In week 4 history, we focused on Ancient Romans. We learned about their food, their house, their clothes, and the way they traveled. The internet links are fun too. Check them out if you want some info about Ancient Romans.
To print out a coloring page of Romans in their costume, check out:
To dress a Roman soldier, click here:
To make Roman clothes, Roman food, Jewel, etc, check out:
To throw a stone on a Roman guard (really fun!! Den played for 30 min!) check out this:
I also printed out some very good worksheets about Roman from a BBC site, however, today when I tried to access the site again, it was not responding...so I decided not to include the link here.
There are some good sites in the Science section too. Check this out:
Take a closer look at an ammonites fossil - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/virtual-wonders/vrammonite.html
To see the formation of fossil -http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/fossils/fossil-folklore/how_are_fossils.htm#
To know more about the earthquakes -http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth#features/plates?TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750 . I also showed Den newspaper clipping on Haiti's recent earthquakes and we prayed for the people in Haiti.
To build a really cool volcano and see it erupt at
To see a short film about volcanoes, check out
and http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/volcanoes/volcanoes-101.htmll
We also did a simple experiment to see the different layers of soil. We stole some soil from my mom's garden and put the soil into a see-thru glass jar. Added water and tighten the lid. Shake it and let it stay put. Shake it again 2 hours later and let it stand for a day or so and that's what we get. I also let Den draw the result in her scrapbook. Her reading is kind of hard to read - hummus, water, clay, and sand.We have had no formal math lesson for the past couple of weeks. I just let her do a lot of addition and deduction worksheet. Today, finally, I taught her minus large numbers (up to 99 without burrowing). She has no problem understanding it. So I am going to teach her adding with carrying next week.
We also read a Chinese book today. I have not been using the flash cards. It is time to start again next week.
Last night (or should I say this morning) I finally sat down and wrote down the rough study plan for each week. Just a rough guide. No idea if it is too much for each week. I will adjust according, I supposed. I also make a table to keep track of her learning.
Phonic Lesson - 1
Eng Reading - 1 book (Den read)
Dorce List/K LA – 1 lesson
Math lesson -1/wrksht 2
Math worksheet - 1
Chinese Flashcard -1
Chinese reading -3 (I read 2 Den read 1)
Piano Practice-3
Writing - 2
Physical Activity 5
Games 3
Sonlight
Coloring/craft
Scrapbooking
I decided to add Physical Activity to the list. I am not an outdoor person. Given a choice, I will just sit in the house and never step out. So I really have to force myself to make sure she moves enough. We are doing quite good this week in that part. She went to ballet on Tues, IKEA playland on Wed, we played ball on Thurs and she danced and jump rope today. Hopefully, we can keep that up.
Pre K books- http://www.squidoo.com/ahomeschoolingmomjornel
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