Science, Math and LEGO

Well, we've had a busy couple of weeks! Last week K was in a bit of "a mood" all week. He wasn't very interested in doing much of anything it seemed (except bugging his sisters!) We still managed to be somewhat productive though. On Monday we went to the Science Centre where we met an old friend of mine. We got to tour the Living Earth and the Science Arcade with him. K favourite part was turning on a light bulb with his body by touching the electricity ball. (I wish I had pictures but my camera battery died! ) We also got to go on a virtual trip to mars (which was his second favourite part of the day.) We spent a fair amount of time in the KidSpark area. Let me tell you it is AMAZING for kids! There is so much for children of all ages to touch and build and experiment and explore. 

 

(T in the KidSpark area fitting square shaped wooden blocks through the holes in foam blocks)

To try to help K break out of his mood later in the week we had a "Beach Party" in the bathtub. They spent almost 2 hours in and out of the tub. K practiced holding his breath, floating and his "ice cream scoop" strokes. He showed his sisters how to blow bubbles in the water and encouraged them to try it too! They collected shells from the bottom of the "ocean" and after I got to be the tickle shark trying to tickle them.

(K showing Ky how to blow bubbles in the water)

This week K practiced spelling out word families (eg. cat, hat, mat, etc... gum, hum, bum, etc..) K was having fun figuring out how to spell each word and discovering the sound pattern, until he realized we were "doing school." (My fault. I told T that we were "working" and then K was "too tired" to do anymore.) We also continued with money math. I drew 5 circles on a wipe off board and chose a number. K filled the circles with different combinations of coins to equal the number chosen.

(K's combinations for $0.25) 

 

We took turns choosing numbers and making coin combinations. I would make a mistake for K to check and correct my work. 

We spent a lot of time building with LEGO this week. We built space ships, and the moon, spy houses and cars, boats, and animals. He also built a catapult that actually works! We made a trip to the LEGO store to pick up a few new pieces and K loved the build a mini figure station and put a few combinations together before settling on bringing the spy home.

(The moon, space ships and catapult with his new mini figures)

A few more pictures from the past couple of weeks:

 (Exploring soap bubbles)

(Making moon rocks with warm rocks and crayons)

(K rearranging the furniture to build a fort)

 

 

Kataky's Mama