Today we began our day by trying "to break the spell the troll had over us by getting our chores done quickly before the he came back" Luckily we did it and we instantly turned back into princes and princesses! Some days I need to be very creative with Ryan in order to get him to do his chores. I get tired of the never ending battle and me resorting to timeouts ect,ect. I do not want to be that kind of parent so this morning I put on my creative hat and it worked ! So much more pleasant to do chores when you know in the end you will become a prince or a princess.
Our lessons started later today than usual. Ryan does not like morning walks, however I feel strongly that we should be outside briefly before lessons. So I told him we would just hang out on the porch for a little bit and I would pick the marigolds and golden rod to make a dye bath. That turned into soccer practice and climbing fun! By then it was snack time. I like starting lessons a little bit later in the morning esp we will be home all day.
Our lessons time started with a bit of circle time songs! I was surprised that Ryan wanted to do some singing and dancing. Since he has discovered the Beatles, he has not wanted to sing our other songs geared towards a Waldorf circle time.
We then reviewed our story from last week about the "Bear Child" . I drew this picture on the chalk board and made the bear look like a B and the cave they are in look like the letter C. We then practiced our form drawing concentrating on the curve form. After that we reviewed our letters Aa,Bb and introduced Cc.
We had set the puppet show up on Friday for the "Bear Child" but never got around to doing anything with it. So this morning worked well with our review. We finally did the puppet show!
When it was over I thought I would try the Charlotte Mason aproach to narration. I asked him what he remembered from the story and he told me all that he could. Of course he rolled his eyes at me - Is that a sigh he is not ready for narration??
Ryan really wanted to get on our "boat" and paddle out to the ocean. We like to sing the Wild Goose Flight song as we do and then we see all kinds of creatures on our journey. Last week he brought along his "tranqulizer gun" to bring back animals to the sanctuary. Where he comes up with these things - who knows. Too many nature videos maybe?
Today he brought his guitar and decided to get out the list of word families we have been discussing. It is a bit early in the Waldorf pedagogy to be introducing word families to him, but he wants them. We have been reviewing the "AY and "AT" 3 letter words. He ended up making up a song using the word family words he reconized. His big hit is called "The cat ate the bat".
I decided to start a book for him where I draw the pictures and make simple sentences using the words in the families we are learning. We will probablly talk about these families for a month - no rush no pressure.
Afternoon handwork. Clay! It has been awhile since we have worked with clay. It was great fun and we made these pretty wall hangings with things we have collected around the yard. We liked the way the flowers looked in the clay so we decided to leave them in there.
Around 2 on such a beautiful day we headed to one of our favorite local parks - Brooksvale. It is a park, plus a small farm and has plenty of hiking trails.
We noticed some signs of the leaves changing colors.
This flower was very interesting - I have never seen anything like it before and I have no idea hat it is.
Tomorrow we are off to the Old Stubridge Village homeschool day! Field trip - yeah.
1 comment:
Ha! I remember Sturbridge Village!!!! What a fun day you'll have! And your Monday looked wonderful as well. I LOVE the clay hangings!
Post a Comment