Ruth really enjoyed getting pictures of food out of the newspaper advertising yesterday. So today we started sticking them on.
She has not used glue before - so with this one she just put the glue on and I placed them. It's amazing that I can ask her "So what are you?" and she immediately says "omnivore". She has learnt so much.
We had so many pictures that we separated the meat and veg / fruit from the others and then she stuck all the extra pictures onto the back of the poster. She did this all on her own.
And she did such a good job. Well done Ruth.
I laminated the poster for her once she was done so that we don't have to worry about any of the pictures falling off. So even if they only got a little bit of glue in the middle it was enough.
What do dogs eat? Do puppies eat the same as grown dogs?
Ruth has seen lambs drinking off their mother and remembers Rachel giving milk to the lamb she looked after. So once she thought about that she could guess that puppies would drink milk too. She enjoyed colouring the puppies in different colours. Lovely pictures of the mice and birds that our cats catch and eat.
I was going to find clip art to print and let Ruth colour in but was having endless trouble with Word and so decided to rather look for photos. I am glad I did as we had lovely ones and it helped Ruth remember. I was surprised to see how many photos we actually had from our holiday. Ruth had fun sorting them into groups. I had to look up the Takahe on-line to see what it ate but Ruth and I also had fun looking at all the other photos on the on-line encyclopedia. We also read about mussels and I guessed they were omnivores as plankton is made from microscopic plants and animals - but was not sure if they were classified in these groups. But it was great to see such a big mussel - just slightly open for us to see the creature inside.
The extra two pages we filled with family photos. Ruth did a great job of sorting them into their groups.
Today Ruth started on her Correspondence School work about What Animals Eat. This is the book that she is going to make.
She has really enjoyed talking about it all and drawing and writing in her book.
The first page about what animals we have at home. I drew the shape of the cow's head to help her and I also did some tiny dots as a guide for the side of the chook's body (after she had done the head on her own). She did the cat completely on her own. I was really impressed with what she did. She also enjoys writing over the dots that I do for the numbers and words.
Then we looked at what these animals eat. Her cat food packet ended up turning into a cat I think - so that one was not too successful. She is having so much fun having her own "school work" and it's surprising to realize how much she already knows.
Today we had a Correspondence School outing to Willowbank. The teachers are based in Wellington so they try to come down once a year to meet up with everyone. Kerry and her youngest three traveled through to town with us. It was Kerry who first told me about Correspondence School.
Can you spot the eel? Touching the eel. Rachel and Layla both touched it with their fingers too.
The only picture I got of Kayla and one of the twins. They stay quite close to Willowbank and as they have just started home schooling this year I thought it would be nice for them to join us. Layla also wanted to get to see Rachel again - so it was a good opportunity for the two of them.
And those feathers are supposed to look like that.
The highlight for me were these tame wallabies.
What an amazing experience. Ingrid (our friend who stays close by) knew the little bags of food that you buy when you come in are very handy at this point. So thankfully the boys were very willing to share the treats and our girls got to feed them too.
As we walked past the lemur's cage they were given their food. Great for Ruth to see them picking through their fruit for their favourite pieces. Hannah loved the old tractor (of course) and so the two of them had a nice "ride" together.
Tiny little chicks under lights to keep them warm.
I have never seen such small horses. A perfect size for little ones to pat.
These Kea were so friendly and loved the bread that Ingrid had brought to give them. We could tell she had been here before because she had her food ready and she knew were we should stand and wait. We waited for a few minutes wondering if there were in fact any birds in the walk through enclosure. And then sure enough they started to come towards us. We counted 5 that came for a snack.
Such lovely birds and they had such different characters too. A few of them screeched so loudly and then the one just sat quietly and did the following little "meow" (almost).
Ruth was very brave in giving this big pig some treats. Just look at that mouth!
The piglets were very friendly. And very cute.
We had a lovely day and only when I loaded the photos onto the computer did I realize that I had not taken a photo with Ruth and the Correspondence School teacher. What a pity. It was great for Ruth to meet her in person though.
Ruth really enjoyed getting pictures of food out of the newspaper advertising yesterday. So today we started sticking them on.
She has not used glue before - so with this one she just put the glue on and I placed them. It's amazing that I can ask her "So what are you?" and she immediately says "omnivore". She has learnt so much.
We had so many pictures that we separated the meat and veg / fruit from the others and then she stuck all the extra pictures onto the back of the poster. She did this all on her own.
And she did such a good job. Well done Ruth.
