The Lorax and Earth Day

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Dagan's favorite book is the Lorax by Dr. Seuss. He loves the film too, the classic 1972 version. He has the whole book memorized and delights in reading it daily to anyone who will listen. This Earth Day we picked up How to Help the Earth by the Lorax at the local bookstore. It has good tips to save the earth such as conserving electricity and water, recycling, and planting trees.

Artist of the Month: Seurat and State of the Month: Alaska

This month we...

- Watched a documentary on the life and art of Seurat

- Discussed Seurat's painting style

- Decorated totem pole craft project using dots

- Read books inspired by Alaska

- Looked through booklet on Denali given to us by Grandma and Grandpa

- Read pamphlets on Alaska from the Disney cruise

- Watched a friend's videos of Northern Lights and Dog Sledding

- Talked about Alaskan wildlife

- Looked at pictures and reminisced about our Alaskan cruise last summer

- Answered the question- Do penguins live in Alaska?

- Watched a video of Bob Ross painting the Northern Lights

Bean Planting

We bought a mix of dried beans from the grocery store. We sorted the beans and found there to be eight different kinds. We planted two of each. All but three of the beans that sprouted turned into tall bean plants. The leaves are so similar we cannot tell the difference in the varieties.

Latest Science Projects- March

-  Playing around with bubbles and funnels

-  Made slime and bouncing balls

-  Grew more polymer balls

-  Volcano

-  Lemon clock

-  Fingerprinting

-  Invisible Ink

-  Baking Soda Rocket

-  Rock Candy

Happy Easter

Easter Display at International Village Shopping Centre

Easter Bags Decorated at the Westside Homelearners Meet Up

Easter came and went so fast this year. We didn't get to go to the homelearners egg hunt because I was sick that day. But we did have an egg hunt at home and also went to the one at Choices grocery store down the street. It was so crowded. Dagan found 1 egg and Sage didn't find any. Luckily the Easter Bunny came by and gave them some candy so they didn't go home empty handed. We received lots of candy and fun treats from Grandma and Grandma and Grandpa. I'm hoping it will last us till our next candy haul, Halloween.

Artist of the Month: Monet

We studied Monet for the month of March. We read some books from the library and watched a documentary on his life and art. We also watched a painting tutorial on youtube where an artist painted at the waterlily garden in the style of Monet. We discussed impressionism and how Monet liked to paint the light as it changed over the course of the day. Here are some paintings the boys did during the month.

Hanging Out With Israa, Adele and Thierry

Dagan's First Tooth Fell Out

Dagan's first tooth finally fell out while trying to loosen a lego piece. He was so excited. He kept saying, "Are you proud of me?" The tooth fairy brought him a toonie. He was glad to be able to use his Kirby tooth pillow.

Country of the Month: Angola / Africa

African Fruit Salad

African Drums Art Project

African Melk Tert (Milk Tart)

 

African Masks

 

African Spicy Peanut Chickpea Stew

 

Happiness Charms and Glass Bead