Ballet

Maya and Norah are enjoying their Dance Foundation Class.  They are learning some ballet, tap, and hip hop.

Reading Reading Reading

Maya's world has opened up to her in so many new ways with her reading really taking off.  She can be found many times throughout the day reading a book or reading Eleah or Norah a book. Some of her favourite things to read have been books about  birth, rock books, Charlotte's web, Joke books and whatever the latest books we have from the library.  We practice reading together and she has moved away from sounding out words to just memorizing and reading them.  Very Exciting for her and for all of us to watch her reading grow! 
Maya also ejoys listening to recorded stories.  Every morning she listens to a Magic Tree House or Beverly Clearly book while colouring a new picture or practicing printing. 

Aquarium & Science World

We have enjoyed some trips to the Aquarium and Science World.  Maya given the choice will always choose Science World.  This year Science World has become much more interesting to Maya as she can now read a lot of the displays.  We have been trying to practice our map reading at both places to navigate the various displays.

Sewing

Maya initiated her own sewing to fix a hole in her pants.  She used her own sewing kit

Maplewood Farm

We took Eleah to Maplewood Farm for the first time.  All three girls really loved feeding the bunnies.  They liked the lettuce the most!

Rocks

We set up a rock display with Story books, factual books, rocks, photos, dictionary etc.  Maya picked out the books she was interested in reading together.  She like the factual books the most.  This lead us to do a rock experiment together about how sedimentary rocks are formed.  We also did made homemade volcanoes to see how volcanic rocks are formed.  Maya was so intrigued by this all she wrote a poem about rocks and then took a trip to the library to take more books out about rocks!

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

We played a flashcard game together where Maya and Norah had to guess what "Rights, Wants and Needs" are for every child int he world based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Maya found it really interesting and since this activity has been educating Daddy about it.