Both yesterday and today, Seneca made her own puppets. She drew pictures of people and then cut them out. She gave her puppets the names "Riding Hood" and "Starla." Today, she sang Selena Gomez's "Love you Like A Love Song" as part of the puppet show. I also made another "fairy creature" for Seneca to play with. The pattern came from A Little Garden Flower'sThinking Feeling Willing program.
Seneca also colored with block crayons. I read "An Egyptian Cinderella Story" to her. Seneca retold the story of her birth using simplistic illustrations that I had made.
Liam watched a documentary from PBS called "Empire of Faith" on the birth of Islam. Liam copied the opening Surah of the Quran for writing practice. We discussed how the Angel Gabriel appears in both the Bible and the Quran. In the Bible, it is the Angel Gabriel who informs Mary that she will give birth to Jesus. In Islam, it is the Angel Gabriel who reveals the Quran to Muhammed.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
4/9/2012
When I arrived home from work yesterday, Yasmeen and Liam came out to greet my car. They told me that they played charades together and played the board game Stratego. I am so thrilled when my kids find my ways to entertain themselves without using a computer or a tv. They did still have computer and tv time, but I appreciate the non-media moments.
Tonight, all three kids and I played Stratego. Liam decided to watch documentaries on The Battle of Thermopylae, The Battle of Marathon, and another documentary on weaponry of the Dark Ages. He has already covered Greek History, but homeschooling allows him the advantage of being able to re-visit a subject matter as it speaks to his heart. After all, we re-watch our favorite movies and re-read our favorite books, why not re-study a fascinating subject?
Seneca was given a new puzzle for Easter. As Agnostics, we skip the religious part of Easter. The puzzle is very flimsy and made her very frustrated when it kept breaking apart. I hope she will work on it again soon. Lesson to mom, don't buy the cheap puzzles.
Tonight, all three kids and I played Stratego. Liam decided to watch documentaries on The Battle of Thermopylae, The Battle of Marathon, and another documentary on weaponry of the Dark Ages. He has already covered Greek History, but homeschooling allows him the advantage of being able to re-visit a subject matter as it speaks to his heart. After all, we re-watch our favorite movies and re-read our favorite books, why not re-study a fascinating subject?
Seneca was given a new puzzle for Easter. As Agnostics, we skip the religious part of Easter. The puzzle is very flimsy and made her very frustrated when it kept breaking apart. I hope she will work on it again soon. Lesson to mom, don't buy the cheap puzzles.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Homemade Paint Day
Thanks to my friend Rachael at http://gotkiddos.blogspot.com/ for showing me this link on how to make paint from condensed milk. http://ecemadeeasy.com/posts/painting-with-condensed-milk/
We've been using an old egg carton to separate the colors. Tonight, we only painted in one color, green. It was Seneca's choice. Waldorf education often has children at this age painting in only one color at a time. However, it is usually one of the primary colors. I did think it great that Seneca would choose green just over a week away from St. Patrick's Day.
We've been using an old egg carton to separate the colors. Tonight, we only painted in one color, green. It was Seneca's choice. Waldorf education often has children at this age painting in only one color at a time. However, it is usually one of the primary colors. I did think it great that Seneca would choose green just over a week away from St. Patrick's Day.
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