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December 8th
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Onward is like a fun movie, especially for us, as our household is heavily into Dungeons and Dragons.
Here is the link for the downloadable materials. (Again, please let me know if you have any problems so I can fix it!)
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Watch movie | Make a pop-up diorama | Make a dungeon maze | Plan a menu for the Manticore’s restaurant | Flex |
Daily details:
Ballet and martial arts on alternate days
Singing, listening to different pieces, learning piano
The project she is working on (currently she is making herself a poncho)
We talk about the days of the week and play games with the cutouts of the names. We do the same thing with the names of the months of the year. You can find the print-outs here.
Download materials
Practice counting objects and writing how many of each type – in download materials
Count dice (addition, groups)
Make a pop-up diorama (link to basic instructions)
Make a dungeon maze (on paper)
Plan a menu for the Manticore’s restaurant (appetizers, mains, desserts)
Next week: Frozen 1!
Virtual school went well this week, for the most part. The teacher asked Dragon a question when two other kids had their mics on, and Dragon couldn’t filter out the extra noise (I don’t blame her; I was on the verge of tears myself from the overstimulation) in order to answer the question properly. (Note to self: remember to put the microphone on her table before school starts!) She got to present her Halloween costume in the afternoon (a pink bunny costume that my mother made for me. This was her 4th year wearing it, and her last. Pegasus will inherit it next year) and she was able to show off her letter m worksheets in the morning.
Even better, though, was the conversation I got to have with her teacher after school. She pointed me in the direction of Mini TFO youtube channel, which helps both Dragon and I learn the vocabulary necessary for math stuff (like patterns – les suites) and stuff like that. I was also able to show her this blog, and Dragon will be presenting her stop-motion movie next Tuesday (yesterday, when this posts).
Home school was a little more relaxed this week, as most of the activities were verbal. Good thing, as irl stuff was a little overwhelming this week.
No martial arts again this week, but she did ballet 2-3 times this week.
Her letters are doing well.
She had a rhythm piano lesson on Wednesday afternoon at our house. She did very well. Whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests were clapped (or not).
We listened to a bunch of French music. We listened to Isabelle Boulay, whom I very much enjoy. (I forgot to change the CD again…)
We did not crochet this week. I am crocheting advent calendar boxes all the time!
Working on the days of the week verbally is going well. She remembers without prompting, and can tell me the day before and the day after any given day. As for the months of the year, she has the first 6 down and can repeat them without prompting. The second half of the year is getting there. She’s SO close!
Tracing letters went well on Wednesday. Friday was decent, but it required a lot of nagging to get her to focus.
She seems to be doing better with verbal counting. Her printing needs work on some numbers, but she is working hard. She can count to 12 in French, but not consistently yet. She did it without help on any number for the first time on Friday.
We did multiple different patterns this week, after watching the mini TFO videos on Les Suites. She greatly enjoys doing them…probably because she can do them with absolutely anything.
We read stories from the teacher’s outline that was sent to us on Monday. She enjoyed that, and we will continue to do it next week.
Remember the dead: go through old photo albums – my mom and dad really came through on this. My mom brought over a banker box full of photo albums from both sides of her family (three generations back plus half of the one before that!), and she told stories about all the people in them. My dad emailed my aunt, who sent him pictures all the way up to three generations back of the grandparents. So Dragon’s great-great-great-grandparents.
Yes, my family is awesome like that.
Bake traditional Mexican food – Dragon and her Papa made Conchas. And they were delicious. A couple slight modifications to the recipe that we made, if you use the one in the link:
– Extra tbsp of evaporated milk to the dough because it felt flaky and dry.
– Extra 2 tbsp of butter to the topping (and green food colouring) because it wasn’t sticking together.
In the future, we will split each ball in two – these are quite large!
Dragon did the following to assist: dumped the ingredients, scooped the sugar and dumped it, kneaded the dough, formed the dough into balls, flattened and placed the topping, cut a few of the toppings
Learn about Dia de Los Muertos (watch Elena of Avalor special episode) – we mostly did this verbally. She had lots of questions, and I can’t remember any of them!
P.S. The bruise on her cheekbone is because she decided to run in circles, got dizzy, and fell into a bookcase.
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Hello Coffee lovers,
Today is the LAST DAY for Advent Calendar Orders.
We are extremely thankful and grateful for everyone’s enthusiasm over the Advent Calendars this year. We’ve sold more than last year without the bonus of having any conventions.
Poor Jen has had trouble getting the yarn and she’s been stressing about the baskets but, as always, she’s doing an amazing job!
We had to order extra bags and extra coffee which is awesome. The bags are taking their time unfortunately (Some sort of major turmoil going on in the USA) and will hopefully be in on time to package.
Here are the options for this year:
This is a pre-order for our Advent Calendars. Flavours will be picked from our current selection and a few experimental flavours.
Pre-order deadline November 9th – Orders will shipped the week of the 23rd of November.
ALLERGY If you have allergies please email us at JenEricDesigns(AT)gmail.com to let us know your specific allergy.
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December 11th
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Hello Cinephiles,
Today we’re talking about the 2020 film Over the Moon.
This has all the elements of a wonderful Doorway-style story. (Doorways stories are about youths that find a method of travelling to a fantastic world. Think Alice or Dorothy.) The near-Pixar style sadness at the beginning and the Olaf clone are well done and don’t feel trope-y.
Unfortunately the concept is prettier than the story, and once they reach the moon, the story is disjointed and thin, giving too much room to world building and action.
The ending and the moral are heavy handed and uninspired.
Score: 0
The kids were interesting and realistic for an animation. It’s great to show a character that is into myth and STEM equally, something that isn’t explored enough. I didn’t really like the whole, “I have a super power” story line, since it was done for cheap laughs and a non-funny gag.
The animal sidekicks are plenty and cute, never detracting from the story or getting too annoying.
The woman on the moon was supposed to feel mythological, like dealing with a god or magic power. She came off more as whiny, entitled, and not too bright. Less like a force of nature and more like a toddler.
Score: 0.5
The dialogue was okay. It served its purpose but compared to the complexity of other animated movies I felt like it was a little simplistic. The word humour was well done and the sassyness of the kids was a mirror of reality.
Score: 0.5
Pearl has now, after two movies, established itself as a studio that can do quality animation. This movie is stunningly beautiful. The detail, lighting, and cinematography are all beyond anything anyone else is doing outside of top tier Disney and Pixar.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think making this a musical was the wrong choice. I think it detracted from the emotion and story. The music was however very good, catchy, and insightful.
Score: 1
This movie was a lot of fun to watch. My kids were enthralled, my wife and I cried, and I still have some of the songs stuck in my head.
Score: 1
Stunningly beautiful with a mediocre story. The movie could have been so much better, but is still a lot of fun to watch.
Final Score: 3 stars out of 5
