We continue to practice our sums and finger spelling. We are reviewing odds and evens so we can begin classifying dominoes into odd and even ven diagrams. Stay tuned! You can help by playing games that involve dice, dominoes, counting, and adding with your child. The more practice with dice and dominoes the better. The [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Week 20, Day 40: February 27, 2009
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Week 20, Day 39: February 24, 2009
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We continue our journey in Tibet. Today we read I am a Yak by Norbu C. Kharitsang. The story tells of the significance of the yak (the male) and the dri (prounced “dree,” the female) to the Tibetan people. The story, told from the yak’s perspective, ties this strong beast to the people and the [...]
Dice Games
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Dice Games
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Dice games have been a successful way of teaching addition and subtraction.
Week 19, Day 38: February 13, 2009
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Friends rolled, cut out, and decorated Valentine’s Day sugar cookies and we partook in the sweet snack in the afternoon just before going outside. We finished our valentines, wrapped bookmarks, and began our Tibetan New Year’s flags. We water colored paper that will become our the background and animals for our decorative new year’s declarations. [...]
Week 19, Day 37: February 10, 2009
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As Black History month continues, we have been discussing Martin Luther King, Jr. and his “I Have a Dream” speech. It has been interesting for me to explain racism to children, and have them imagine not being able to interact with all people. Most were surprised to know that Black folks were unable to share [...]
Week 18, Day 36: February 6, 2009
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Our journey to Tibet continues….Today we began our day with the story, Where is Tibet? By Gina Halpern. Tashi and Pima are two Tibetan children living in exile with their parents in India. As the children ask their parents about Tibet, they embark on a mystical journey as they listen to their hearts, speak to [...]
Week 18, Day 35: February 3, 2009
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Our expedition to Tibet begins….
We are learning about the country at the top of the world, the Chinese occupation, and the people and their culture and traditions. We began with the book, Our Journey from Tibet by Laurie Dolphin. An interesting discussion ensued as we discussed the children in the story who had to leave [...]
