Friday, September 8, 2006
-Circle time.
-Reviewed Bible passages that Astrid already has memorized and began working on Psalm 23.
-Girls built with blocks.
-Talked about how on this day in 1995 a mummy of an Inca girl was found in the Andes mountains. I didn't know if this would go anywhere, but Astrid was incredibly fascinated. Looked at pictures of the "Inca Ice Maiden" on the internet, as well as ones of Incan architecture and artwork. Talked about where they lived, looking it up on the map and on the globe, what they ate, how they grew their food, how long ago they lived, how they prepared their dead.
-Astrid studied the map and globe for quite some time, trying to find the same countries on both of them based on their shapes. She asked what this or that country was many times. We talked about how you can tell on a map which parts of the earth are mountainous and which are flat. We talked about how much of the earth is covered in water. Astrid traced paths with her finger where boats would sail on various imaginary journeys.
-Unstructured play (large part of which was an imaginary camping trip).
-Astrid finished up the last couple pages in her current activity book (mazes, dot-to-dots, matching, etc.)
-Walked to library. Read a bunch of stories there. Brought home lots of books, including three or four about the Incas.
-Astrid played outside on the swingset while Muirgen helped me make supper.
-Looked through Vincent's photographs from the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa (had some of Incan masks) and of his trip up north to work with the Cree.
- Read first two chapters of 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White.
-Said nursery rhymes to the girls as they fell asleep.
-Reviewed Bible passages that Astrid already has memorized and began working on Psalm 23.
-Girls built with blocks.
-Talked about how on this day in 1995 a mummy of an Inca girl was found in the Andes mountains. I didn't know if this would go anywhere, but Astrid was incredibly fascinated. Looked at pictures of the "Inca Ice Maiden" on the internet, as well as ones of Incan architecture and artwork. Talked about where they lived, looking it up on the map and on the globe, what they ate, how they grew their food, how long ago they lived, how they prepared their dead.
-Astrid studied the map and globe for quite some time, trying to find the same countries on both of them based on their shapes. She asked what this or that country was many times. We talked about how you can tell on a map which parts of the earth are mountainous and which are flat. We talked about how much of the earth is covered in water. Astrid traced paths with her finger where boats would sail on various imaginary journeys.
-Unstructured play (large part of which was an imaginary camping trip).
-Astrid finished up the last couple pages in her current activity book (mazes, dot-to-dots, matching, etc.)
-Walked to library. Read a bunch of stories there. Brought home lots of books, including three or four about the Incas.
-Astrid played outside on the swingset while Muirgen helped me make supper.
-Looked through Vincent's photographs from the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa (had some of Incan masks) and of his trip up north to work with the Cree.
- Read first two chapters of 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White.
-Said nursery rhymes to the girls as they fell asleep.
posted by Rachel at 6:39 PM
1 Comments:
Rach,
I don't know if you'll look this far back for new comments. I just found this new blog. What do you do during circle time? What kind of blocks do you have? I have a book called "Vanished civilizations" that has some stuff about the Incas. You're welcome to borrow it for a bit, if Astrid's still interested when you come down next.
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