GRADE 1 - TERM 1

LITTLE A - GRADE 1 - TERM 1

Well - we tried public school. Oct 2015 - June 2016

Little A did very well academically - but struggled with anxiety, and socially.

Little A would chew her fingers and toes until they bled. Every day at drop off - was either a fight, tears, she would run away - or she held on to me so tight that the teacher had to pry her off of me. I am done with the fighting - so we are trying this again... time will tell I guess what is a better option at this time for Little A. 

Time to try home school again.

Little A has been very eager to get into her workbooks.

Today is Sept 5th - She has already completed 34 pages in her Jump Math book.

She is enjoying it very much.

I am hoping that she will get assessments done this year and hopefully some supports will fall into place...

Reading out loud:

1 Sticks and Stones. by Beth Ferry

2  Water can be... by Laura Purdie Salas

3 Strawberry Shortcake  Ballet School (Level 2 reader). Sierra Harimann

4 Fancy Nancy It's Backwards Day! by Jane O'COnnor (Level 1 reader)

5 What is That? Said the Cat. by Grace Maccarone

6 Pinkalicious The pinkeriffic Playdate. by by Victoria Kann

7Fancy Nancy and the Too Loose tooth. by Jane O Connor

Books Read to Little A:
(A) Little Tree. by Loren Long

(A) Strawberry Shortcake  Ballet School (Level 2 reader). Sierra Harimann

Math: Little A is working through her Jump Math work book.
She has completed the following units:
Counting
Match by counting
There is order here
The number that means nothing
Writing numbers
Counting using a chart
More and Less
One to one correspondence
How many more

BOOK: SUBTRACTION ACTIVITIES - Grade 1
To help her to learn and visualize the math - she is using Jungle animal counters.
We talked about 5 monkeys take away 3 monkeys = 2 monkeys...
7 animals and 5 animals leave = 2 animals left.

Sept 6 - 3 pages in the work book.

Science: Living & Non-Living Things

Socials::Natural Resources

Books Read:
Water. By Emily Neye
Splash! Learn about water. By Nadia Higgins
Water - National Geographic. by Melissa Stewart

Language Arts

We are going to do a study on the book "Where the Wild Things Are". by Maurice Sendak

PE & Health:

Career

Bible

Fine Arts:

Dance: Little A will be taking a Christian Dance class with other home schoolers - they also learn Bible verses and do devotions together.

Music: 

Drama

Art:Little A is taking an art class at 4 Cats art studio on Thursday afternoons

OCT 2015 - Little A

October  = Birthday month.  Little A celebrates 5 years.

Oct 1 - Horse Riding

 brushing the horse

riding the horse

balancing with hands behind back

thinking it is hilarious to ride backwards on a horse

trying bareback on her most favorite horse

helping to feed the horses

Oct 2 - Hike Bridal  Falls
Oct 3 - 1 hour trampoline
Oct 4 - Play Tag, Ball & Trampoline with cousins
Oct 5 - 30 mins Trampoline
Walk through pumpkin patch & play at playground with friends for 2 hours

Oct 6 - 1 hour Trampoline
Kick & Throw balls with sister
Oct 7 - 1 hour dance class
Oct 8 - Play date with kinder homeschool friend
Oct 9 -Field Trip to Taves farm. Enjoyed the tour, playing with the animals in the petting zoo, watching the apple sorter, taking a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch & apple orchard, jumping on the huge jumpoline (that can hold more than 20 + children, picking out her own little pumpkin, apples & buying apple cider. we brought it home and made apple cider popsicle. they were delicious.
Oct 10 - Lazy Saturday at home - played with family.
Oct 11 -Church. Sunday School & Childrens Church & Participated in singing in the service.
Oct 12 - Made Thankfulness Thanksgiving Turkey. Made Thanksgiving shape graph

Oct 13 -playdate with homeschool friend. 8 hours. (2 hours at Play Abby, and then 6 hours at her home playing on trampoline, with barbies, playing house & play food, playing with musical instruments and then put on a show for the moms and sisters.
Oct 14 - Playdate with homeschool friend.3 hours & 1 hour dance class, and 1 hour playdate with 2 homeschool friends on trampoline and playhouse (decked out like a mini real home).
Oct 15 - 2.5 hour playdate with homeschool friend, picnic and play at Grant Park.
Oct 16 -Building a Snail Habitat with her big sister.

