Mom is 45

Abraham Lincoln

Today Barron found a surprise, he won $10.00 on Outschool and we used it immediately for a course we both were interested in All About Abraham Lincoln Self-Paced created by Teacher Kat. 

Barron did a KWL chart as follows after watching the video: 

In the class Barron was asked his thoughts on this quote: "I Walk Slowly, But I Never Walk Backward"

"The Best Way To Predict Your Future Is To Create It. "

First Day of Fall

 

International Day of Peace

 Today

Roald Dahl Day+Friday 13+Chcolate Meditation

ABOUT ROALD DAHL

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. His first moment of inspiration came when he was at boarding school, when a local chocolate factory invited pupils to trial new chocolate bars - 35 years later, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published.

He went on to write many more stories, including Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr Fox, all from a hut in his back garden in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. By the time he published The Minpins, he had written a total of 16 stories for children, which have been translated into 68 languages and read all over the world. He remains one of the world's greatest storytellers.

The Roald Dahl Story Company protects and grows the cultural value of Roald Dahl stories with their unique breadth of characters and worlds. With 300 million books sold, and one new book sold every 2.5 seconds, the Roald Dahl brand continues to grow in popularity globally, attracting new audiences with innovative developments in book, theatre, entertainment and beyond.

The Roald Dahl Story Company is committed to sharing the positive messages at the heart of all Roald Dahl stories - messages of the strength and potential of young people, and the power of kindness.

Source: https://www.roalddahl.com/about/

Chocolate Meditation | 5min | Guided mindfulness meditation technique | Om love https://youtu.be/kVEzdZMBKPg?si=Wjsse4aQ9Y8wcuUl

Patriot's Day

 Today September 11 is Patriots Day.

https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/9-11-coloring-pages-patriots-day.html

The Boys Are Back in Town

 Day One of The Chief's Season with our beloved Andy, Patrick, Travis, and chris and others too. 

Today we will play Uno Football version, one of Barron's birthday gifts saved for this important day.

To celebrate we did a little dance to: 

The Chiefs Won!! Chiefs vs Ravens 27-20!!

First Day of School 2024

Today begins our 2024-2025 school term. I thought this was a great classroom reminder: 

Today Barron began achool with his yearly About Me topic with our new Glam Squad Sharpie markers and clip board: 

We did our word of the year with dad as a new edition:

Barron selected the word Humble which is an adjective meaning, "having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance."

I chose the word Persist which is a verb meaning, "continue firmly."

 Garnet's word was Peacefullness, as an adjective peaceful means, "free from disturbance, tranquil."

We continued our Tim Horton's First Day of school treat with an Ice Cap, Crossaint, and Four Cheese toasted with butter bagel. 

Recalling the tradition of European children on the first day Barron received three new biography books:

We will begin with Alexander. 

We found an amazing book called Spot The differences Art Masterpieces Book 3 and each week we will study an artist referenced in it starting with Guiseppe  Arcimboldo and his creation Summer 1573.

Barron will be our daily class plant water helper on our A Kinder World App.

He will keep track of his responsibilities along with his daily attendance on our sheet posted on the fridge:

Barron will read outloud a page a day from our new book Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright published in 2005 beginning today.

Barron will do his regular spelling quizzes with 12 words per test with our new triangle pens from our local Micheals Canada store in his new book we found prepared by Schoolnest by Megan Van Sipe, this book has ruled pages on one side and on the flip dot grids -so neat!

We will listen daily to Busy Kids Love Music Podcasts created by the genuine Carly Seifert at: https://busykidsdopiano.com/busykidslovemusic/ 

Barron and I will continue our tradition of drawing a daily picture with a new triangle pencil pack and sketchbook:

We will also work through a daily puzzle from: 

A page a day from this excellent geography book: 

We are working on our multiplication skills with this booklet thanks to Grandma's great shopping skills:

Every Friday Barron will handwrite in this book what he is grateful for: 

Barron will also be typing up much of his daily class work and homework activities on his new chromebook which arrived on the first day of class and is a gifted investment from dad:

Something we became aware of this year is not every country begins school at the same calendar month and time as we do,

"Places where school begins, not in September, 

Guatemala = Second Monday of January 
South Africa = January 13 
Australia = January 27 Kenya = January
Malaysia = Early January
Singapore = Beginning of January
Costa Rica = Early February

Honduras = Early February

New Zealand = Between February 1 – 5

Brazil = First week of February

Chile = Late February

Argentina = Beginning of March

South Korea = Beginning of March

Japan = April 1

India = June

Indonesia = Mid-July." Source: https://www.theeslnexus.com/2015/12/12-countries-that-start-school-in.html