Our new animal for today is Wacky Walrus. We learned a handful lot today about walruses, aside from Wacky Walrus’ real name, “Wackelhouser” Walrus. Our son loves meeting new animals and getting acquainted with their letter sounds.  

Here are some of the things we learned today about walruses:

A walrus is a kind of large seal.  A walrus has a stiff, bristly mustache and two long ivory tusks on his face. His mustache and tusks make him look like a very old, grandpa animal.  A walrus’ body is covered with brownish colored skin.  The skin is very thick and bumpy.  Teh walrus has a thick layer of fat, called blubber, under his skin that helps keep him warm.  A walrus may grow to be 12 feet (approximately 4 meters) long and sometimes weights as much as 3,000 lbs. (approx. 1,361 kg)! A walrus makes a loud bellowing (yelling) sound that can be heard a long way off.  

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The little guy is excited about our new animal for the week: Cockatoos. It helps a lot that my office is right beside his school office. This means we could access the internet whenever we need to. Although there are pictures of the animals from the manuals and his paces, it’s neat that we can look over images of what the animals look like in real life.

Jed wanted to see how baby cockatoos look like, so we searched for just that and here is what we found.

baby cockatoo

We learned today that cockatoos are large, strong birds. Cockatoos like to fly very fast and their wings are very strong.  Cockatoos usually fly in large flocks over the jungles of Australia and New Guinea.  We used the globe again for this purpose.  Jed can already plot a handful of places on the globe.  He’s even doing better than me! 

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Concepts learned this week: the value of being observant, prudent, keeping a “good” secret, growing up, triangles. This video zeroes in on the importance of being obedient and following rules. This is something any parent will be glad incorporated in a school curriculum.

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After reciting the pledge of allegiance to the Philippine flag, my son will then procede to recite the pledge to the Christian flag and to the Bible. A basic homeschool routine in the School of Tomorrow’s Preschool with Ace and Christ curriculum.  It took my son just a few days to memorize the words, but more than the words, I also make sure that he understands what the pledges mean. 

I know a new neighbor
We get along so well
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We have wrapped up our first quarter of homeschooling this week. I never thought I could breeze through it. The first few weeks, I did not exactly glide. It is kind of the fear of treading a path that you haven’t been to but you know in my heart you are purposed for. It was actually sweet anticipation with a tinge of apprehension, when we started two months ago.

Some days before we formally started, I was uncertain if I will ever be adequate enough. But God’s grace proved to be sufficient and has allowed for us to maximize our homeschooling time and it swells my heart seeing my son develop one day at a time.

Here are some of the few things my son is able to do as we concluded his first quarter of Preschool with Ace and Christi: Read this article »

For every letter sound, the Preschool with Ace and Christi curriculum introduces an animal to the child.  Complete with music and display cards. We are officially done with the program’s first quarter and we met 9 animals.  

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Eye means “find” or “look”
Crayon means “color”
Finger means “trace,” “point,” or “place your finger on”
Marker means “draw”
Ear means “listen carefully”
Mouth means “say”
Stop sign means “do as Ace is doing” (the picture of Ace handing Miss Content a PACE will serve as the instruction to turn the PACE in to the supervisor for scoring)
Scissors means “cut”
Glue means “glue”
Question mark means “think”

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Abbie Antelope is the first animal we met for the Preschool with Ace and Christi curriculum. It helps a lot that Jed is a very musical boy. He thoroughly enjoyed the music, hand motions and the story behind this very first animal. We’re on to looking forward to next weeks new animal.

The tacky taffy stuck so fast that Abbie Antelope just gasped.
Miss Abbie Antelope can’t stand the tacky taffy on her hands.