Oct 20 -2 hours Play Abby
Oct 21 - 1 hour dance
Oct 22 -First day of Public School. 30 min walk home after school

Sense of Hearing

Sense of Smell

Sense of Taste

5 senses match

For Weather - We read many books on  various weather types.
The girls watched Sid the Science Kid - Episodes on Rain, Rainbows, and other weather episodes (re PVR'd them all. )

Sept 2015 - Avi Kindergarten

Reading
Just Going to the dentist. by Mercer Mayer
My Five Senses. by AlikiJust Going to the dentist. by Mercer Mayer
Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth. by Karen Olson
Senses are for everything. by Katherine Hengel
Light is all around us. by Wendy Pfeffer

Printing
Working on printing A, B, C, D
Working on printing names: Avi, Aliyah, Mom, Dad...


Math
played: Hi Ho Cherry O
measuring objects, people & shadows
working on printing numbers
working on counting as high as she can

Science
Blue Heron Reserve - Pond dipping & learning about pond animals.

5 Senses:

*Potato Picking...touching the dirt, smelling the dirt, seeing the potatos, tasting the potatos after we cooked them, hearing the sizzle of the potatos,...

*Shadow Play

Little A is 3 and a half rulers tall.

Little A's shadow is 4 rulers tall (Big A says that  if we would have measured her feet too she would have been a bit taller than that).

Weather: 
*The Weather Monkey - Little A is using a magnet set on our fridge - to tell day & weather and then to dress the monkey appropriately.

*Sunshine - Solar Pictures
Solar Print Paper was a lot of fun to explore & create with. We had to be quick with the paper. we took  out paper and put something on  top of it. 1-3 mins in the sun the paper turned from blue to white - then we put it in water for a minute for it to set, then we dried it.  

Characteristics of Living Things:


Socials


Fine Arts:
Art:     July 26th - Little did her first Art class at The Reach 9am-2pm.
She had an amazing time with a bunch of 5-7 year olds learning a variety of painting techniques and using different materials. water color, "stain glass", large canvas... She was very proud of herself and had a  great day.

Art Camp. She learned Watercolor, Acrylic, and Drawing & Pastel.
Art Gallery Showing of children's art created.

Dance
Sept 30 - Dec - Wednesdays 10:45 - 12:00 Dance with Everly & Annika.

Drama

Music


Physical Education
*walks to the park
*walks to the spray park
*trampoline

*bowling
*mini trampoline
*hike up Teapot Hill
*Jungle Mini Golf at Castle fun park.
*1 hour of potato picking (total group picking 1000lbs)
*3 hours running, climbing, balancing, swinging, sliding, and exploring by the river, out at Faith Missions Camp.

*3 hours at Cultus Lake swimming, running, digging in the dirt...
*30 mins trampoline at friends home
*30 mins Shadow play
*2 hours at Mill Lake spray park
*1 hour at Mill Lake train park
*45 mins horse riding
*1 hour running, swimming, digging in ocean
*3 hours bouncy castles, carnival games, running, jumping, sliding...
*1 hour Mill Lake park
*1 hour swimming
*Walking Othello Tunnels
*Walking & Hiking @ Hells Gate

HOME EC:

fold & put away laundry
vaccuuming the hallways & dining room & living room
washing walls & doors


OTHER:
Occupational Therapy:
Little A had another apt today Sept 8, 2015.
She spent an hour climbing, swinging, balancing, bouncing...Diane would like her to continue the ILS Therapy CD to work on regulation and calming. Also need to look into reflux. going to try Tums at bedtime and see if this little test helps her to sleep through the night.

Sept 30th  - OT apt - listening therapy.

Nov 2014 Little A

November 2014
Little A has started opening the front door. This is unsettling as she is a flight risk, and if I am in the shower who knows who will be going in or out of the apartment.
Little A has started climbing the balcony... no more outdoor time without an adult.
Everything seems to be a battle - socks & shoes, rain jackets, going to preschool, going to Sunday school & Children's church...
Nov 3rd - gave Little A a piece and a half of chocolate... after losing her body and her mind...she also lost her bladder... her last accident was in the summer after she was given an overload of sugar / chemical filled foods. When will I learn my lesson. I so badly want my kids to live "normal" lives and be able to indulge every once in a while.
Nov 4th - I had to walk both girls to Big A's art class... We practise street safety each time we walk to preschool and anywhere else we walk... however - I had to jump and "save" her 2x on our walk today...she almost got hit by 2 cars. Soooo terrifying.

May 2015 - Walking to the park, we are still working on street safety... Little A ran across at the lights and then turned and started to run into a car the was driving towards her :(  4.5 years old and still does not get it...