This Week

I started using this 9000 layout cards to do daily calendar work. However, I realized there is a problem with using this material for this purpose. It works for the present year, but when I demonstrated when I was born, 1978 reads as "nineteen seventy-eight"instead of one thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight which can be problematic. But I suppose I could just read 1978 as one thousand, etc.


This estimating activity is from Family Math for Young Children, but I was reminded of it by this post from the lovely Min. We use the 9000-layout cards for this, too.

This is the snowman Koko made from clay inspired by "Chubby Little Snowman" that can be downloaded from The Wonder Years and is also included in her post. That red creature is a rabbit trying to eat the snowman's nose!

We started circle time and it went well as long as I was able to wake up at a decent hour. Sometimes I indulge in extra sleep especially since Eggy wakes up a lot at night, but I am going to try to do circle time at least three times a week during the winter. Along with "Chubby Little Snowman," we did "I'm a Little Snowflake" sung to "I'm a Little Teapot" (lyrics here) "Lady Wind" and "Snowflakes" (Music Together-Bells) and "Go-duh-rum" found here. I try to sing one Korean hymn during breakfast until we master it. Currently, we're on "Holy Holy." Interesting factoid: The Korean hymnal seemed to have made several revisions over the years. The "Holy Holy" my mom knew is different from the version my husband knows.