Subitising

Subitising wasn't a concept in the maths curriculum when I went to Teacher's college and quite possibly it's just an Aussie thing- but they were very keen on it at the first Kindy Will went to and I made up this game back then. It's pretty simple- each person has a game board dice and pre-inked stamp. We take turns at rolling and stamp the square beneath each number. Who ever fills their board first wins.... no prizes for guessing who won this one. :-)

Weighty matters

Recently got these scales off ebay- they were a little smaller than I was expecting but they'll do the trick for a while. Will and Tama spent some time working to get the sides as close to balanced as possible.

Lego

Lego is big in our house and it gets created and played with most days. Sometimes to plan, but most often not. There's also a lot of imaginative play that goes with it- most of the fighting, super hero type- some violent which I'm not fond of but I'm super glad for the creativity and imagination going down so I take the bad with the good.

Dino play

Some dinosaur play!!

Writing and Drawing Just Because

Tama choosing for himself to do some drawing and writing. He adds his name to most of the work he does- I'm guessing this is a throw back to Kindy. :-)

Number Works

A super simple activity gluing 11 felt shapes onto out number 11. This goes in a clear file when the glue is dry- we're building up a collection of numbers from one to 20. When we done we might go up in 10's with something small like lentils. I know Tama would love to represent one hundred it's one of his favourite numbers!

Electronic Rex

This kit is from the super cheap range of science and electronic kits that KMart has started building up. (I'm keen to get the anatomical model). The age recommendation on it was 8+ and I struggled at times to understand the instructions- so it wasn't really suitable for Tama- but he did seem to enjoy the process even with all the assistance I had to give. And he's more than happy with the result.

Dinosaur Study

Tama chose Dinosaurs as a subject of study this term. I can't say that I was surprised and luckily we are very well resourced as it's our third round of this particular obsession in the family. :-) I struggled with it at first but I think I underestimated Tama's knowledge and understanding- and aimed too low. We're finding our groove now. Luckily Perth Zoo has got an animatronic Dinosaur display happening so we're looking forward to checking that out.

Playing with Fractions

We've had these blocks since Kieran was little (13 odd years!) Tama enjoys putting them together and finding the patterns.

Poi-E

As part of the Australia Curriculum we have to follow we're expected to do a second language. We're doing Maori- it's not a huge component of our homeschool week and mostly I think we'll do it via songs and such. I'm waiting on a CD from New Zealand to come. But in the meantime we're playing with poi and singing one of Tama's favourite songs - Poi E!

Speech Sounds Memory Game

Another game we use to practice Tama's speech sounds based on the memory card game. The words are just printed on a light paper so he can actually see through a lot of them. He thinks I don't know this- but I like it this way as the more he wins- the more words he practices. :-)

Letter Works

A super simple language activity looking at letter sounds and shapes.

Reading ~ Home made books

Getting some reading in with one of our home-made books. This one has a line of text that I read at the top and a corresponding line that Tama reads at the bottom. It's called 'Tama loves...'. You can see it on my other blog here.

Cake Baking

Cake making out of a box makes for some easy practical life action. Plus it combines science and technology as well as a bit of creativity with the decorating. :-)