Right now we are all working together for our Native American unit study but after Christmas things will be changing a bit as I move into using more curriculum than I ever have before. The schedule described below is the schedule I will be using from January onwards, although some of it is in place……
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2014-2015 School Year: 3/4 yr old Schedule
Right now we are all working together for our Native American unit study but after Christmas things will be changing a bit as I move into using more curriculum than I ever have before. The schedule described below is the schedule I will be using from January onwards, although some of it is in place……
Wibbly Wobbly Weightloss: Becoming Forty
Yes, I turned forty this week and was taken out for dinner twice, a surprise lunch, had a rather large take away, some very tasty chocolate brownies made by Lorna’s lovely daughter and basically did not eat healthily at all. And I’m alright with that. I had a really special birthday week and was made……
Native American Unit Week 2- The Birchbark House: Dagwaging (Fall)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections – the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the……
Introducing the Ojibwe People
We have spent a little over a week familiarising ourselves with the Ojibwe people. As well as access to their computers, the children had a couple of Ojibwe factual books: In addition I spent an hour or so each day reading from these two books: The Birchbark house is a fiction book written by Loiuse Erdrich. Erdrich……
How to Make Native American Ojibwe Dolls Clothes
The premise of this study is to create a Ojibwe family, a birch bark house for them to live in and all the Ojibwe bits and bobs to go with a lifestyle congruent with the Ojibwe tribe. The first thing we did was attempt to make a wigwam from twigs and fake Birchbark. I’ll reveal……
Ojibwe Oral Tradition
The oral tradition of passing down stories to the next generation is incredibly important to the Native Americans. In the past it was the main way they kept their traditions alive. Treuer, author of Living our Language states, ‘A language carries a people’s memories, whether they are recounted as individual reminiscences, as communal history, or……
Ojibwe Art Study: Floral Designs
The Ojibwe People traditionally view their art as being an intrinsic part of their everyday objects, thus they try to make objects that are used everyday as beautiful as possible. In the making of these beautiful things they believe they are showing respect to the Great Spirit. The Ojibwe people draw their inspiration from everything naturally occurring and attempt to……
Wibbly, Wobbly Weightloss – losing weight the wibbly, wobbly way: Week 11
Hello and welcome to week 11 of Wibbly Wobbly Weightloss. As expected it really has been a wibbly wobbly, up and down kind of journey. This week has been a vast improvement on last week. I haven’t been asked if I’m pregnant for starters! Something I didn’t share last week because quite frankly I was a……
Native American Unit Week 1- The Birchbark House: Neebin (Summer)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections – the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the……
The First Native Americans: Presenting the Information
This term we will not be having a major presentation at the end of the term. Christmas is one of our busiest times of the year so instead of attempting to fit a big presentation around lots of concerts, charity fairs and the like we have decided to have a series of mini presentations instead. ……
The First Native American People: Appreciating the Tribal Differences
We continued to use the same books as before: The children also had access to their laptops and therefore the internet for research purposes. We used the map we had made previously, building on the knowledge we had gathered the day before: The main reason for us doing such a large map was for the children……
The First Native American People: Mapping the Area
I had already decided to carry out an overview study of the settlement and migration of the Native Americans. I wanted to get rid of the idea that the first peoples to populate America all lived in tepees and wore feathers. It was to be a one week study, so I wanted it to be……
How to Make Native American Dress Up
We are incapable of doing any kind of study without at least attempting to create some dress up. I did keep it simple though and ordered five cheap t-shirts for just over £1 each. I chose brown and a large size for all. The older children could wear them as tops whilst the younger girls……
Wibbly Wobbly Weightloss – Losing Weight the Wibbly Wobbly Way : Week 10
So…I’m in a charity shop en mass with five children and husband. A6 runs up to me, having picked up a stethoscope, and held the stethoscope end to my tummy whilst trying to hear my heart beat. I said jokingly ‘Are you listening to my tummy?’ She giggled and ran off to listen to Gary’s……