Literacy, Animal Needs and Basic Maths

Cal and I always start our day with the days of the week song (to the tune of the Adams Family theme song) and the weather. We have all been a little nuts this week and when we were doing the weather chart yesterday morning we realised that it was the first day this week that we had not had wind, so Cal and I decided that was why we felt less agitated friday!

Maths: graphing using elephant charts (count the elephants and then fill in that many squares on the bar graph). This activity is finally becoming easy for him after much practice during term 2, so we will need to figure out the next step.

Maths: measurement using slinkied apple skin. It was as long as Callum with his arm in the air. He thought this was a great measurement activity!

Phonics: /h/ sound book with pictures and words starting with /h/. Discussion of words starting with /h/. Cal was excited that hammer starts with /h/. A hammer is of course a necessary accessory in this house.

Science and Reading: Animal Houses book from Reading A-Z. Discussed where animals live, why they live there and other things that animals (and humans) need to survive. Cal really enjoyed this activity and participated freely (sometimes he is very resistive).

Cal continued digging his hole (begins with /h/!). Just about to china now!

Played house (begins with /h/ also) in the huge box that our new dishwasher came in (woo hoo, we got a Miele!).