tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91475053805546504062024-03-12T20:08:33.639-07:00Making Men Out Of MonkeysOur Education JourneyRen- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-5266094080220971902012-07-09T08:37:00.002-07:002012-07-09T08:37:36.576-07:00Video For Your Future Self<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #272727; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">This is such a cool project- I would love to video tape the monkeys making videos for their future selves. </span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #272727; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">20 years ago, actor and filmmaker</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #272727; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.jeremiahmcdonald.com/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jeremiah McDonald</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #272727; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #272727; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">used a video camera to send a message to his future self. This year McDonald — now 32-years-old — took that message and created this awesome video of himself as an adult talking himself as a child.</span></i><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XFGAQrEUaeU?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-74086962209884271282012-06-26T14:44:00.000-07:002012-06-26T14:44:43.154-07:00Why I Love To TravelClearly I'm not posting prolifically over on this education blog of mine. I do post often on <a href="http://ladyofthearts.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">
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I came across this lovely video that really encompasses why I think it is so important for me to show and teach my boys to travel.<br />
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I am a huge believer in moderation. It does worry me though that in this day and age there are so many 'hidden' sugars in our foods that even those who strive to educate ourselves about what we feed our families are often surprised at the high levels of corn syrup and fructose in our seemingly healthy foods.<br />
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Fun for all ages!Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-39747864379044497332012-01-22T12:52:00.000-08:002012-01-22T12:52:56.859-08:00Micro MacroCheck out this cute mini science lesson made using food. <br />
My monkeys enjoyed it:<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/13899429">Micro Macro</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/encycl">Encyclopedia Pictura</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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What are some of your favorite educational videos?Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-35127357535010518182012-01-10T01:07:00.000-08:002012-01-10T01:07:00.256-08:00Physical Education<div style="text-align: center;">
One of our Home Education goals is to visit new parks in our city. One such park had a really fantastic playground for the five and under set- The monkeys were not impressed and I was watching the day go down hill when I saw- literally 'a down hill'. </div>
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We ended up spending almost an hour tumbling down this hill and the monkeys said it was the best day ever. </div>
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<br />Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-46683644056368019232012-01-08T22:00:00.000-08:002012-01-08T22:00:30.895-08:00Music: GuitarPlaying music is not my strong suit. I played the flute for a few years in elementary school but never took lessons outside of school. It is important to me to give the monkeys some sort of music lessons. My older son took violin lessons when he was younger as part of a Suzuki program. My husband plays the guitar and so we figured this would be a good instrument to start with. At the very least they can play for the ladies in college.<br />
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They start they have been 'jamming' at home and had one lesson this week- Next week we start private music lessons in a more intensive setting.</div>
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</b></div>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-41959624334034510812011-11-14T09:59:00.000-08:002011-11-14T09:59:22.478-08:00Geometry and MarshmallowsI got this idea from a math workshop we attended- Intent on 'buying myself some peace and quiet' I went to the dollar store and for two dollars picked up a bag of marshmallows (in this case chocolate?!) and a box of toothpicks-<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The idea is to try and recreate as many two and three dimensional shapes as possible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then count how many sides the shape has and how many angles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Constructing three dimensional shapes uses math manipulative's to give a clear sense of the faces, vertices's and edges of a shape. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the end it was a free for all creative project that involved making intergalactic space ships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One word of advice is to open the package of marshmallows prior to using them to give them the opportunity to dry out and harden a bit- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The use of manipulative and games is a great way to make the children enjoy learning math concept</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The teacher suggested several books which we subsequently checked out of our local library- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are all by the same author David Schwartz and the monkeys and I find them well written and informative. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monkey One went as a Zombie Soldier, Monkey Two went as a Harlem Globetrotter<br />
