1: my camera was stolen, and if I can't take photos easily, I'm less likely to be motivated to do activities (really pathetic realization, but true.) But I now have a NEW. PRETTY. SHINY. CAMERA!!!! Behold my baby:
And you better believe I am NEVER letting it leave my side EVER!!!
2: I've been feeling miserable and had tons going on. But now I have less going on and don't feel quite as miserable and will just suck it up.
3: Although I planned 90% of geography before school began for the entire school year, I did not write it down here, and I did not figure out the last 10%. I plan to do that RIGHT NOW. So here it goes.
First, let me lay out what the entire year SHOULD have looked like (for future use, seeing as I redo this every four years.) ICG stands for International Crafts and Games by Cynthia Adams. NPLH stands for No Place Like Home from Ebert's Four Year Plan.
September:
- begin continents song
- maps-make topographical map out of salt dough
- maps-paint map
- maps- mercator maps on oranges
- maps-draw your own country using geography terms
- begin mountains song
- maps-start BIG map with longitude and latitude
- maps-"Temple cruise" packets started
- government-democratic/republic Prime Minister Election
- government-dictatorship/totalitarian Dictator game* (explained below)
October:
- government-monarchy/theocracy one kid is king and has all kids "harvest" all the tiny candies that have been scattered on floor and give it all to king who only gives one or two pieces back.
- begin deserts song
- government-anarchy/revolutionary play uno for a little while and then change rules every couple of rounds.
- culture-clothing-international fashion show
- culture-natural resources- play settlers of Catan
- culture-food-international taste test
- begin seven seas song
- culture-population-play "who sliced this pie"**(explained below)
- religion-Eastern religions-learn yoga, fortune cookies with Confucius sayings stuffed inside.
- religion-Islam-make model of mosque (talk about five pillars)
- religion-Judaism-play dreidel (ICG p39), compare with mormonism, sing hebrew songs.
- religion-Christianity-put on pageant of New Testament story
November:
- begin americas song
- Mexico-make little zapotec people and a saturday market setting Saturday Market
- Cuba- tody bird
- Jamaica-Rasta bracelets
- Guatemala-banderitas (NPLH p65)
- Costa Rica-worry dolls (ICG p126)
- Panama-Bird Molas (ICG p101) or link
- Columbia- maracas made from hollow eggs dyed with coffee
- Ecuador-god's eyes (ICG p108)
December:
- Peru-arpilleras "Tonight is Carnaval"
- Chile-rainstick (ICG p118)
- Brazil- carnival mask
- Argentina-Goucho gord mate mug.---humm not sure where to get a gourd
- begin Europe and oceans song
- Sweden-saint lucia and/or majstang (ICG p78 & 87)
- Norway-windmill
- United Kingdom-Christmas crackers
January:
- Denmark-woven heart (ICG 92)
- Ireland-crois bride (ICG p70)
- France-bilboquet (ICG p65)
- Germany-schorenschnitte (ICG p85)
- Poland-stuffed cabbage (NPLH p41)
- Austria-watch sound of music
- Switzerland-cow bell (ICG p69)
- Italy-homemade pasta
- Spain-castanets
- Russia-russian architecture
February
- begin eastern Europe/Middle east song
- Ukraine-matreshka dolls (NPLH p43)
- Romania-dracula party
- Greece-moussaka
- Turkey-pistachios and turkish fez
- Syria-Hamsa
- Israel-grogger (ICG p44)
- Saudi Arabia-prayer mat (ICG p55)
- Kuwait-machboos
March:
- Iraq and Iran (I know they're very different, but whatever)-baaghlava
- Afganistan-homemade kites
- Pakistan-henna hands
- begin Africa song
- Egypt-Nine men's morris (ICG p20)
- Nigeria-hammered metal picture (ICG p15)
- Ghana-adinkra banner (ICG p6)
- Congo-double drum (ICG p11)
- Ivory Coast-folding fan (ICG p12)
April:
- Zimbabwe-mancala
- South Africa-sotho beaded doll (ICG p27)
- Mozambique-galimoto (ICG 14)
- Madagascar-tribal beads (ICG p29) or spoon painting
- begin Asia song
- Mongolia-wind chimes (ICG p63) or link
- China-dragon boat (ICG p37)
- North and south Korea (again, VERY different, but compare and contrast)-paper lanterns (ICG p52)
- Japan-tanabata lanterns
- India-jingles (ICG p47)
May:
- Nepal-rangoli
- Thailand-pellet drum (ICG p54)
- Philippines-sarimanok
- Australia-decorate boomerangs
- New Zealand-knitting/poi balls
- Figi- leis (ICG p49)
- Tonga-palm woven hat (green construction paper)
- Vanuatu-grass skirt
- Samoa-decorate something with shells
*Dictator Game: Each person is given the same amount of points or treats. In the game, there would be advantages and rebellions. For example, the dice 2 and 6 would be "advantages" 1 and 4 would be "rebellions" and 3 would be "cooperation." There would be around a 2 min. round time. They would sit in a circle.The teacher who is in charge of the treats would have sign saying "army" the teacher would choose the dictator, and then we would begin. The children would take turns rolling the dice. If they got an advantage, the army would give the dictator the treat (regardless of who rolled the dice) If they got a rebellion, then the one who threw the dice would get a treat taken away. It would be up to the army whether or not the dictator got the treat. A cooperation they would simply pass the dice. At the end of the round, the next child would be the dictator.
