Thursday, 3/22

Today, Georgia worked on some division practice with word problems.


She also reviewed plural nouns and completed some worksheets. On the Internet she studied on Zoom School USA and learned about the United States. She learned about the White House and what it is used for, some early Presidents, animals in the US, the flag, early explorers, symbols of the US, etc. I showed her the symbols and presidents on coins and paper money. Mark brought home the new George Washington dollar coin and we inspected that as well. Mark and I also sang the Star Spangled Banner and explained its meaning, custom, and origination.

Georgia also studied butterflies. She reviewed their life cycle, anatomy, diet, habitat, classification, and early ancestors preserved in fossil. She also learned about the Monarch butterfly's anatomy, how to tell male and female apart, life cycle, diet, protection from predators...they are poisonous. She also learned about the butterfly that looks similar to the Monarch and because of this enjoys protection from predators because the predators think they are the poisonous Monarch. She learned about the Monarch's habitat, range, migration, life span, and classification. She learned that the Order Lepidoptera means "scaly wings" in Greek, and that the butterfly and moth are the only insects to have scaly wings.

Afterwards, Georgia completed a diagram filling in the names of the stages of the life cycle. She also completed a math color by number of a butterfly scene. She had to complete the addition problems to find out the number.

Olivia worked on the computer program Reader Rabbit Thinking Adventures for 4-5 year olds today. Last time she tried it it was still too advanced for her. Today she was doing great! She worked on completing and making patterns, sorting and classification, and following directions.

Next, Olivia learned the word "he" and searched and highlighted it in the book "He Ran". She then read me the book. She later read it to Mark before bed.

Olivia learned about the life cycle of the butterfly. She made a book about it that we read together. Afterwards she used four cards each with a picture of a stage in the life cycle, and she needed to put them in the correct sequence. She did!

We watched the movie Whale Rider about a girl from the Maori tribe in New Zealand. I picked it out because Georgia likes whales, and she had studied New Zealand. But I found it to be rather slow, but good if you could follow it. The girls needed a lot of explanations, but they seemed to enjoy it as they stayed for the whole thing.

Hope you all have a great weekend.