For those of you who are not familiar with it the word yawp means to make a raucous noise, or a raucous noise that is made by someone. Yawp is appropriate for the kids today. They are loud, yelling, yawping, yelping about everything. It was not an easy day today. They started off cranky and wanted to do nothing today, because they still aren't feeling themselves. I am getting really tired of it. We did our letter posters, and made carrot cake jam. We baked vanilla dream cookies and double chocolate biscotti for a party we need to go to tomorrow. We ate yogurt, the rest of the yeast X's from yesterday, and yellow rice with braciole. Yummy day, but not productive in the educational sense.
We sat together on the couch and watched Hiyao Miyazaki movies. Ponyo, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away. The kids did notice the Y's in the names of the movies. I thought that was pretty good. We played lots of pretending games, and had a quiet and restful day. Eliza kept making up and singing songs about things that were yucky, as that was her favorite Y word today. They reviewed the entire alphabet today, and read some sight words that we are learning, but today was mostly about relaxing and enjoying some terrific animation together. Monday is Z day, our last alphabet day. Tuesday we will be starting number posters. I will write the number and they will have to put that number of drawings or stickers on the page, and we will practice writing our numbers and spend some more time practicing in our workbooks. We will review review review and just continue everything we have learned so far. I am going to go watch Rich play Mario Kart, his latest addiction, and have some yummy tea. Might sample one of the cookies too. Enjoy the holiday weekend all, and look forward to any suggestions you might have for me.
You should go sound your barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world! You've done such a great job...I bet the kids are so excited about their Z day at the zoo! I've really enjoyed following you all through your Alphabet journey, and taking a peek at your daily activities. Can't wait to see what comes next :-)
ReplyDeleteI am very glad someone recognized the reference to YAWP. Thank you so much! I was thinking over the past few days what we will do next, and one thing we will do is some number study. Tuesday we will start making number posters. I am going to put a large number 1 with lines made to draw their own, and then they will have to draw, paint, or use stickers to show one thing, and then we can do it for each number up to 20. I also am going to start writing short books for CJ with the words he already knows and has figured out how to read. Today he told me how to spell drum by sounding it out! They certainly keep me on my toes! Thanks for reading, and for sharing and helping me in this.
ReplyDeleteI am very glad someone recognized the reference to YAWP. Thank you so much! I was thinking over the past few days what we will do next, and one thing we will do is some number study. Tuesday we will start making number posters. I am going to put a large number 1 with lines made to draw their own, and then they will have to draw, paint, or use stickers to show one thing, and then we can do it for each number up to 20. I also am going to start writing short books for CJ with the words he already knows and has figured out how to read. Today he told me how to spell drum by sounding it out! They certainly keep me on my toes! Thanks for reading, and for sharing and helping me in this.
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