Our Hiatus is Over!

I know, I know...I haven't updated this in over a month! We were all sick for a while, and then we just got busy...then I worked for 1/2 hour on uploading a new entry, and mistakenly closed it down before it uploaded to the blogger. After that, I took a break - too frustrated to start all over again.
So here I go, with my first entry in over a month!

A few weeks ago, (after we all recovered from being sick) we began Art Week.
It was a week of trying out as many different types of art as we could fit in, as well as learning about art.

I made a 2-dimensional 'Art Week' sign which Jaymi had to colour each letter a different & creative way.
She did a bunch of Colour Wonder spray art.
She did 3-D paper beach scene.
She did fingerprint art.
She did sticker art.
She learned how to draw a face with more detail - doing her own self-portrait.
She learned about pointillism.
She made family popsicle stick puppets (and put on a show for me).
We also made a book that she dictated for me to write, and she drew accompanying pictures. She learned the term 'illustrator'.
There was a lot more that we meant to get to, but we ran out of time, and it was just time to move on for now.






















Next, we did Safety Week.
We studied Household Safety (sharp objects, electricity, water safety, heat),
Poison Safety,
Road Safety,
Stranger Safety,
Fire Safety,
Bike Safety,
Animal Safety,
and Car Safety.
We of course, played one of her favourite games, over and over, which is the firefighter game.


















This week is History Week, at Jaymi's request.
She is fascinated with true stories about people who actually existed!
So far, we have studied Louis Braille, Rosa Parks (and briefly discussed the Civil War), The Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Terry Fox, Helen Keller, and her favourite one, Anne Frank.
We also made a very cool timeline that we have posted up in her bedroom. It gives her an idea of time frames, and when things happened in comparison to each other.
We have written dates like...our family's birthdates, her friend's birthdates, a couple of the wars we have studied, when the people mentioned above were born and died, when Canada became a country, when Mark & I met and married, when we moved, etc.
We also have put a word up on our History wall....'PERSISTENCE'.
All of the people we have studied this week, has a lot of that quality, and so does Jaymi. She knows that it's a great quality to have.