main lesson: form drawing, "the pregnant belly" (that's what we call it anyway), Form Drawing Grades 1-4, Enrst Schuberth & Laura Embry-Stine , p. 4 (fig 7 a)
*introduce with a short story,
i told the story of both my pregnancy with evyn (our youngest) & her birth. aydin was an a very amazing part of that journey...he knew i was pregnant before i did, he was 3 days off with his his estimation of her birth date, & he attended her birth. that is a very special memory that we share & i wanted to relive it all with him today...
lesson b:
outdoor nature hour; we spent today's hour cleaning out the garden & the boys hunted for (fallen) bird's nests in the woods...
they found two...
*also finished our michaelmas salve (it needed a month or so to cure)
tuesday, november 3rd
main lesson:
*tell story, part #7
introducing bear & fawn & 'u' (uuuhhh)
*project: make homemade (natural) play clay
the turmeric & the cocoa (yummy!) both turned our great. the turmeric we tried twice, but the color wasn't as bright as pictured & it was a bit grittier than the the two.
we made a list on the board of words that begin with 'f', then aydin chose two to model with the clay...
(foot)
(face)
(fire)
then we made a list of words that begin with 'b', again aydin chose two to model...
(bird)
(bowl)
lesson b:
begin knitting...learn & practice casting on, begin to learn/practice knit stitch...
wednesday, november 4th
main lesson:
(recall story, together)
*draw a picture of fawn & bear in main lesson book, add a gold star w/the letter 'u'
lesson b: baking, granola
thursday, october 5th
main lesson:
(recall story, on own)
*write short summary (together) & copy into main lesson book
*painting: "by the water"
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