March wrap up

What’s New This Month? 

We have had a few “excursion” outings to The Big Smoke, had interstate AND international visitors, and tried all sorts of new foods at various restaurants. 

The outings have included an impromptu visit to Red Kelly’s (Ned Kelly’s father) grave, while we were listening to Ned Kelly’s autobiographical audiobook (The Jerilderie Letter)  in the car on our way home from trading our old car in for the 4×4.

We visited the Healesville Sanctuary with friends and while there our littlest was sneezed on by an Echidna at the Animal Hospital after its surgery! We also got to touch some of its toothpick-like spikes that we discovered “shed” at certain times.

Our new foods included sashimi, tuna steak,  jumbo crayfish and abalone sea snails… all of which were beautiful, to our complete surprise! After that… we had an impromptu visit to The Melbourne Museum where Dinosaurs were on exhibit. We also explored the Etymological display and the First Peoples area while there.  

Finally we also went to The Sound of Music – Musical! This was the highlight! It’s a much loved story and movie in our family and we quietly sang along and enjoyed it thoroughly! Aside from this…

Music:

Musically, our girls have been enjoying their keyboard playing at home and Miss 9 is now practicing Song Of Joy Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Fur Elise, while Miss 5 is working on Happy Birthday (both of their own accord). 

Seasonal Stories…

To welcome Autumn… we’ve been learning a new poem called The Mountain Ash Fairy. Miss 9 already knows it by heart. We also read:

A Year on Our Farm and The Autumn Story of Brambly Hedge

The girls also started reading their new Sylvanian book which they have been enjoying together. Miss 9 did her usual drawing and painting quite regularly and read the Hans Christian Anderson – The Little Mermaid to Miss 5 and…

For our read alouds and bedtime stories, we’ve been reading:

• The Children’s Book of Virtues,
• The Elves and The Shoemaker
• Brambly Hedge Autumn Story
• The Secret Garden
• The Story of Easter 
• Sneetches by Dr Seuss
• The Beggars Greatest Wish
• Summer Flower Fairies
• Autumn Flower Fairies
• Being Brave (Reader)
• Claudine at St Clairs
• Famous Five – Five off to Camp
• Secret Secret 1st in series
• James and the Giant Peach
• Mary Poppins Returns
• The Story of Jesus (Mary Batchelor)
• Finished: On Top of Concord Hill
• Read: Meet Letty – 1841 from Our Australian Girl series
• The Middle Ages (book 2)
• Continued: Story of The World – Medieval Times
• Referred to: Kingfisher & Usborne World History reference books
• Readers (shared reading page for page): The Little Mermaid (first readers)
• Three Little Pigs &
• The Billy Goat Gruffs
• Continued with: Victorian & McGuffy’s First Readers

Curriculums:

• Math, Language Arts & Science lessons (The Good and The Beautiful)

Technology based resources used: 

• Audiobook: Dingoes at Dinnertime (The Magic Treehouse series)
• Audiobook: Tonight on the Titanic (The Magic Treehouse series)
• Audiobook: Sarah Plain and Tall (Youtube)
• Documentary: The life of Laura Ingalls wilder (Youtube)
• Bramble Hedge Books – Autumn & The High Hills (Free on YouTube)
• Movies/ Shows: The Little Mermaid, Brambly Hedge (Autumn) & Little House on the Prairie (Youtube)
• Zoom ~ Guitar Lessons for Miss 9
• Keyboard for self taught Music lessons

Games: 

Hide & Seek, Naughts & Crosses, I spy (car rides), Snap & Yoga classes

For Health Science / Physical Education we used: 

Herb Fairies Curriculum, Yoga lessons with Mum, Walking, Ballet, Backyard cartwheels, Trampoline , Skipping, Swimming (Club Awards Presentation) and visits to the Park.

Exemplification:  

For my own reading, I’ve been studying my additional 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training after recently completing a Yin Yoga Teacher Training, so …

Much of my reading has been Yoga focused. This has included completing the titles:

Yamas and Nyamas

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Light on Yoga