We’re rowing Little Nino’s Pizzeria and Mavi requested that we should make a pizza. So I asked him to create a list of ingredients he wanted to be in in pizza. He wanted to make a pizza with lots of pepperoni and mozzarella, so that’s what we did!
And we just have to make Vito join or else we wouldn’t be able to accomplish this.
Watch this short video of how the boys, yes including Vito made pizzas!!
Don’t you just love spring? The colors of the flowers brighten up my day. The beauty of the cherry blossoms never ceases to give me a smile. Reason why, in this week’s link up, I will talk about the things colors and the things that you can do with it, to see a mood.
Check out some of these fun activities from our previous link up that features the use of colors!
Featured posts for Playing with Colors this week:
Flower Water Tube Stamping by Montessori on Mars. Wonderful activity for creating beautiful materials through color mixing using stamps!
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities for Toddlers from Living Montessori Now. A great way to introduce young children to colors.
Learning About Seasons from Planting Peas. You will see how they use color variations to set the seasons. Amazing!
Under the Sea Preschool Activities from Natural Beach Living. I love the use of blue water beads to setup an ocean senosrial tub! The use of colors can definitely simulate a habitat!
Art Appreciation Activities from Every Start is Different. A compilation of art activities for kids!
This week on The Pinay Homeschooler, we create warm and cool colours! Mavi mentioned something like “It’s making summer and winter Mom.”
We are doing a lot of artworks at home. Just the other day, we were looking at the masterpieces of famous artists like Monet and Van Gogh. We talked about the techniques the artists used and how they set the mood of their paintings. In particular, we talked about the colours they used during the daytime and night time. In effect, we ended up talking about warm and cool colours which eventually brought us to this activity.
So Mavi and I practiced mixing paints to create our own warm and cool colours. He was even more excited that we get to name our own colours!
Warm colours are colours of fire and sun, yellow and colour tones of red and orange. Can you see the names of his colours? Yellow Golden Sun of Heavens and Lobster Bloody Red!
Cool colours are those of water, violet and colour tones of blue and green. Love how he created his names: Gods Light and Coral Sea Blue.
This is a simple activity that you can do with your kids anytime of the day! Less preparation but with much to learn. Now with this knowledge, we can create paintings with proper mood settings!
By the way, about the coloured tempera paints we are using. The brand is Gouache Liquide Tempera Paints. I am very particular with the paints we use at home because Mavi has asthma. This brand has negligible smell and I love how strong and vivid the colours are.
So start making you colours now and have fun naming them!
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I went home one day with a bunch of avocadoes for Vito and I to eat. Then as I was slicing it, Mavi saw the huge seed inside and blurted out that it looks like the Earth’s core! And just like that, I whipped a brief activity on the layers of the Earth!
For the book, we had this since 2 years ago that Mavi really really loves to read. It’s an easy read for young kids and the good thing about it is that it’s like an adventure book that takes its readers into an adventure of digging a hole down to the Earth’s center! So I am HIGHLY recommending it to those who are interested.
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After looking into the avocado and discussing how it looked similar to the Earth’s layers, I took out some coloured rice (we already have this and stored in ziplocks) and have Mavi create the layers in a piece of cardstock in the way it is described in the book.
And this is what he came up with. He completed this with a little assistance from me. Well actually, my work only includes getting the rice and beans for him LOL. He added some space shuttle and man in suit. The book indicates that it is impossible to reach the center of the Earth as no machines or human can stand the pressure and heat. But the book allows the reader to imagine and pretend, that if it’s possible, a super duper powerful digger and super suit is needed for humans to reach the Earth’s core.
And since Mavi is now 6 yrs old, I am “training” him to discuss to me what he has learned from the book. So he narrated what he learned using his artwork. Okay, this is like reporting or project presentation in school, but it is at home and you’re doing it with your Mom :D Mavi actually loved doing it and wanted to do it again!
After which, we took out some stuff at the kitchen and put up together the elements that made up the Earth. Now, the CRUST is soil (we don’t have any so we used oatmeal for representation), MANTLE is made up of thick hot rocks, OUTCORE is made up of hot molten metal (we used ketchup!) and the INNERCORE is made up of a huge solid metal, a ball of iron (seed of Avocado).
See how spontaneous we are at home! My son enjoyed this activity and so do I! Hope you find this helpful :)
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I created these booklets a long long time ago, when Mavi was just around 4 yrs old and beginning to learn basic arithmetic. Unfortunately, I changed laptops so I was not able to share these and though that I lost my files! Good thing Husband recovered it for me, so I’m able to share this with you.
We didn’t use this because Mavi wanted to use the workbooks we got from Singapore. But I know some of you wanted to have a copy of this one so I am sharing it. Click the image or follow the link below to see how you can download this for FREE!!
Vito and I has started our letter sound of the week activities. I guess most of you are already familiar with it. It’s basically a curriculum wherein you introduce and focus on one letter sound a week. It’s a famous curriculum used for ages 2 – 4 years old (or below). I used this with Mavi and was totally effective, so I decided to do it as well with Vito.
I’ve gathered fun letter activities from our previous linkup and you can try any of these to your kids. They are fun, engaging and easy to prepare! You will find the links after the image.
Featured Posts for Spring Flowers this Week:
B is for Boat from Every Star is Different
T is for Transportation Unit from Study at Home Mama
U is for Underground, Montessori Inspired Homeschool for Toddlers Star Themed, Dog Themed Unit from Golden Reflections Blog
F is for Fire: Teaching Phonic Sounds from Study at Home Mama
For this week on The Pinay Homeschooler, I am featuring Vito’s Letter ‘a’ Sound Activities.
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I asked Mavi for his top 5 favourite books for this month (he keeps on brining these books in school for show and tell) and tell me why.
"Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colours. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that's compelling. A fine rendering of history in picture book format."--(starred) Booklist.
"I like it because Peg Leg Joe became a hero by saving the slaves and bringing them to Canada for freedom". - Mavi
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts. Winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever. - Goodreads
"I love it because the he and his grandfather loves to travel, just like me." - Mavi
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. And he does just that, until the day a bumblebee and some men from the Madrid bullfights give gentle Ferdinand a chance to be the most ferocious star of the corrida—and the most unexpected comic hero. This cherished hardcover is perfect for those who love Ferdinand, and those who have yet to meet him. - Goodreads
"The part where he sat on a bee makes me laugh, and because everyone thinks he's super strong but actually not. All he ever do is smell the flower and he's really funny." - Mavi
Life stories of Spiderman, Thor and Ironman.
"Spiderman is in it and he is my favourite superhero." - Mavi
"This book...recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel.... The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity....The paintings...add the necessary testure and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen" – School Library Journal
"Because it is the story of the first airplane to fly in France and England. The pictures are so funny too" - Mavi
You can also get these books from Book Depository. They ship anywhere for free!
