Science
Vertebrates:
Reptile - lapbook, origami (snake)
Amphibian - lapbook, origami (frog)
This month, we had been working on the animal lapbook. This should have been better if followed accordingly from water to air habitat but Teacher Mom decided to let the kid have a hand on deciding which one comes first. It should be fun at this point anyways.
TM prepared(pre-cut) the papers, searched for the books and P did some interesting reading and gluing at the library. We can't take books out of the library.
Language and Lit
The Wizard of Oz
a. Included a little of geography. We now know where to find Connecticut on the U.S. map. Our next will be Kansas.
More to do on ti next month. Tornado, dogs, etc.
Math
Clocks
Last month, we started on the clock thing. Used Mammoth Math pages outdoor. We actually went far this time, at Baker's. But P seemed got an overload with the minute part. TM went overboard. We have to slow down for a month. We'll be reviewing this before this month ends.
Geography
We discovered another good software to play maps. Seterra. We had occasionally played this one this month. We've covered Southeast Asia. But TM has already explored Northern and Mid-east Asia. Located usual places mentioned in the news (CNN) such as Pakistan, Afghanistan. ;)
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Diary of Riding Bike Without Training Wheels
Here's the timeline how we started on this independent bike ride journey;
Dec. 2009 - Mid-month, a few weeks before the year ends, we decided to remove the training wheels of his bike. He got this bike since we got here back in 2007. We thought that it was time for him to learn without the training wheels before he finally outgrow the bike.
We started with pushing him but he was still scared of the idea. U, a neighborhood friend, had tried on his own and he looked like he might learn faster than P. After two days of pushing from behind, we sort of forgot about the bike. (We actually had our backs hurting ;> ) P still needs more courage to try it on his own.
Jan. 19, 2010
While I was preparing my compost, P started to try to ride the bike. When the F saw this, he tried to help push his bike. It wasn't much. We took turns on this. As I was about to call it a day, P finally managed to ride a meter or two all by himself, without falling. The Father was ecstatic. We were all surprised and happy. Ah..my pushing almost over. He may not need our physical help anymore but mere moral support instead. We can simply give him technical suggestions and cheer him on. He has overcome his fears finally.
Ja. 20, 2010
After the big hurdle of overcoming his fears yesterday, we set on more opportunity to practice. We still had to push him a bit but since he has overcome his fear and he was willing to try on his own. He tried very hard that by the time we finished and had to wash in the bathroom, he complained about his hands and wrists hurting. I had to explain to him how he should put his weight on his butt and not on his arms as he ride.
Jan. 21, 2010
We shot a video today of Pilip riding a bike by himself.
On to another day of practice, along with his friend today. P seems to be decided on learning to ride on his own. Even with his friend around, he has concentrated on riding by himself for sometime. They did have enough time to play together, nonetheless. When the friend left, we got on to some "serious" practice. I took a short video finally as we cheered him on. This week was a milestone. It was fun. Hopefully, he'll get better by the end of this month. That's one week to go. :)
Dec. 2009 - Mid-month, a few weeks before the year ends, we decided to remove the training wheels of his bike. He got this bike since we got here back in 2007. We thought that it was time for him to learn without the training wheels before he finally outgrow the bike.
We started with pushing him but he was still scared of the idea. U, a neighborhood friend, had tried on his own and he looked like he might learn faster than P. After two days of pushing from behind, we sort of forgot about the bike. (We actually had our backs hurting ;> ) P still needs more courage to try it on his own.
Jan. 19, 2010
While I was preparing my compost, P started to try to ride the bike. When the F saw this, he tried to help push his bike. It wasn't much. We took turns on this. As I was about to call it a day, P finally managed to ride a meter or two all by himself, without falling. The Father was ecstatic. We were all surprised and happy. Ah..my pushing almost over. He may not need our physical help anymore but mere moral support instead. We can simply give him technical suggestions and cheer him on. He has overcome his fears finally.
Ja. 20, 2010
After the big hurdle of overcoming his fears yesterday, we set on more opportunity to practice. We still had to push him a bit but since he has overcome his fear and he was willing to try on his own. He tried very hard that by the time we finished and had to wash in the bathroom, he complained about his hands and wrists hurting. I had to explain to him how he should put his weight on his butt and not on his arms as he ride.
Jan. 21, 2010
We shot a video today of Pilip riding a bike by himself.
On to another day of practice, along with his friend today. P seems to be decided on learning to ride on his own. Even with his friend around, he has concentrated on riding by himself for sometime. They did have enough time to play together, nonetheless. When the friend left, we got on to some "serious" practice. I took a short video finally as we cheered him on. This week was a milestone. It was fun. Hopefully, he'll get better by the end of this month. That's one week to go. :)
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