June 1 - 5 COVID - 19 School Schedule

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Learning about the wonderful things that bees can do was a lot of fun and I feel like it has helped to ease my sons dislike of bees. He now knows that they aren't out there to just sting him (because they will die) and that they make the honey that he loves to have on his toast in the mornings. My youngest son was also extremely interested in the bee videos that we watched and learned a thing or two I hope.


Our friends also just had their second baby boy so we wanted to do something nice for them. We decided that it would be helpful to take dinner over to them one night so they wouldn't have to worry about cooking. The boys and I slaved away in the kitchen for most of the day making homemade bread, breadsticks, pasta, sauce, and cookies to take over for dinner. It sure was a lot of fun to have the boys helping me cook in the kitchen that day and we all really enjoyed our dinner.


My sons class also did some fun Zoom classes this week. They had their sunflower check in to see how their seedlings are doing. They made english muffin pizzas and ate lunch together, and they did a dancing rain experiment (which was a huge hit with both boys!). Its been great having these Zoom calls and my oldest son is always so happy to see his teachers and classmates and my youngest loves the activities and helping his big brother if he can.


My youngest is really exploring his vocabulary and pronunciation of words! I love that we have this time together to teach and watch how much our boys are growing.


This weekend was a big test on our gardens as the temperature dropped. We have had to cover them up for a couple of nights and hope that we were able to keep them alive... Don't mind the tarps in the photos as we still have some cold nights ahead and are ready to cover when the temperatures start to drop!



This week my son really wants to learn about snakes... I'm not as thrilled as I don't like snakes but maybe it will help with my disgust of the reptile.

Monday June 1:
Reading: Garter Snake facts: live in ALL places: Animal Fact Files, Garter Snakes (EPIC)
Writing: Form a sentence from given words about a snake (the snake slithers through the grass)
Craft: paper plate snakes
Math: Blowing Bubbles (Counting and chasing bubbles)

Tuesday June 2:
Reading: All about snakes for Kids, Who lives in the dessert? (EPIC)
Writing: S practice (S is for Snake)
Math: Basic math games online
STEM: water, oil, food colouring experiment

Wednesday June 3:
Reading: Facts about Snakes for Kids, It's a Boa Constrictor (EPIC)
Writing: Picture matching and writing
ZOOM MEETING
Math: Making patterns out of different household items or things found outside


Thursday June 4:
Reading: Wild Kratts Rattlesnakes, Rattlesnakes (EPIC)
Writing: Snakes are, live, eat, look
ZOOM BAKING CLASS
Math: drawing symmetry



 Friday June 5:
Reading: 7 Fun facts about snakes for kids, Bull snakes (EPIC)
Writing: 1 fact about snakes and a drawing of your favourite snake
ZOOM LESSON
Math: Hopscotch

We still play lots of hockey downstairs when the weather is either too hot and we need to cool off or too cold and we want to play inside. My son also just got new road hockey goalie equipment and were slowly seeing a love for it. He still thinks his smaller equipment will work but it did;t even come up to his knees lol. Time to pass those onto his younger brother. Who knows, maybe we will have 2 young goalies and dad will be out numbered that way.


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