The kids have been so demanding today! I told Greg I couldn't get a thing done today. But that was a mistake. I actually unloaded the dishwasher this morning.
Anyway, I started a new "so called" curriculum with the kids this morning. It is called Sound of the Week. http://www.letteroftheweek.com/
I'm not sure how it will affect them until I actually hear or see them using it in some way.
Anyway, I made a learning poster for them with the sound "ck"written on it. It has several words on it that end in ck. How do I make this exciting? I have no idea. Well so far I have just read the words to them. Today, we have started making a clock out of a paper plates. But we haven't finished. I haven't made the hands for them yet. The theme is clocks. So I will pick up several books at the library about clocks tomorrow. Still, I'm not sure how to teach or make "ck" exciting. Anyone have any ideas?
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Austin Austin Austin- Oh Son you are wearing me out today!
First of all He and Ashley wrote all over themselves today. I really didn't mind, because we can just wash it off. They called them stamps.
He had a fit in the bathtub when I washed them off.
Then the child got markers and wrote on ALL over the Livingroom couch. He knew he did bad. He flinched up like I was going to spank him. I couldn't spank him. But I told him I was very angry and I made him scrub the cushions with me. I'm going to see if I can wash them in the washer in cold water.
Next he wanted music notes. I made him several music notes out of construction paper. But it was not enough. I don't think that I could have made enough if I worked on them all day. But he may learn what a quarter note, an eighth and sixteenth notes are. (ok so I know you shouldn't end a sentence in a preposition....but for the life of me I can't figure out how to write it correctly.)
Then for dinner he wanted me to make sandwhiches in the shapes of states. Yes, I am creative. But come on Austin. Maybe I could make Wyoming or Colorado (since they are close to a square). But I know him that wouldn't last long.
Wish me luck...only a couple more hours 'til they go to bed.
2 comments:
First of all, relax. "Are" is not a preposition.
It is a verb ...intransitive, I believe.
I know you are too close to this today, but wow, it sure is funny from here in Ohio.
Did you get the sofa clean? You forgot to tell us what Mason and Ahley got into while you two were scrubbing cushions.
Children like rhyming words. If you can make a poem with ck words they should love it.
This sounds like Greg's department.
See my little trick stick.
It can change a brick to a chick.
It can change a block to a clock.
It can make this track a snack.
More of silliness. That is okay.
Have them emphasize the "ck" sound at the end of each line.
I e-mailed you a page with the song This Old Man. They will love singing that. You can let them know which words have the "ck" ending.
And the chorus is knick knack paddy whack, give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.
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