Advance Australia Fair / The 3 R's.

So continues our focus on Australia after enjoying a BBQ in honour of Australia Day on Saturday. Sunday was spent at Longneck Lagoon/Dee Why beach (who was it forgot to take the camera?) and Monday was a public holiday. None-the-less the girls still asked for school work so we moved out on the verandah as it was such a nice morning. Braylee has learned all the words to Advance Austraia Fair and loves to do 'concerts'.

Braylee's first spelling list - she practices for 3 days then covers them to test herself on the last day. Maitlyn practices counting.

Braylee made this out of stickers reviewing where the states of Australia are and it was also good practise using a ruler. Below she is doing Lesson 15 on www.clicknkids.com, a phonics program she enjoys. ITS FREE!

We spent Wednesday morning playing addition with her Pa and Grandma, seeing who could get the right answer then checking it on the calculator, then doing HEAPS of worksheets (horse ones of course, made up by Mum). She LOVES horses. We also cooked some Anzac cookies, Braylee wrote out the recipe by drawing pictures of the ingredients.

Braylee enjoying doing some of her knitting - making squares to make a blanket. Maitlyn very proud of her Anzac cookies.

HERE WE GO FOR 2008.....

Although planning to take time off during the school holidays, both girls are asking "Mum, is there any school work we can do?" So, we begin in a sort of unplanned way but nonetheless, I have found loads of resources for the new year one of which is a website dedicated to a 'learning to read and write' program written by the US government but totally appropriate for both girls.

Here's the link: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table1.html

Kindergarten through to 3rd grade is all there - WOW, what a resource.

Miss B (age 6) wasn't keen on worksheets last year and writing is not a strong interest of hers, however she LOVES getting mail, so we have arranged for the 'postman' (he he) to deliever a set of work in th letterbox each week and so far, so good - they are motivated to have a go. I love that the child and adult have to sign them - makes it look all very official.

AUSTRALIA and AUSTRALIA DAY!

In prepartion for Saturdays celebrations we are discovering the states of Australia, their floral emblems, climate, National Anthem, tourist attractions and the map of Australia. Here's the wesite we used: http://www.australiaday.com.au/

Here's what the girls have done so far this week.