Classical Conversations of Kenmore
Week 1 Wrap Up!
Thank you for a great first day!!
Huge thank you to Galina and Georgiana for sacrificing your first day of school, and helping out in the nursery! Every team only goes in once per quarter, so you'll be in class for the next 6 weeks!
What do you do now?!? Take that first 30 minute segment of New Grammar, and try to copy (or jump off from) what your tutor did. That is all that's required to memorize the CC content! It may seem impossible - or to some, it may seem too easy - but that is really the basis for Classical education. Your tutor used songs, motions, chants and general movement to help those sentences to stick. Try to keep it to around 30 minutes per day, just like the tutor did. There is no need to go into more depth right now. Your tutor spent less than 5 minutes on each subject, then moved right along. By the end of next week, you will be amazed at how much even the 4 year olds remember!
Even with the youngest kids, try to trace the geography every day. We spend closer to 10-15 minutes on this section, since my kids like to draw and color. If you have a reluctant or very young learner, just use place markers like mini MnMs. My kids think it's the best thing to get chocolate at 9:00 in the morning! We always repeat & trace several times first, and save MnMs for the final round :-D
If you heard about Blob Mapping for the first time today, here's a link with more detail. (NOTE: Blob mapping is started on the whole world, not on Africa alone. Go ahead and start with it this week, if you can.) If it's too much right now, don't worry about it for a while. But it is an invaluable tool that you can learn to use at some point this year, and which will really enhance the kids' classical education and prepare them for Challenge. Read the Geography chapter in The Core for an in depth description including daily checklist for just starting out!
Ross King is the artist who does our Exodus 20 song - I'm sorry I didn't have it for opening!! Click his name above for the download link. It's available on iPhone and Android, for 99 cents.
Crayfish Instructions - here are the instructions and the diagram for the crayfish, in case anyone wants to try it at home. You can find and order crayfish fairly cheaply online!
For Week 2:
Fellowship Hall: Blue Team
Kitchen/Bathrooms: Purple Team
Nursery: Red Team
Playground: Orange Team
Student Presentation Topic: Show & Tell A Story/Narrate Your Favorite Story
(topics are suggestions only, use whatever your family likes!)
Important Dates:
Sept. 18: Week 2
Sept. 21: The Core, Chapters 1&2
Sept 25: Week 3
Week 1 Lesson Plan:
Community Announcements:
- Child care payments are due during the first couple of weeks of each quarter. The payment is $45 per child per quarter. Anie McDugle will be collecting, and have a sheet to record payments. Cash or check is fine!
- If party planning is more your style, Sarah needs a helper! This is for the group planning, not necessarily all the cooking/purchasing. Someone needs to tell the rest of us what to bring and when!
- The Core Book Club starts Sept. 21. Buy your book now, and take your time reading the first 2 chapters!! They are fairly detailed, with big-picture ideas, but there wasn't a better way to split up the reading. Give yourself time to soak them up! I'll be sending out Chapter questions to think about to those who are registered to join us!
Yearbook Update!
Online Extras:
Please preview any online content for your own children. Not all content will be appropriate for all ages, or for your particular family.
NF = Netflix, YT = Youtube
Week 1
NF Movie Joseph Prince of Egypt - History
NF Magic Schoolbus - S4:E4 - Swamp (general life science)
NF Cat in the Hat - S1:E15 - Jumping like animals / sloths are slow (general life science)
Encouraging Video of the Week!
Email Me!
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Location: 6620 Northeast 185th Street, Kenmore, WA, United States
Phone: (253) 336-6494
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