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October 5, 2008 at 8:30 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 4, Block 8, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘ph’, ‘ough’, ‘oe’, ‘o-e’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Tu es meus sol (You Are My Sunshine)
Bene habes (You’re ok)
Scie le Bois (Saw the Wood)
? (Be careful)
English Studies
‘The Five Wise Words of the Guru‘ from The Olive Fairy Book 
Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh 
A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘The Man and the Lion‘, ‘The Ass and the Lap Dog‘, ‘The Milkmaid and her Pail‘ 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: Bad Sir Brian Botany A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young
Art and Music
Folksong: Dixie
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Carnival of the Animals
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: Annunciation
Music: Form (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Star Light
Art: Watercolours, Soapy painting/Painted Ripples (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
October 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 3, Block 8, Edith Term
I didn’t get sorted at the start of the week and update the TV cabinet, so things have basically stalled. Puggle brought me the poetry book, so we did do a kind of catch up a couple of times (he likes In the Fashion…) but other than that… not a lot. I really must change the folksong at the very least, as I know it already (aside from remembering the words), and that would at least be something ‘easy’ to go on with.
October 1, 2008 at 10:51 am · Filed under Family, Home Education, Music, Singing
You can find a midi here. I know this one, but there’s a couple of mp3s here.
I wish I was in the land of Cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
In Dixie Land where I was born in
early on one frosty morning’
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Ole Missus marry “will the weaver”
Willum was a gay deceiver
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
But when he put his arm around er,
He smiled fierce as a forty pounder,
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
His face was sharp as a butcher’s cleaver
But that did not seem to grieve ‘er
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Ole Missus acted the foolish part
And died for a man that broke her heart
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Now here’s a health to the next ole Missus
An’ all the gals that want to kiss us;
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
But if you want to drive ‘way sorrow
Come and hear this song tomorrow
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
There’s buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter;
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie’s Land I’m bound to travel,
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
Then I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
Away! Away! Away! Down South in Dixie.
September 27, 2008 at 11:58 am · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 2, Block 8, Edith Term
Really didn’t get very far this week. We read last week’s poem a few more times (because it was still on the TV cabinet), but that was probably all.
September 21, 2008 at 8:17 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 2, Block 8, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘ed’, ‘ew’, ‘ui’, ‘ue’, ‘u-e’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Parvus Gaius Gelet (Little Jack Horner)
Bene factum (Good job)
Savez-vous Planter les Choux? (Do You Know How to Plant Cabbages?)
Assieds-toi (Sit down)
English Studies
‘The Strange Adventures of Little Maia‘ from The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘The Fox and the Crab‘, ‘The Serpent and the Eagle‘, ‘The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing‘ 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: Before Tea and In the Fashion A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young
Art and Music
Folksong: The Old Oaken Bucket
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Carnival of the Animals
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: Adoration of the Lamb
Music: Phrase (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Snail, snail
Art: Watercolours, Random Patterns (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
September 20, 2008 at 11:54 am · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 1, Block 8, Edith Term
Fairly slack. We did read the poem quite a bit, and a few fables. We sang the comptine… but I’ve been struggling with the Latin nursery rhyme, and I still haven’t got my head around the tune for the folksong.
September 14, 2008 at 8:30 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 1, Block 8, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘wh’, ‘ck’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Parvus Gaius Gelet (Little Jack Horner)
Cave! (Careful!)
Savez-vous Planter les Choux? (Do You Know How to Plant Cabbages?)
? (You’re ok)
English Studies
‘Kupti and Imani‘ from The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘Three Bullocks and a Lion‘, ‘Mercury and the Woodman‘, ‘The Frog and the Mouse‘ 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: The Invaders A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young (Scroll down to Annie W, about half way)
Art and Music
Folksong: The Old Oaken Bucket
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Carnival of the Animals
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: Adoration of the Lamb
Music: Phrase (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) It Rained a Mist
Art: Watercolours, Rainy Sky (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
September 13, 2008 at 7:52 pm · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 5, Block 7, Edith Term (Break Week)
We probably did less than I’d anticipated, as we didn’t even really sing. Mind you, we did a lot of bonding with Cygnet, so I’m not too worried:-)
September 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 5, Block 7, Edith Term (Break Week)
We’ll keep singing, but that’s pretty much it:-) (We have other things on which to focus:-) )
September 1, 2008 at 11:02 pm · Filed under Family, Home Education, Music, Singing
You can find a midi (and some history) here. There’s also an mp3 here.
