The Pinay Homeschooler

Weekend at the Park

Monday, May 27, 2013

We were blessed with a wonderful weather last weekend so we decided to visited a leisure park for rest and recreation :)

First thing we did was of course visit the animals, as my son looooves animals! We were so happy to see them all out in the open and were eager to entertain the kids. I was glad that we get to see most of the birds from our Bird Study Unit I. Rhea, Emu, Turkey, Chickens, Peacocks, Stork etc. And surprisingly, there were lots of farm and zoo animals as well.

Oh and these are Bisons!! My first encounter with them.... such beautiful creatures!

When we're done with the animals, we proceeded to the activity area the little boy to have some fun. And look who's not scared of the Air Jump!

And the highlight of the trip was the pony ride :) His teacher told me he can't stop talking about it in school LOL.

Linking to:

Montessori Monday
TGIF Linky Party
Teach Beside Me
Preschool Corner

Bird Watching!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Oh the weather is just so wonderful today that we decided to skip indoor activities (read our Bird Study Part I) and do some bird watching and look for some bird's nests :)

And look what we found along the way, feathers!

Hoping to visit the port this weekend so we can see some gulls too!

Linking to:

Montessori Monday
TGIF Linky Party
Teach Beside Me
Preschool Corner

Bird Study Part I

Monday, May 20, 2013

I wanted to share to you our Bird Study which we had last week. We did this last year, but since my son is getting a bit older I added a few activities so he can understand birds a little bit deeper.

First we started with Parts of the Bird nomenclature card and booklet (all included in The Bird Pack).

We matched birds using our Bird Cards and the our bird collections coming from Safari Toobs (Exotic Birds, Down Under, Penguin and Farm) and Schleich.

All birds found in Safari Toob Exotic Birds have a matching card which also included the The Bird printable pack. then I also added a few more bird cards so we can discuss the different kinds of birds.

I think he never outgrows matching! He still loves them even if he's been doing this activity for years!

Seen below, we are discussing the different kinds of birds, their characteristics, unique features and how they differ from others. I will try to come up with a free printable for this one after I summarize the data, as it is worth sharing :)

Then of course, we discuss the different parts of the bird using our Bird Definition Booklet. Then I had my son do our homemade bird puzzle and put labels on each part.