April Wrap up

This month was beautiful! In our southern land down under, April is a closing of Summer… a slowing down time. It’s name means “open” in its Latin roots, but to us… it’s the opposite here.

We’ve needed it after such an active Summer! So… this is what our month looked like in my notes overview looking back.

Week 1 Reading

The Twins at St Clair’s, Ladybird Readers set, Kangaroo (Animal poetry story)

Curriculum: Usual TGTB & SOTW

Audio: All about the Lung Channel -Points Functions & Indications (helpful for treating colds, especially in Autumn), The Famous Five book 7

Excursions:

Junior Rangers at the local National Park – Mini beasts Science exploring of Wetlands Eco Health.

Watched

Mrs Doubtfire, Peter Rabbit, Sound Of Music Documentary & Mary Poppins 3.

Personal Reading

Hatha Yoga Pradipkia

Week 2

Mama unwell with a cold …

Movies

Watched: (much more than usual screen time with me being unwell for several weeks)

Back to the future

Charlie and the chocolate factory – lesson (character and honesty win the game of life/get rewarded)

5 little peppers

Chitty chitty bang bang

Titanic – fast forwarded 2 sections

Books / Reading:

Read: SOTW Volume 2 – Medieval times (Vikings in North America)

Page for page readers with Miss 5

Peter & Jane Lady bird

Bedtime: Little bear

Time for rhymes

Puffing Billy

Brer Rabbit audio

Showed Geography book cover to miss 5, asking which river it was pictured. She identified it as the Nile correctly!

Music

Keyboard & Guitar Practice:

My heart will go on

Somewhere over the rainbow

Alleluia

What a wonderful world

Reading music practice

Guitar practice & lesson

TGTB Lesson on Scotland Lochs was a hit.

Personal Reading: Light on Life by B K S Iyengar

Week 3

Family visits – fort building and nest spotting by the river with cousins.

Movie: Peter Rabbit

Read: Books in Peter Rabbit collection. Retold funny parts of movie with great animation

Wrote to pen pal (friend).

Reading Enid Blyton Secret Seven collection

Started new book of Little House Collection (a 3 year reading journey)

Regular Poetry recital & Auslan song practice

Games: Chess & Monopoly

Art: Bird drawing

Excursions:

Visited near by Pump Track

Book shop browse – Snapped up some goodies

Botanical gardens visit.

First time kicking footy at local footy game

Fitness / Health PE

Rail trail bike rides, park plays, trampoline & walks

Music

Keyboard / piano lessons

Watched: Christmas Orange (beautiful movie on the blessing of kindness and sharing)

Piano learning app lessons.

Home Economics

First braid – Miss 9 for miss 5.

Mending stockings & Chores

Week 4

Usual Curriculum: TGTB Math, Language Arts & Science

Teach me Homeopathy (Science)

SOTW History

Arts

Art:◦ Simply Piano & weekly Guitar Zoom Lessons (Music)

◦ Drawing: Sketching & Shading birds people & objects

◦ Puppet making for a play (Mary Poppins characters

Reading

5 y/o Page for page shared Reader read aloud (daily)

9 y/o Reading: Daily Enid Blyton, The Babysitters Club & Little House collection (Historical focus / Natural interest)

LOTE

Auslan practice

Home Economics

◦ Bread making

◦ Garden to plate (harvested pumpkin & celery in soups)

◦ Helping with chores: mop, dust, compost, tidy, laundry

◦ Apple & Pear crumble making

Above: Showing Poppy Bird Drawings

Physical Ed / Health / Fitness

Skating with friends

Wetlands nature walk

Rail trail walk

Bike riding

Park visit

Scooting

Swimming lesson

Games

Chess & Park visit with friends

Poetry Tea Party (poetry recital)

The Mountain Ash Fairy & The Song of the White Clover Fairy, by Cecil Mary Barker

Personal Mama Reading

◦ Light on Life by B K S Iyengar

◦ Utopia by Thomas Moor

◦ The Smartest Kids in the World

Healthy Home Healthy Family

Excursions

Local Heritage Festival – Pioneer Homestead (plus dairy, stables and barn) tour, sheering, rope making.