Aiden reading.

Here is a sample of Aiden reading. Unfortunately we had a bad day and he would not read to our mentor teacher, so I recorded him instead.

Ballerina

Gemma enjoys dance and the poor girl is stuck with boys all the time so she is back in dance class for some girl time- this time it is ballet. She is so cute, as are all our little ballerina friends. 

 

January

What have we been up to? Here's a little catch up....

 

English worksheets

 

Aiden made his own Coat of Arms in Social Studies.

(There is a bike, love, a crown, a self-designed Canadian family flag, and a person.)

 

Painting jars and adding sparkles. 

 

Painting canvas with primary colors. Keiran's is on the far left and Gemma's is the middle one.

Aiden's is on the far right and is a scene with a red tree, yellow grass and a blue sky. 

 

Dental health :) 

 

Some pretty slack answers. 

 

Aiden is learning about tallying in Math.

 

Some books that Aiden has been reading. 

 

Rubbings of money for our Socials lesson. 

 

Gemma drew a portrait of mom. Haha. 

 

More science that overlaps with health! Nutrition...

 

Our new family photo wall, complete with encouraging words and a "grateful" board for writing "I love yous" and "Thank-yous." 

 

Puzzling. 

 

Mom learned how to paint a bird.

 

Gemma started bus driving ;) 

 

There's Uncle D getting a lift!

 

Walking our beautiful lake path. 

 

The Pond Hockey rinks were ready for the big tournament. 

 

Aiden reading a library book to his brother and sister. 

 

He likes to tell people that he lost his teeth in a hockey fight, but we know that he is just getting bigger!!

Hoildays

Some of our Christmas fun:

Shoveling and sledding in the driveway~

 

 Tobogganing at the local hill~

 

Building forts~

 

Wooden "paper dolls"~

 

Trucks with trailers~

 

More forts~

 

Skating at the lake with family~

 

(Two Grandmas are better than one:)

An extra English assignment.

Mom read the kids "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, and then Aiden worked on a Pinterest worksheet and a mom-made one too. Minus the messy printing, he did well I think. I like this type of structure for book knowledge and think I will use it again.

 

Who is the main character? Max

What did the character want? to play

What was the problem? He was being bad.

How did the character solve the problem? No (he didn't)

What was the resolution? he ate his dinner

 

In the beginning... he got sent to his room.

In the middle... it was a jungle.

In the end... he was good again.

The characters... Max, Mum, Monsters.

The setting... a jungle.

The events... he was a monster. 

Tuesday in town.

On Tuesday we went to Uncle Darin and Aunty Courtney's house. The kids had lots of fun making a gingerbread house and then painting wreaths...