Welcome to the new week!

Welcome to the new week!  Mondays are a busy day for us as the grandchildren all have dance lessons at different times during the afternoon and so we tend to have a fairly relaxed morning.  We do team clean up of rooms and lots of arts and crafts usually.  

Today we worked on our Australia core study unit using the book ‘Australia Country of Colour’ by Jess Racklyeft which I purchased from Big W, modelling clay and YouTube videos.  Each child picked an animal, plant or insect from each colour section of the book and made a modelling clay version of their choice. Once they completed this they showed each other their creation and discussed them. We then watched videos of the animal, plant or insect that they chose and discussed things that we each found interesting about them. A metre long ruler and a grain of rice was used to compare sizes mentioned in the book or videos, bringing Mathematics into the mix of subjects covered.  We all enjoyed this and it was wonderful to see everyone participating in the activity so well.

This book is wonderful and engaged all of the children with its gorgeous illustrations and interesting facts.

This modelling clay I purchased from Kmart.  It was easy for the children to use and they liked the bright colours!