger holes. My goal for them is to be able to play music just by looking at any piece of music (in the key of D, of course) without depending on the finger hole chart. It would be great and the kids will surely feel accomplished. Remember to bring your tin whistle next week. I really hope that everyone can play the tin whistle next week. It will be our last rehearsal for our Christmas program. If siblings are sharing the tin whistle, please take note that our schedule for tin whistle is 11:00 am - 11;30 am (more or less). Thank you very much!
Review
We practiced our verse, Ephesians 6:1-9, the song (acapella) and the sign language. The kids did great. I have decided that we will not use any background music, because the kids sang it perfectly. Review game today was Math only. The kids did wonderfully with tables from 1 to 10, they started to struggle a little bit in the 11's and 12's, but they really struggled in the 13's, 14's and 15's. Keep on practicing the tables... challenge them by making it a game. I am sure they will enjoy it.
I almost forgot... we should be finished with our moon calendar this coming weekend (Dec. 12 is 29 days from Nov. 14). If they can bring their calendar with them, it would be a wonderful discussion topic.
Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone!
Sincerely,
Zabrina
Hello to everyone! I am always amazed at how the kids take care and love each other. I am doubly blest with their love for me. Thank you, girls for the card and the drawing on the board. It is a wonderful encouragement to me. Nolan, we missed you.
Presentation was exciting. I am very impressed with the books the kids are reading. We had books written by great authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis , etc. The amazing thing is the kids are able to talk about most of the books that was shared. Presentation was more of a book discussion, which is so awesome. Treasure this wonderful time of reading. Next week's presentation - "Tell us about your favorite family tradition for Christmas."
I can only say one word for the Science experiment - ROCKETS! We had a marvelous time launching the rockets and comparing them. However, we did not know what was the final verdict on which rocket flew higher. A question for Mr. Herson next week, kids.
New Grammar
Timeline: Song - CC CD
We reviewed the timeline section taught during the opening ceremony. The kids had more fun finding out what was before a certain time period. This is a great exercise and challenge for the kids who had memorize the Timeline song for many years.
History: Song - CC CD
I briefly talked to them about the French Revolution. I guess I was mixing my words at that time because the kids were so quiet, or maybe they are just really paying attention. To read more on the French revolution, look at this site or this site.
English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We started with the first of the three groups of indefinite pronouns. We will be going over this list for the next three weeks, with different focus every week.
Latin: Song - CC CD
First conjugation future perfect tense... When we were learning future tense, our hint was a bow (bo). Now with future perfect, our hint is an arrow (ero). We even had an opportunity to review all of the Latin conjugation.
Math: Song - CC CD
We learned about the cubes. They are really good with skip counting, so to challenge them, I asked them about cubes out of order (e.g. 7 cubes, 9 cubes). they struggled, but I believed they had fun.
Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
I briefly explained to them the other bodies in our solar system. The kids struggled with the pronunciation of the meteoroids and meteorites, but they know their materials. If you want to learn more about the other bodies in our solar system, check out this site (Scroll doen to the lowest section to find asteroids, comets, and meteorites).
Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We were in Eastern Europe and we learned that Istanbul used to be named Constantinople. This is a good reading site about Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire. I also mentioned to the kids that part of Turkey is located in Europe and part of Turkey is in Asia. Check out this site for more on Turkey... and yes, I remembered the body of water - Bosporus strait.
The water behind us is the Bosporus strait. We were in Istanbul (Europe part of Turkey), and the land behind the water is the part of Turkey in Asia. We also learned that Russia used to be USSR. I asked the kids to check out what independent countries now, used to be part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This is their homework (if they remember), and we might talk about it next week. Have fun researching. I will send a good site to check out about USSR next week (just in case the kids are reading this blog).
Fine Arts
We reviewed a little bit of our theory. I introduced new grammar (mostly Italian words), piano, forte, mezzo, crescendo, diminuendo, legato and staccato. Next week will be our last week in music theory, it would be great if you can review what we learned the past six weeks. We will be looking at real music and see how we can read the music score. We also practiced our "Silent Night". The kids are doing great. I heard most of them. I just need to hear from a few of them so we can balance the sound of the melody and harmony part. Please remind them to keep practicing both melody and harmony. I will send the music via email attachment just in case some of them lose the copy of the music. Awesome job, Jacob for finishing the assignment on "We Three Kings". We will play this music again next week. I gave them a copy of "Ode to Joy" for tin whistle without the finger holes. My goal for them is to be able to play music just by looking at any piece of music (in the key of D, of course) without depending on the finger hole chart. It would be great and the kids will surely feel accomplished. Remember to bring your tin whistle next week. I really hope that everyone can play the tin whistle next week. It will be our last rehearsal for our Christmas program. If siblings are sharing the tin whistle, please take note that our schedule for tin whistle is 11:00 am - 11;30 am (more or less). Thank you very much!
Review
We practiced our verse, Ephesians 6:1-9, the song (acapella) and the sign language. The kids did great. I have decided that we will not use any background music, because the kids sang it perfectly. Review game today was Math only. The kids did wonderfully with tables from 1 to 10, they started to struggle a little bit in the 11's and 12's, but they really struggled in the 13's, 14's and 15's. Keep on practicing the tables... challenge them by making it a game. I am sure they will enjoy it.
I almost forgot... we should be finished with our moon calendar this coming weekend (Dec. 12 is 29 days from Nov. 14). If they can bring their calendar with them, it would be a wonderful discussion topic.
Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone!
Sincerely,
Zabrina
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