How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood
When fond recollection presents them to view
The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood,
And ev’ry loved spot which my infancy knew
The wide spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it,
The bridge and the rock where the cataract fell;
The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it,
And e’en the rude bucket that hung in the well.
The old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket,
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well.
The moss covered bucket I hailed as a treasure,
For often at noon, when returned from the field,
I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,
The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing,
And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell
Then soon, with the emblem of turth overflowing,
And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.
The old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket,
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well.
August 31, 2008 at 8:49 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 4, Block 7, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘aw’, ‘au’, ‘or’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Parve puer caerule (Little Boy Blue)
Sic est (That’s right!)
Napoléon (Napoleon)
Un casse-croûte (Snack)
English Studies
‘The Thanksgiving of the Wazir‘ from The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘The Cat and the Birds‘, ‘The Dog and the Oyster‘, ‘The Astrologer‘ 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: Halfway Down A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young
Art and Music
Folksong: The Old Oaken Bucket
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Danse Macabre
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: The Last Judgement
Music: Simple and Compound Duple (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Sally Go Round the Sun
Art: Watercolours, Watery Clouds/Summer Sky (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
August 30, 2008 at 8:34 pm · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 3, Block 7, Edith Term
Once again, my lack of oomph has affected what we’ve done—I didn’t even get as far as updating the TV cabinet. (Puggle has noticed this lack of updates, and has regularly asked me when the new stuff is going up!)
However, we’ve continued to sing, and Puggle has taken great delight in offering to read to me while I eat, or otherwise am unable to do anything. He has been doing a lot of taking care of his poor Mama, and he has done a lot off his own bat (offering to read, noticing that my glass is empty and refilling it, not only getting the washing out of the machine—his job, but dragging it closer to the door for me, so I don’t have to bend over). He’s also been doing more upon request (preparing dinner, even!)
I have been very interested in the way he has worked through the readers. Although we have the first ten, he is still reading number eight. And he has made his own progress. He will still occasionally start at the beginning, but he tends to start any session a couple before his ‘current’ book, and read while he has momentum. That may or may not mean he finishes a new book in the session. He’s not memorising them (well, he may have done the first one, now:-) ), but he’s definitely practising decoding them.
August 24, 2008 at 8:30 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 3, Block 7, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘ng’, ‘ea’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Parve puer caerule (Little Boy Blue)
Fac silentium, tace (Quiet!)
Napoleon (Napoleon)
Tiens-toi droit! (Sit Up!)
English Studies
‘The Story of Little King Loc‘ from The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘The Two Pots‘, ‘The Goose and the Golden Egg‘, ‘The Spendthrift and the Swallow‘ 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: Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young
Art and Music
Folksong: Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Danse Macabre
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: The Last Judgement
Music: Simple and Compound Duple (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Here Comes a Bluebird
Art: Watercolours, Brushed Branches, Zig Zag Trees (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
August 23, 2008 at 8:27 pm · Filed under Home Education, Progress, Puggle, This Week
Week 2, Block 7, Edith Term
Mostly, this week has been about phonics. Puggle is pulling out the readers, and is very keen to know the next sounds, but we haven’t done a great deal else. Partly at least, because I haven’t had the oomph to read or sing (although, we did read some of Winnie the Pooh).
August 17, 2008 at 8:32 pm · Filed under Home Education, Plans, Puggle, This Week
Our plans for
Week 2, Block 7, Edith Term
Language
Introduce phonograms ‘ur’, ‘wor’, ‘ear’ (sandpaper letters and sand tray)
Agitat Cunas (Rock-a-bye-baby)
Fac silentium, tace (Quiet!)
Fais Dodo (Go to sleep)
Oo là là! (Oh no!)
English Studies
‘The Blue Parrot‘ from The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
Winnie-The-Pooh A. A. Milne
Narration: ‘The Peacock and the Crane‘, ‘The Farmer and the Cranes‘, ‘The Farmer and his Sons‘ 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: Knights and Ladies and The Mirror A. A. Milne from When We Were Very Young
Art and Music
Folksong: Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Symphony 3 in C Major
Artist: Jan Van Eyck
Work: The Crucifixion
Music: Simple and Compound Duple (The Kodály Method 1 Lois Choksy) Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Art: Watercolours, Colour and Tone (Art Ideas Fiona Watts)
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