FIAR - Night of the Moonjellies

FIAR is such a wonderful literature program. We are certainly happy to have waited to do this so we can take advantage of all that the program has to offer.

We are finally rowing from country to country! Theo coloured all the story disks and we'll have them up one by one with its corresponding stories.

Here's what we did for "Night of the Moonjellies"

Homeschool journey

We will be applying for CE application this year. This would mark the beginning of a milestone for learning. We are thankful for the past years of playing, learning, growing in various lifeskills, and enjoying childhood as much as we can. The gift of being a child is priceless. Jesus loves the little children and he beckons to them. Jesus even encourages us to be like little children in order to enter his Kingdom.

Even though we will have challenges from time to time, we hope that the boys will never lose sight of being a child. Keep being child-like, sense of wonder and awe.

Education:
To Know God, love him and enjoy his love forever.
To grow up to become the man God created him to be
To fear God and love his Word
To flourish in God-given gifts and talents, and to bless the community
To delight in learning and be able to have time to pursue one's passion & go the extra mile
To love people, love animals and love the earth
To grow in character, stature and wisdom
To bond with family members
To learn service in the community and adapt cross-culturally

Our curriculum:
Language Arts - Charlotte Mason; Transcription (Copywork), Daily Reading, Daily Read-alouds, Reading Made Easy
Chinese - Story books, poem recitation, songs, reading & writing
Math - Math U See
Science - Usborne Activities Vol 2
, Apologia Geography - FIAR
, A Child's Geography:Exploring His World Music - Piano & Composer Studies
Art - Artistic Pursuits
Nature - Charlotte Mason; Keeping a nature Journal, Nature walks, Eating outdoors
Devotion - Devotion & Social Grace


Lifeskills & Leisure:
Chores
Baking
Soccer, Swimming, Cycling & Outdoor play

Chinese

coffee talk: Marriage

Elias: I want to marry mummy
Mummy: Ok ok
Theo: Oh I can't marry mummy because I am too short.
Mummy: hahahaa... its ok lah... I love you , you can marry me too! :))
God already prepared for you a girl and you won't be too short for her. But mummy have to interview her first ok? :)

Go tell Aunt Rhody

29 Nov 2012 - 5 yrs old

Happy 5th Birthday Theo!

April was holiday - KB played and played. We went to Indonesia and celebrated his birthday three times!
A surprise celebration with family and cousin, another one with the orphanage and yet another birthday lunch with extended family, aunties and uncles. Pure fun!

My first piano piece!

KB has learnt to play the piano with both hands and this is the first song he played. Kind of a milestone in all things first, so we were naturally very excited. We improvised because this piece was relatively easy, so I got KB to try playing with both hands. He seems to enjoy it.

Free Play: Coloured ice.

 

 Science: Seeds! Learnt how seeds look like and how seeds are being dispersed. We picked up some saga seeds and bought African tulip seeds from the Chinese medical hall. God is good to us. I was having a cough then and God partner us in our lesson. Do you know that African tuilp seeds has healing properties? 

 

Snails : KB's all time favourite. Now he gets to see all kinds of snails. Aquatic snails and how we can attract snails (even when it is not raining). We learnt that by opening a can of beer, snails are attracted to the smell of yeast inside the can of beer. Wow! Should we try it? 

We were at the science centre and learnt about fertilised and non-fertilised eggs, touched chicks and learnt some fun facts about eggs. KB was really happy to be cuddling the chicks. We heard that there is no where in Singapore one can touch a chick due to new AVE regulations in light of Bird Flu crisis. Also Science centre is the only place we can see if the egg was fertilised or not via candling, although we can shine a torch up an egg, most of the eggs available at the market would not be fertilised.

Math: Estimation. How many eggs can fit into 1 cup? :)

Geography Day 29 March 2012 - Lots of hands-on activities with really exposure to various countries and their culture. We had an Indonesia booth which talks about transportation. Elias joined in the fun too with suitable activities.