Blue Moon
Today we followed my husband to the office as he had to send some important documents but couldn't do so remotely as he has lost the smartkey to do it. The first thing Umayr told me when I entered the car was, ' Ummi, look its the full moon and its red in colour.'
As we drove along the highway, we admired how the moon looked like and how close it seemed. When I commented that it's good at playing hide and seek with us Umayr agreed and giggled happily. I tried to take a picture but of course I couldn't. Ihsan was humming 'Blue Moon' almost all the way.
When we almost reached the office, I wondered loudly why the moon was red. No offers from the backseat, so we suggested that the kids will have to find out themselves tomorrow. My husband's theory is that the moon is reflecting the haze.
I managed to get my photo from the office carpark. Yes, the kids are getting it....
For school today, we read ' Boy, were we wrong about the solar system' which discussed how theories of the solar system has changed over time with interesting illustration and a storytelling manner and without overcrowding the book with facts.
We had fun trying to identify the different scientists and the theories they were connected with. We, actually just me and Ihsan because Umayr was by then whining to go to the playground, talked about having to face a situation where we realised we were wrong about something and what we felt and did about it.
I should have of course modelled and started first, but fell into the usual teacher question- student answer mode. My son gave a textbook, literally or in this case workbook, answer. He said he sometimes thought a math problem should be solved a certain way, then he realised that he was wrong and to solve it he asks me. Grin: )
However, by that time I was being pulled to get out of the house, so off we went. When we returned, me being so inspired after reading ' Painting with Children' by Brian Mullard had a painting session with the kids with my 'dear' and I mean 'dear' Stockmar paints.
As I painted, I told this story: ' A long time ago, the sun was very lonely. Even though its rays shone happy and bright ( as I tell this I paint half the paper yellow), it fell as if it was the only star in the solar system. One day his rays reached a blue planet ( I start painting the other half blue). They were so happy, they embraced ( the blue and yellow join to make green) each other and from then on there was green and life was born on earth.'
From then, it just went downwards for Ihsan because I was trying to catch up with written work. He sulked and moaned through his math problems. I had a talk about this with my husband later in private and we both agreed that maybe we should bring in more life into his lessons as much as I try to for his siblings. He's usually fine with straightforward facts that maybe we are overlooking his needs.
As we drove along the highway, we admired how the moon looked like and how close it seemed. When I commented that it's good at playing hide and seek with us Umayr agreed and giggled happily. I tried to take a picture but of course I couldn't. Ihsan was humming 'Blue Moon' almost all the way.
When we almost reached the office, I wondered loudly why the moon was red. No offers from the backseat, so we suggested that the kids will have to find out themselves tomorrow. My husband's theory is that the moon is reflecting the haze.
I managed to get my photo from the office carpark. Yes, the kids are getting it....
For school today, we read ' Boy, were we wrong about the solar system' which discussed how theories of the solar system has changed over time with interesting illustration and a storytelling manner and without overcrowding the book with facts.
We had fun trying to identify the different scientists and the theories they were connected with. We, actually just me and Ihsan because Umayr was by then whining to go to the playground, talked about having to face a situation where we realised we were wrong about something and what we felt and did about it.
I should have of course modelled and started first, but fell into the usual teacher question- student answer mode. My son gave a textbook, literally or in this case workbook, answer. He said he sometimes thought a math problem should be solved a certain way, then he realised that he was wrong and to solve it he asks me. Grin: )
However, by that time I was being pulled to get out of the house, so off we went. When we returned, me being so inspired after reading ' Painting with Children' by Brian Mullard had a painting session with the kids with my 'dear' and I mean 'dear' Stockmar paints.
As I painted, I told this story: ' A long time ago, the sun was very lonely. Even though its rays shone happy and bright ( as I tell this I paint half the paper yellow), it fell as if it was the only star in the solar system. One day his rays reached a blue planet ( I start painting the other half blue). They were so happy, they embraced ( the blue and yellow join to make green) each other and from then on there was green and life was born on earth.'
From then, it just went downwards for Ihsan because I was trying to catch up with written work. He sulked and moaned through his math problems. I had a talk about this with my husband later in private and we both agreed that maybe we should bring in more life into his lessons as much as I try to for his siblings. He's usually fine with straightforward facts that maybe we are overlooking his needs.
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