Week 2 of Home Ed.

Another busy week for Zico. 

Reading: Zico has been reading 2 or 3 books everyday ranging from level 1 to level 6. He enjoys the security of known books. 

 Zico asked "what's all this junk? in the water" Daddy replied that it was the same seaweed that we had just seen living on the rocks from the kayak. Then followed a discussion about how important the seaweed is as a home for the little fish that Zico had been catching. It is their habitat.

 Zico went out on the Kayak with Daddy. He used his own rod to catch 11 fish. Zico learnt how to cast and how to reel. Zico put his fish in a little container with salt water so he could watch them, then we he was finished he returned them all to the sea. Zico caught some Kahawai and some Spotties.

 Zico has been making great progress with his writing. Last week we focused on the writing 2 sight words "I am". This week our focus has been on "I can" . Zico wrote. I can run to the toilet. After the writing he has been reading the sentence and ordering some cut up words of his sentence.
Other sentences for the week have been.
I can see Mummy. I can see Robots. I can see a fish. I can see a cushion.

 Maths: Zico has been doing some more counting in authentic contexts. He has also been learning about adding and taking away. Here Dave was using mini figs for Zico to count. Zico has been using Studyladder to play some maths games including a game about duration of time.

 Physical Education and Health: Zico attended athletics at Saxton Stadium. He practised different ways of jumping and stepping over hurdles. He practised throwing different things too and his favourite was the ball on the rope which was hammer practise. Here is Zico working with another little girl in a pair.

 We had to get out of the house for an open home so we had lunch at a cafe. We didn't miss an opportunity for learning though. Zico made a tower with all the blocks they had. He estimated that it was 10 blocks tall. We counted it together to check. It was 16 blocks tall. We then talked about what number it would be if we added one block or took one away. Zico counted all the blocks again to help him answer these questions correctly.

 Physical Education: Zico has been making great progress with his Swimming. This week he was swimming by himself with the board. He also used a noodle to float around in the deep pool for the very first time!

 It has been a week of trying new things. We visited the Hockey Street playground and Zico tried out lots of the equipment. His favourite was the little swing and the tunnels.

 At Gymnastics Zico tried doing Donkey Kicks, throwing and catching a scarf and jumping on the trampoline all at the same time and many other new things.

 We had to evacuate from the Gym due to a fire. Zico and the other children were very lucky to see smoke and flames. Hear the fire crackle and the sirens and see the fire fighters with their hoses trying to put out the flames. Luckily no one was hurt.