The Lady of Shalott

He memorized part 3 of Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem:

click here to view it on youtube.

Graduate!

Mr. Intensity graduated from kindergarten this morning. I like to think that he was at the top of his class...at least in height. :) He was really excited - I think it was mostly because the teacher promised cake after the ceremony.

At one point in their presentation, the teacher went to each child with the microphone. They were to say one thing they learned this year. Mr. Intensity said his name then, "I learned about Socrates, Aristotle and Plato." I'm one proud momma.
Below he's posing with his teachers: Miss Cori and Mrs. Anne.

Math Game with Dice & Other Resources

This game is a variation of a game I saw on Itty Bitty Love. We played the simpler version last week; he loved it so I figured he'd love it even more with two dice.

I thought he would stop after a number "won" or made it to the bottom row but he was so excited he played almost to the end. Not enough snake eyes to keep his interest. :)

At the bottom of the column, he wrote the "winner" and circled the number. You'll see that sevens won first place and threes came in second.
Other resources used today -

History

This video explaining Hanukkah and the Maccabean Revolt.

Montessori for Everyone's visual explanation of the transition from BC to AD.

Geography

A map of Egypt, of Africa, and of the world.

Science

We began the discussion on metamorphosis, complete and incomplete, and will get to these resources later in the week.

-Complete metamorphosis: egg to larva, pupa to adult, like the butterfly life cycle - make sure to also print the Can You Find It? pages. Thanks for the free resource, Jojoebi!

-Incomplete metamorphosis [Hubby, the flyfisherman, is most excited about this one] is egg to nymph, straight to adult. Wonderful 4-H website

Quick Reference Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates

Matching cards

Insects with incomplete or gradual metamorphosis; immature forms are nymphs
Dragonfly and Damsel fly	Belong to the order Odonata.
Stonefly	Belongs to the order Plecoptera.
Mayfly	Belongs to the order Ephemoeroptera.
Bugs	Belong to the order Hemiptera. Water boatman, water strider, water scorpion, giant water bug

Not sure who's learning more: me or Mr. Intensity! After all,

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

More Songs for Classical Education

Five Kingdoms in Classification System

to the tune of Are You Sleeping?

Kingdom Anamalia

to the tune of Hush Little Baby

Prepositions

to the tune of Found a Peanut

Major Bones of the Body
to the tune of London Bridge

Timeline Song

Compositions of Time

to the tune of The Ants Go Marching One by One

Songs for Comm. Central

Thanks Kristi for recording at the Ice Rink!

Expansion of Empires - from Augustine to Shakespeare
tune of Addams Family


Beginning of Time - entire song!
from Creation to Fall of Rome, 476

Ancient History Part 11 & 12

This video ends The Beginning of Time. It is my hope to bribe encourage Mr. Intensity to sing the entire song.

Ancient History and Interjections

Part 10 of the Ancient History Timeline


Interjection song

Ancient History Part 9

Call me lazy.  I didn't add the words to the video.

Videos for the Whole Family

Our family watched this 20-minute video tonight and discussed it for family worship. Powerful. Even if you don't do family devos, it is worth the viewing, especially with children.  Mr. Intensity enjoyed it and participated in the discussion afterwards.  I cried.

Next are three videos for Comm. Central.  They don't make me cry.

Contractions:


Ancient History:


Helping Verbs (from last week's grammar homework)

Ancient History Part 7

Ancient History Part 6

Ancient History Part 5

This week's portion of the song is a bit different than previous weeks.


...and a BIG thank you to Abby who was so brave to sing for me.

Ancient History Part 4

There's a typo in the beginning that says it's part 3 but this is part 4.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Ancient History and Pronouns

I'm sorry it's taken a while to post these videos.  My computer and modem haven't been speaking to each other this week.

Other Ancient History songs: Part one, part two.

Ancient History Timeline Part Two

Kristi, who teaches the K4-5th grade group time, is the featured singer for this week's ancient history timeline.  Without her singing this on camera, I'd never get this portion of the song.

[if it doesn't play, give the moving cursor a tap...at least that's how I'm getting it to play.]


For part one, click here.

Now I need to do a little research to learn about Gilgamesh, Sargon, and Mentuhotep.  Because, all I need to know I learned taught my son in kindergarten.

Ancient History Timeline Part One

Here's the ancient history timeline I mentioned on Monday.