I found a AMAZING vintage Harlem Globetrotter shirt at my local second hand shop for 4 bucks- SCORE!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom made these beautiful candy bags for the boys- She sewed the bags then make custom appliqué </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got together with two other families for a Halloween Chili Pot luck- I made corn bread<br />
and our host had these delicious cookies for the adults. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the highlights of my night was the kids auctioning and trading their candy afterwards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the next day the monkeys organized their candy by type-<br />
We then counted and graphed them- everything is a lesson!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkins- check</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snack with (ahem, store bought) Halloween cookies</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have yet to officially join any 'homeschooling groups' I'm not there yet and the whole religious aspect scares me off. I do however believe in workshops that are offered through a distance learning campus in our town. Last week we went to a two hour class called "Writers Block-Not" which gave us lots of creative ideas on how to continue to practice our writing. It was hands on, engaged both me and the monkeys and we even made some friends. </div>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-67954788725399630252011-10-11T13:47:00.000-07:002011-10-11T13:47:41.760-07:00Bill Nye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OLPML6yjWgc/TpSnElyMyhI/AAAAAAAAJuE/P6MIeBthbLg/s1600/bill-nye1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OLPML6yjWgc/TpSnElyMyhI/AAAAAAAAJuE/P6MIeBthbLg/s1600/bill-nye1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bill Nye is my monkeys primary science teacher. He is nice, has a great sense of humor (if you are under ten) and is knowledgeable about all science related subjects. He loves doing experiments and has an easy going natural manner when explaining why things work the way they do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has a huge series of videos most of which are available at your local library.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The Science Guy</b> videos are great for five and up- especially if your monkeys are into science. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Stuff Happens </b>are great videos for older kids and that the whole family can enjoy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decided on a pattern- and started glueing them and holding them for a count of 30 seconds<br />
Counting forward, counting backwards, counting by twos to…60, counting by fives, etc.</td></tr>
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Another way that we expose our children to various cultures is through food. We live in a large metropolitan city with a plethora of ethnic restaurants and markets. I try and make it a point to use our trips to the market as an educational tool. We'll talk about the food and what it is used for. We look up recipes and recreate meals we like. We try foods that we've never heard of. <br />
Sometimes the monkeys don't like the smell or the taste- but that is all part of the experience.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Polish Market:</span></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vKZqjqupF6g/TojQr88zV7I/AAAAAAAAJo4/l7cueArUTcI/s1600/photo+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vKZqjqupF6g/TojQr88zV7I/AAAAAAAAJo4/l7cueArUTcI/s400/photo+2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mexican Market:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2KwQHHUGPEU/S_yfRBALYXI/AAAAAAAADaY/u5deKuWTS40/s1600/California+SD+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2KwQHHUGPEU/S_yfRBALYXI/AAAAAAAADaY/u5deKuWTS40/s400/California+SD+013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is a post I wrote about a trip to the <a href="http://ladyofthearts.blogspot.com/2010/04/asian-market.html"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Asian Market</span></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a sampler dish from our favorite Indian Market Restaurant-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzXplx07Zno/TojQhDTIuDI/AAAAAAAAJok/hiTeRQRURnE/s1600/photo+4-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzXplx07Zno/TojQhDTIuDI/AAAAAAAAJok/hiTeRQRURnE/s640/photo+4-2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And sometimes it is just a matter of getting a different type of soda to make them happy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gp_91771xw0/TojQfghD5hI/AAAAAAAAJog/emjjkzMlvOY/s1600/photo+3-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gp_91771xw0/TojQfghD5hI/AAAAAAAAJog/emjjkzMlvOY/s400/photo+3-2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ladyofthearts.blogspot.com/2009/12/mole.html"><br />
</a><a href="http://ladyofthearts.blogspot.com/2009/12/mole.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b> To See How We Made These Mola Inspired Shirts- Click</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How do you expose your monkeys to different cultures? </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Jumping on the trampoline has become part of the rhythm of our Home Education day-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The monkeys 'exercise' on the trampoline after breakfast and before we go upstairs to get dressed and start doing some 'work'. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">We have a pace counter that my FIL sent us and sometimes when they need to get some energy out-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> I'll send them onto the trampoline with the instructions to get to 500- each!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">That my friends is called buying yourself time. </div>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-24020884763712849142011-09-21T11:34:00.000-07:002011-09-21T11:34:49.399-07:00You Wouldn't Want To Be…We've been reading this series of book for a few years now. Historically accurate they depict the life of various people, from history and present it in such a way as to highlight the difficulties of the period and the position of the persons. