Thursday, October 29, 2009

Sept. and Oct. Learning

PE - Cara is fairly active. She definitely participates in 30 minutes of physical activity daily - sometimes structured and sometimes unstructured.

Daily, Cara participates in outdoor activites including skipping, bike riding, raking leaves, running,and hopscotch.

Weekly she participates in swimming lessons and/or goes to the H20 center.

Other physical activities include park play, unstructured tag games, nature walks, and Energy Plex cube.

Health and Career - Most of Cara's Health and Career learning has occurred through discussions and experiential learning. The following topics have been addressed and reinforced throughout the past two months:

Healthy Habits - hand washing, drinking lots of water and fluids, less sugar, pin worms discussion.

Safety - fire safety (viewed several video clips and discussed), bicycle safety reinforced regularly, strangers (viewed video clips and discussed)

Roles and responsibilities within the home - Cara is gaining more responsibilities such as making her bed, sorting landry, washing dishes (usually tea party dishes), setting the table, taking out recycling.

Bible - Cara is memorizing scripture, journal writing about the fruit of the spirit, participating in regular devotionals and discussions about spiritual things. She has recently started to have a 5 minute "quiet time with God".

Fieldtrips:
EECO Center - Salmon spawning display and nature walk along river (saw some salmon and several chipmunks)
McMillan pumpkin patch - reviewed life cycle of a pumpkin
Davison Orchards - apple orchard tour
Gellatly Nut Farm - explored and identified nuts and nut trees
Art Gallery

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