M & M Adventures: Max Weeks 1-3

L. Arts: I read quite a few mini books. I did some spelling of words. I was having fun making word art one day with my spelling words. They are kind of fun to make but can be hard to read. I played a word building game we have.

Math: I started my math and we talked about greater than/less than. We also counted items up to 10 and learned about using a ten frame. We played with the math cubes after we did learning activities with them. Mom ordered more math cubes because we liked building with them and only had 100. I also did some Math Seeds activities on the computer.

Science: We learned about cells and the history of cell theory. We watched a Bill Nye about Cells and also a YouTube video that talked about the scientists who discovered cells. We used our handheld microscopes to look at cells on our slides. We looked in our science textbook at diagrams of plants and animal cells and discussed some differences between them.

History: We learned about the great pyramids of Egypt. I learned about what type of material they are made out of, which is limestone. They made them with copper tools which is interesting because copper isn’t really that tough.

Music: We learned some songs, including Let’s Play Music, Great Big Red Balloon, Do Re Mi, Primary Chords and Magical Lamp. We got to practice the bells in Hickety Pickety and Great Big Red Balloon. We made some paper balloons at home and laminated them. We are practicing the solfege hand signs.

Tech (Engineering): We had fun building with our new math cubes. We built little human figures and also some other structures. They are kind of tricky to build with because they only have one attachment nub. Tied in with our history we learned about buildings and watched a video about the Burj Khalifa, which is the current tallest building in the world. We also watched a video about people basejumping off of it with their “flying squirrel suits”. I made a puzzle out of cardboard.