As always, there are many links in the sidebar that the kids access that aren't all listed here.
Danica
- Continuing ABC Mouse
- Animal Jam, EZTales,
- Teach Your Monster To Read- Danica is really enjoying this free site we found.
- Danica came up with a plan for reading- she reads a book to me, then I read a book to her. These are just little beginner readers for her, and character trait books for me.
- Danica loves writing out word lists that she makes up on her own. Not all are real words, but she sounds them out, and asks me if they are words.
- Animal Planet Dogs- checking out bichons, poodles,(Chico) and goldendoodles (Daisy)
- This month we've had a four year old little girl stay with us, so Danica has had someone to play with...or fight with depending on her mood! They've had fun playing outside in the snow, painting, coloring, playing with barbies etc. Later in the month, we also added a three year old girl, which has given Danica opportunities for character building!
- Horrible Histories- Danica learned about pyramids and pharoah watching one of these. She showed me the shape of a pyramid using coins.
- While driving, Danica was telling me the different words for two, too, to. We talked about other words like write and right....and that right has different meanings- right there, that's right, right hand etc.
- Danica brought me her coins and wanted to know the value of each. We then talked about how many pennies in a nickel, nickles, in a dime, and what coins make up a quarter.
- We have a box of various flash cards. Danica picked out the ones for telling time and began going through them on her own.
- Youtube- My Little Pony/Transformers-Rescue Bots/Greatest Story Ever Told- Easter Story
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| Making Jillian Jiggs Wonderful Pigs |
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| Sewing eyes and nose on pig |
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| Fabric paint smile! |
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| Cutting snow peas for soup |
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| Danica working hard |
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| Danica's not sure about this! |
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| Making Fiddle Diddles with Dad |
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| Danica's horse coloring and map |
Danica dancing to Danny's Band In a Box music creation
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| Danica doing Math |
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| Counting Coins |
Danny
- Reading- White Fang/Heidi/Great Expectations/Huckleberry Finn/ Nasty Nature/ Sugar Creek Gang- The Treasure Hunt/Nancy Drew-The Triple Hoax/ A Light In The Castle/Danny Orlis- The Sacred Ruins/
- Drawing- watching Mark Crilly art videos online
- Started guitar lessons at Sprucewoods Community Hall, and is practicing daily at home. Dad decided to join him!
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| Danny Learning Guitar |
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| Salad-made by Danny |
Jerry
- Reading- Royal Diaries- Marie Antoinette/Pierre Burton's Adventures In Canadian History- Trapped In the Arctic,Canada Under Siege, A Prairie Nightmare/ Doctor Proctors Fart Powder, FP-Bubbles In The Bathtub, FP-Who Cut the Cheese?
- Working through a math workbook
- Continuing to ride with Cameron
- Various History Videos Online
- Horrible Histories- History lessons made funny. Danny and Danica have been watching some of these too.
- Forgot to mention previously- Jerry does an exercise program- push ups, chin ups, sit ups etc. every day.
- Jerry went to the Brandon Career Symposium with Dana and Jason. He was most interested in the Military display, and the heavy equipment operator display. He was able to try out a miniature back hoe, and thinks it's something he might be interested in trying when he's older.
- Jerry had a sleep over at Jason's house, for a Minecraft party. He also plays online with Justin, Jason and Paul now and then.
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| Jerry at the Career Symposium |
Computer
- Pyjama Sam - This is an old game that Justin used to play. Danica found it and has been enjoying learning about the weather.
Netflix
- Continuing Heartland Series
- Helicopter Canada- about 50 years old. In it's day, it was probably pretty good, but didn't hold anyone's interest!
- Vegucated- we watched most of this, but got bored. I think we've seen enough of these types of documentaries for a while!
- Arthur Series (science fiction)
- Zaboomafoo
- Ride the Divide- three cyclists attempt a 2,700 mile ride from Banff to the US/Mexico border (Danny watched this)
- A Team is the new favorite!
DVD's
- The Hobbitt (dad and the boys)
Games
- wii- Batman Lego, wii Fit, wii sports,
- xBox- Minecraft- playing online with Paul and Jason, NHL 2012, Skyrim, Counter Strik
Family This 'n That
- Dad and the boys went to the theatre to see Oz The Great and Powerful
- We bought a new dog this month. His name is Chico, and he is a black miniature poodle. We are hoping that he and Daisy will have puppies together. We've been learning about dog reproduction and breeding. Daisy and chico 'tied' 3 times over a one week period...the first time happened unexpectedly on the deck on a very cold day! We found a canine pregnancy calendar online to know what signs to look for in Daisy at different stages of pregnancy.
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| Jerry, Danica and Danny, Daisy and Chico |
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| Danny with Chico and Daisy |
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| Danica and Chico |
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| Danny and Mom bathed and blow dried Chico |
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| If all goes well- puppies will arrive May long weekend |
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| Danny and Danica enjoying the sun on Easter Sunday! |
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| Brian practicing his guitar |
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| Brian at Westman Jam |