**Who Sliced this Pie: (Got this idea from public school teacher with 30 kids, but I'll use paper dolls) Divide room up into continents (Frustratingly Australia and Russia go together statistically)
Population (#of students/paper dolls)
Asia=52.18%=16
Africa=10.66%=3
Middle East=9.88=3
Europe=9.62%=3
North America=5.17%=2
South America=8.52%=2
Australia/Russia=3.14%=1 (if just Australia 1/2)
Distribution of food production (#of chocolate kisses) btw-I couldn't find new statistics for this one, so these statistics are at least 10-15 years old.
Asia=36%=9
Africa=7%=2
Middle East=oh bother, um, not sure. goes with asia statistically
Europe=31%=8
North America=16%=4
South America=9%=2
Australia (Not Russia too---problems when you take statistics from different studies urg)=1%=1/2 kiss
none for antarctica
Wealth (# of caramels)
Asia=24%=6
Africa=1.01%=1/4
Middle East=4.1%=1
Europe=27.06%=7
North America=33.67%=8
South America=6.44%=2
Australia/Russia=3.38%=1
Interestingly, I took the newest population and wealth statistics I could find, and asia has gotten richer and other nations poorer from when this lady first did this activity. Hummm.
WHEW! I was NOT 90% there! That took me forever! Ugh, now to figure out how to condense this since I missed a month....
November:
- begin mountains song
- government-dictatorship/totalitarian Dictator game* (explained below)
- government-monarchy/theocracy one kid is king and has all kids "harvest" all the tiny candies that have been scattered on floor and give it all to king who only gives one or two pieces back. government-anarchy/revolutionary play uno for a little while and then change rules every couple of rounds.
- culture-population-play "who sliced this pie"**(explained below)
- begin deserts song
- religion-Eastern religions-learn yoga, fortune cookies with Confucius sayings stuffed inside.
- religion-Islam-make model of mosque (talk about five pillars)
- begin seven seas song (or just not get to this song this year)
- religion-Judaism-play dreidel (ICG p39), compare with mormonism, sing hebrew songs.
- religion-Christianity-put on pageant of New Testament story
- begin americas song
- Mexico-make little zapotec people and a saturday market setting Saturday Market
- Cuba- tody bird
December:
- Jamaica-Rasta bracelets
- Guatemala-banderitas (NPLH p65)
- Costa Rica-worry dolls (ICG p126)
- Panama-Bird Molas (ICG p101) or link
- Columbia- maracas made from hollow eggs dyed with coffee
- Ecuador-god's eyes (ICG p108)
- Peru-arpilleras "Tonight is Carnaval"
January:
- Chile-rainstick (ICG p118)
- Brazil- carnival mask
- Argentina-Goucho gord mate mug.---humm not sure where to get a gourd
- begin Europe and oceans song
- Sweden-saint lucia and/or majstang (ICG p78 & 87)
- United Kingdom-Christmas crackers
- Denmark-woven heart (ICG 92)
- Ireland-crois bride (ICG p70)
- France-bilboquet (ICG p65)
- Germany-schorenschnitte (ICG p85)
- Austria-watch sound of music
February
- Switzerland-cow bell (ICG p69)
- Italy-homemade pasta
- Spain-castanets
- Russia-russian architecture
- begin eastern Europe/Middle east song
- Ukraine-matreshka dolls (NPLH p43)
- Romania-dracula party
- Greece-moussaka
- Turkey-pistachios and turkish fez
March:
- Syria-Hamsa
- Israel-grogger (ICG p44)
- Saudi Arabia-prayer mat (ICG p55)
- Kuwait-machboos
- Iraq and Iran (I know they're very different, but whatever)-baaghlava
- Afganistan-homemade kites
- Pakistan-henna hands
- begin Africa song
- Egypt-Nine men's morris (ICG p20)
April:
- Nigeria-hammered metal picture (ICG p15)
- Ghana-adinkra banner (ICG p6)
- Congo-double drum (ICG p11)
- Ivory Coast-folding fan (ICG p12)
- Zimbabwe-mancala
- South Africa-sotho beaded doll (ICG p27)
- Mozambique-galimoto (ICG 14)
- begin Asia song
- Mongolia-wind chimes (ICG p63) or link
- China-dragon boat (ICG p37)
May:
- North and south Korea (again, VERY different, but compare and contrast)-paper lanterns (ICG p52)
- Japan-tanabata lanterns
- India-jingles (ICG p47)
- Nepal-rangoli
- Philippines-sarimanok
- Australia-decorate boomerangs
- New Zealand-knitting/poi balls
- Tonga-palm woven hat (green construction paper)
- Vanuatu-grass skirt
- Samoa-decorate something with shells
Okay, done. Now I just need to do it.
And let me quickly catch you up on the last two science clubs we've had:
One week we learned about the outer planets. One experiment we did was to run around a pole. One person was the earth and went quickly and one planet was an outer planet and was slow.
(not taken by my new camera obviously)
And last week we learned about comets, astroids, and meteors. We made our own comets whose tales pointed away from the hot "sun" (hairdryer.)
And of course, it was HALLOWEEN. I love Halloween. I would say it's my favourite holiday, but I feel sacrilegious saying it, so I'll just think it.
Can you guess which one is not my child and was our yummy meat loaf?
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