Week Nine ~ Winding Down

As the term comes to an end we are winding down... and this seems to be reflected in the number of photos I have taken!  But here are some highlights!!

 A gears game creation of the Munchkin's!

He LOVES to use the bingo dot markers... if they EVER go on clearance I just might buy him a set of Do-A-Dot Markers!!

 With less written/structured work as the term comes to an end, Monster is enjoying the extra time for silent reading... he escapes to his bed or even our bedroom and will read for hours!

 Monkey has discovered the Dot Game and I love that it is available on Facebook... he enjoys playing against the computer as well as another human!

Daddy took a break from work in the office to read some books and work on a puzzle with the Munchkin.

 The finished product - photographed by the Munchkin hence the little toes in the picture.

 Even though he is WAY ahead in his maths book, Monkey continues to ask to do pages each day.  He LOVED using blocks to work out the problems for this particular page.

And finally, our read aloud selections for the week!

Week Eight ~ Books, Games and Popcorn

Just for something different I thought I would put our weekly read aloud selection first!

It seems the scarier the beast the more my boys love them!

Above is a selection of our science choices for the week.

 Next comes our picture book selection for the week - chosen completely by Monkey!

 Finally, two of the books Monster and I read (in the evenings) as part of our Australian History unit we are doing this year.

 Monkey was VERY pleased with this creation he made with the Wedgits!

Firstly because it was something in his imagination (not from the booklet) and second because he used ALL of the pieces!

Monster still LOVES to play a game with me in the evenings during our special time!

For an added bonus... some pictures from the weekend.

The boys enjoyed a movie and some popcorn while I worked on organizing these two wonderful bookshelves hubby found for us!

Week Seven ~ Writing, Reading and Skeletons...

This is a rather random selection of photos for the week... but then towards the end of the term we tend to get a bit random!!

 Monster spent the week writing a letter each day to some of his friends... rather than write and information paragraph with his writing curriculum.

 He was given a skeleton for his birthday from his dad and I.

This has sparked an interest in studying the human body later in the year.

We had some difficulty assembling it and couldn't get one leg on... it took some help from dad but the skeleton is now complete.

Munchkin enjoyed some time using the big white board from daddy's office.

If I remember correctly this is a big storm!

 Our selection of read alouds for the week - chosen primarily by Monkey and Munchkin.

Week Six ~ Hands On Learning

This week saw the boys and I enjoying some hands-on learning which mixed in very well with the written book work that we do.

Monkey enjoyed some hands-on application to learning about volume.

This activity was part of a page in his maths book and he had LOTS of fun estimating how many cups it would take to fill up the different containers, and then filling it to check if he was correct.

Munchkin had to get in on the action... first he copied what he had seen his brother do!

Then he just enjoyed some water play... 

ANYTIME he plays with water (or takes a bath) the Octonauts toys get added to the fun!

We are continuing our plant unit study... so this week we set up an experiment to see what seeds need to grow!

Monster got a Disgusting Science Experiment kit for his birthday and decided he wanted to do the "snot" experiment!

 The finished product... it took awhile to get to the correct consistency but the boys were pleased with the gross factor of the experiment!!

Munchkin really enjoys showing off his creations! 

This particular week he was really interested in his Duplo Legos and his Lincoln Logs so they featured in his play almost every day!

There was a little bit of written/book work thrown in for good measure!

Pictures above are of both boys working on their maths, and the bottom photo is Monkey working on his handwriting!

Though I am a FIRM believer in the pre-school age boy learning mostly through play, I do try to give him some skills based learning through the week as well.  Sometimes he asks to do it and other times I suggest it.

This week he saw his brother (Monkey) working on his weather log and asked to make one too. So I gave him the weather pictures and he pasted them on his own piece of paper.

He also decided the pictures needed trimming so got a chance to work on his cutting as well!

Finally, below is our selection of read alouds for the week.

A mixture of our plant unit study, some other science choices, Humans, Society and the Environment (our history and geography part of the curriculum - and we are studying Australian History this year) and some picture books!  All in all, it was a good week!!