This week’s topic has been nesting birds. We have watched for them in the garden, we have done craft on the theme, we have learnt about them and their habitat, we have based our maths and reading learning on nesting birds, and today we rounded off the subject with our journals, poems, and a story. All week …
Nature Curriculum – Week 22 Evergreens
This week’s Nature Curriculum topic is evergreens. This is a much better topic for us to study in the snow than earthworms! In other posts I have discussed how we have done extension activities on the theme of evergreens. We went for a snowy hike to collect supplies, we have been crafting, and we have done experiments. This week, due …
Nature Curriculum Week 21 – Earthworms
The topic of earthworms has been quite a challenge for us this week. They are snug little mini beasties hiding deep in the soil under a couple of feet of snow! However, we have managed to dig a few out to be able to study them in real life 🙂 We have done some earthworm craft, some earthworm maths, some …
Wriggly, Squirmy, Earthworm Maths!
Earthworms are our Nature Curriculum theme for the week, so we got creative with our maths 🙂 My boys love changing the way we do our maths every week. It renews their interest, and both of them are showing progress now. We still work with some of the same concepts, but every week we try and have a go at …
Candle Maths.
Today it was maths with candles 🙂 Our little lady had a friend home from school, so obviously we needed a cake of some sort…not to be eaten though, until we were done with sticking candles in it for maths!! I could have drawn candles and cakes to use, but this was a more tasty and fun way of doing …
Nature Curriculum Week 20 – Candlemas
This week the theme in the nature curriculum was Candlemas. So what is it? It is the mid point of winter, half way between the shortest day of the year and the spring equinox. It is also a Christian festival. We have not only been studying this, but then using the candle theme to base our maths, crafts, and science …
Nature Curriculum Week 19 – Winter Ponds.
This week’s theme is Winter Ponds. Having visited our pond area the other day, today we settled down to draw what we had seen. We kicked off with a bit of face painting . I’m not sure they fully grasped the idea though 🙂 We had a dragonfly (possible but later in the year), a fish (a slightly too tropical …
Winter Pond Maths and English.
I will start with an apology….an apology for the state of my learning aids!! I am definitely no artist, but the fact my twins could actually name them was a bonus!!! We had a right old giggle with this week’s tasks (and that is what makes all the effort worth the while!). So, each maths or English task is based …
Pond Dipping – An All Year Activity
The Nature Curriculum theme for the week is Winter Ponds. It is suggested we revisit our autumn pond, but as we’d just emigrated and so didn’t have one, I’ve found us a new pond. This is quite an exciting find for our pond dipping. We live on a small island, and I originally didn’t think there were any ponds nearby. …
Week 18 Nature Curriculum – Winter Trees.
This week’s nature curriculum topic is Winter Trees. They have provided many a gorgeous back drop to my sunrise and sunset photos so far, as we arrived in Sweden late autumn, and have yet to see them bloom. Trees are lovely in winter too, framing the sky, and allowing us to really see their true shape, naked of leaves. However, …
