Tuesday, October 30, 2012

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?


Small Pumpkin -- Home Garden
43 cm around
13 cm tall
19 lines
light orange
269 seeds

Medium Pumpkin -- G Farm
60 cm around
17 cm tall
26 lines
medium orange
57 seeds

Large Pumpkin -- G Farm
73 cm around
21 cm tall
23 lines
medium orange
264 seeds

Large Pumpkin -- M Farm
73 cm around
21 cm tall
24 lines
dark orange
378 seeds

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Painting: Red, Blue and Yellow


Wet on wet watercolour with red, blue and yellow.

Story: The G__ Farms Party

I saw a big pumpkin on the roof.
It was funny.
I had a hayride.
We picked pumpkins.
I peed in the portapotty.
I went through a corn maze.
There was a lot of corn in the corn maze.
I went on a train.
There were skeletons in the tunnel.
The train on its wheels went clickety-clack.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Story: Halloween

We go Trick or Treating!
We light pumpkin lights.
The gnomes give me a present.
I'll wear a dragon costume.
We make cupcakes.
I colour pictures to bring to people.
Witches are on their brooms at Halloween.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Story: What we do in our backyard

I play baseball with Grana.
I crush brown maple and arbutus leaves.
I get ready for waterfalls.
I cut the grass.
I play with a soccer ball.
I chop wood.
I cut down dead tree branches with Daddy.
I throw balls on the roof.
I watch all the birds fly by.
I play in my fort.

Math: Sums with 7


Math Mammoth 1: Sums with 7

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Painting: Three Colour Experiment


Wet on wet watercolour in three primary colours.

Self Portrait


There are several pages behind the face that detail the author's name, personal info, family info, and what makes him special.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Story: Things we do every day

We eat breakfast.
We see the new house get built.
I think of stuff every day.
I like everything about my house.
I eat lunch every day.
I play outside.
I eat dinner.
I like eating dessert.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Painting: Primary Colours


Wet on wet watercolour: first painting with all three primary colours

Story: Poisonous Things

We don't eat pipe plants.
They are poisonous.
Frogs are camouflaged behind rocks.
We can't step on them.
Mushrooms look funny.
Mushrooms might be gooey.
Some chemicals we don't use on our hands.
Chemicals might make you sick.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Story: Puddle Jumping

We splashed in big puddles!
We talked to people.
My boots didn't hurt.
We saw a chestnut tree!
I saw the starfish!
I saw numbers on the way back.
We walked a long way back to our house.
I had never seen the electrical plug box before.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Story: Spooky Forests

We have pipe plants!
We have deer on the other side of the fence.
I play with dusty dirt.
I throw rocks sometimes!
We have a compost.
Owls are in the trees.
The forest is dark at night.
There is only one scary creature.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Story: A Dressup Day

We wore fancy clothes.
We had dinner.
I had split pea soup and pumpkin pie.
I coloured pictures.
I gave pictures to people.
We played with LEGO.
The LEGO had tiny pieces.
I played with my lawnmower!
It was a fun Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Story: A Special Day

We went to the museum!
We watched two movies.
We were in space.
We saw dinosaurs.
They roared and stomped.
People dug for dinosaur bones.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Story: Swimming Day

I like the square pool.
The diving tank is deep!
The flippers are hard to get on.
My flippers go faster than the whole world.
My machine that has one gear spits out a shower.
My friends are nice.
My friends swim very well.