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the following lessons are based on her 'math gnomes' lessons (under age specific curriculum, grade one)
monday, january 4th
main lesson:
*introduce gnome share (divide) with short story...
*make a green salad
*write numbers 1-10 in main lesson book
*read aloud w/ mama (15 min) Frog and Toad are Friends
beginning this week aydin will be spending 15 minute/day with me practicing his reading. he made his way through the bob books last summer, and is now ready for something a bit more. so, we'll be working our way through the frog & toad series, and the little bear series as well.
lesson b:
form drawing...
tuesday, january 5th
main lesson:
(recall story & gnome share)
*draw a portrait of gnome share in main lesson book
*explore sharing with baskets of gems/jewels/nuts & friends
focus on 'sharing' not so much the 'dividing up equally' that will come later...though every time i tried to get aydin to just 'share' he wanted to count out even amounts for each friend. :)
*work with path of 2's, to see '2-4-6-8...' through play
aydin actually did this bit on his own, without any prompting by me...isn't it amazing how much they pick up on from older siblings?? i suppose in a home school setting they only pick up that much more, but these little 'lessons' continue to surprise me...
*read aloud w/mama, 15 min (frog & toad)
lesson b:
handwork; begin knitting potholder
basically a rectangle to be folded in half & sewn into a square...we are winging it, casting on 24 stitches (about 6") and knitting until we have 12".
wednesday, january 6th
(recall story, gnome share & yesterday's work)
main lesson:
*introduce division sign with 'living picture'...
i had a knitting needle sitting on the table longways, between aydin and i (as we were sitting across from each other at the table). then, i got out a small, 6" loaf of french bread & asked aydin if he would like some. he, of course, said yes (we are a bread loving family!), and i split it in half. i placed my half on one side of the knitting needles & his half on the other (so that we had made a division sign. the bread halves being the two dots & the knitting needle being the line).
*draw 'living picture' of division sign in main lesson book, draw standard division sign on right
*add division sign to gnome share's portrait (we put it on his tum)
*continue to explore sharing with friends...
*read aloud w/mama, 15 min (frog & toad)
lesson b:
baking, homemade bread...so good!
thursday, january 7th
(recall gnome share & this week's work)
main lesson:
*more sharing...work with new numbers
*share between 2 friends (8 * 6, 7 * 7, 10 * 4...) separate by gold cord/knitting needle...
*pick favorites & add to main lesson book
*write gnome share's poem in main lesson book
*read aloud w/mama, 15 min (frog & toad)
lesson b:
handwork, continue knitting potholder
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