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uCrH-IoHg-g/TnoosDlAOGI/AAAAAAAAJko/XU41u1KtjT8/s1600/51zWVIY3ukL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uCrH-IoHg-g/TnoosDlAOGI/AAAAAAAAJko/XU41u1KtjT8/s1600/51zWVIY3ukL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5C5QHGmwmIw/Tnoor6pcWII/AAAAAAAAJkk/RsoQeNX-DxE/s1600/51qvhgZT1zL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5C5QHGmwmIw/Tnoor6pcWII/AAAAAAAAJkk/RsoQeNX-DxE/s1600/51qvhgZT1zL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usually around 30 pages in length, each page has text, drawing, cartoon text and small windows of 'extra facts'. All the books contain a glossary of vocabulary words and there is table of contents as well as index to help exercise research skills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of our favorites are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Roman Gladiator!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave In Ancient Greece!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Viking Explorer!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be An Aztec Sacrifice!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Sail on the Titanic!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Live In A Wild West Town!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be An American Pioneer!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Pirate's Prisoner!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be An American Colonist!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Mammoth Hunter!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Pyramid Builder!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be In A Medieval Dungeon!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be On Apollo 13</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Sail With Christopher Columbus</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Be Joan of Arc!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be In Alexander The Great's Army!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want To Be A Crusader!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Live in Pompeii!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Be in the First Submarine!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Worker on the Statue of Liberty!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Live in a Medieval Castle!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Salem Witch!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to Travel With Captain Cook!</b></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You Wouldn't Want to be Tutankhamen!</b></span></i></li>
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</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is a peek inside the You Wouldn't Want to be Tutankhamen! book:</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have you read this series? </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Do you have any other series to recommend? </span></b></div>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-3334930720164944242011-09-20T12:17:00.000-07:002011-09-20T12:17:27.945-07:00Puzzles, Team Work and Communication<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EiAaSw0RWAo/TngTcWEEUWI/AAAAAAAAJig/4ykpUqXdTdI/s1600/photo+4-9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EiAaSw0RWAo/TngTcWEEUWI/AAAAAAAAJig/4ykpUqXdTdI/s400/photo+4-9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My youngest Monkey is particularly fond of puzzles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He usually does them on his own or if it is a challenging puzzle we'll work on it together as a family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a collection of puzzles that I buy at our local thrift store for 99 cents- most are brand new.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday we did a puzzle while exploring the concept of Team Work and Communication:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>From Compass Learning:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Communication is an important key to working with a partner. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>You need to clearly explain your ideas. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Then your partner can understand them. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>That will help both of you. Use clear communication with a partner. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>It can be challenging. Have you ever tried to do a puzzle with a partner?<br />
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Some people start with the outside borders of a puzzle. Then they do the inside. Others just pick any piece. Then they try to find where it fits.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><br />
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</b></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This exercise was really interesting for us- it allowed my monkey to see things from a different perspective. I purposely chose to give him directions that I knew were opposite of how he usually does a puzzle. When he was 'guiding' me I reacted literally, which forced him to reassess his instructions in order to get 'his partner' to understand the steps in the proper order. </span></div>Ren- Lady Of The Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9147505380554650406.post-16090094328571071632011-09-19T21:29:00.000-07:002011-09-19T21:29:46.355-07:00WorksheetsWe do worksheets. They are not the highlight of the monkeys day or mine- but they are a good indicator of how well they understand a lesson. <br />
I print out the sheets that they need to do for the week and they are kept in a folder with two sections- 'Done' and 'To Be Done'. <br />
The idea is that they will eventually have the foresight to go into the folder and chose sheets to work on. The reality is that during that small window of opportunity when they seem in 'the mood' to do them- usually if there is some reward or fun trip planned- I present a few sheets and set either a time limit: Do as much as you can in 30 minutes; or completion goal: finish two sheet and then we'll go.<br />
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