September 22, 2013
Impressions of Celebrations
Curiosities
Greeting me in the entry way this morning was a single Ginkgo
leaf. It must have wanted me to take it
upstairs to show Cannon. We looked at
it’s shape very different from other leaves.
This tree has ancestors going all the way back to the time of
Dinosaurs! There is more to learn about
this leaf and tree.
Thistle Be Careful!
Cannon explored a thistle – very carefully. We compared it with the seed pod from the
Sweet Gum tree. Both seed pods are
prickly outside to protect the seeds inside. The thistle has several different
prickles, on the stem, long prickles surround the seed head. Hum, I wonder what kind of creature would try
to get to those seeds inside.
Special days of celebration are coming! Cannon selected
acrylic colors and he painted in layers – letting one color dry before adding
another, red, pink, orange, and purple were colors of choice. Brush strokes
moved like streamers and round shapes symbolized balloons. To finish it Cannon
added thin lines and squiggles of orange glitter glue.
The Harmonica
Challenge and Too-Ba-Loo Too
Cannon has very sharp ears!
He can hear sounds way in the distance, sirens, and church bells. He practiced whispering in the too-ba-loo. It is fun to hold it to the ear and talk into
it and hear the softest sounds we make when we whisper so low that almost no
one else can hear us.
What is blue and comes in a long box that you can hold in
your hand? Cannon’s new harmonica! Cannon successfully achieved the first
challenge. He wrapped his lips firmly around it.
The next challenge is to push air through his mouth and make some music.
You can make music by blowing out and breathing in.
Creating a Board Game
for Frog and Toad
We like the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel. So we decided it would be fun to make a board
game based on their adventures. First
Cannon indicated where Frog’s house should be then he showed me where Toad’s
house should be. Then we started to make
paths between the two homes. Cannon drew
the first path and then we added two more.
Along the way Frog and Toad will meet many challenges. I hope Cannon can help them out. In this first game Toad is looking for a lost
button.
Communications – more
signs – more silly sentences – more sight words!
We are always finding new ASL
signs to add to Cannon’s growing vocabulary.
This week we added:
Finish
Apple
Hungry
Quiet
We did some research on the ASL
website and found only one sign for quiet and it is not what you think it
is. Hint it is different from the sign
for hush. Check it out here.
http://www.aslpro.com/
Using the game cards with names and images of interesting
things and the magnetic sign words Cannon Composed a silly story as follows:
Helen wants a butterfly.
She wants to fly with the butterfly.
Cannon and Helen ate a hot dog with the butterfly.
Cannon demonstrate mastery over 12 more sight words. He will soon master all 95 words in Level 1.
Dictionary Search
Cell phone
Chain
Cello
We noticed that the “c” in cell phone was different from the
“c” in cello. The “c” in cello sounds
the same as the “ch” in chain. How
confusing!
Cannon helped clean up and put away our many materials. He finished our session by showing Aunt
Jeannie his paintings of the lily pads and goldfish and his impression of sunflowers.
Note: More images will be posted at a later date.
Note: More images will be posted at a later date.
