Week 3, Block 1, Boronia Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘g’, ‘o’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
decem urnae (Ten [green] Bottles)
Gratias (Thank you)
Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds (Heads, shoulders, knees and toes)
Écoute!! (Listen)

English Studies
‘The Brown Bear of Norway‘ from The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang
‘The Princess and the Pea’ from The Complete Illustrated Stories Hans Christian Anderson
Narration: ‘The Eagle and the Jackdaw‘, ‘The Boy and the Filberts‘, ‘Hercules and the Wagoner‘ from The Aesop for Children Ill. Milo Winter (He’s really a bit too young for Narration, so I’m mostly going to be keeping an ear out for re-tellings, or incorporation in play)
Recitation: Happiness and The Christening A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young

Art and Music
Folksong: The Drinking Gourd
Composer: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Work: Scheherazade (I’d planned for us to move on to another piece, but I haven’t sourced it, and we haven’t really listened to this exhaustively… so we’ll continue)
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Work: The Virgin of the Rocks
Music: Loud/Soft (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Art: Watercolour
Lifting off paint (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)