We’ve been home more than usual since DJ has had an early fall cold. So we had two good days of “school” this week. I presented the Trinomial cube to DJ after he moved a table in our spare room to get to where it was stored on a high shelf. A similar occurrence happened a few months ago with the Binomial cube and he surprised me with the ability to complete that puzzle rather easily. The Trinomial is quite…
This week our homeschool group visited a fire safety event at a local fire station. Fireman DJ is ready to rush to your rescue at a moment’s notice. In the meantime, he played with a room full of fire trucks. He also practiced sliding down a fire station pole, but (ahem) he needed some help so no chance for a photo. After a bit of play, Firefighter Melanie did a smelly presentation of how smoke behaves in a house, pointing…
I finally got the courage to bring out the World Map puzzle. DJ loves it! I showed him how to match the puzzle pieces to the control sheet. This will become more important when we get to maps like the US or Asia where there are a lot of little tiny pieces. I’ve also begun teaching him the continent names using the continent song on this youtube video. There are many, many versions of this song but DJ likes this…
Continuing our introduction to geography, DJ had his first presentation of the land & water forms this week. This material is used to teach the various shapes of land and water found around the world in corresponding pairs such as island/lake, peninsula/gulf, straight/isthmus, etc. While this is a very common early geography lesson, it has particular relevance to the region we live in, which is rich with lakes, islands, peninsulas, straights and a sound (which is similar to a gulf…