We discovered the other day a website called Kahn Academy. I like learning math on their website and it goes from lesson to lesson with videos to help you learn.
I like doing math with my dad even more since he makes it part of stories, but right now I am doing 3 digit addition.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Summer Reading
Now that I finished the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander, I started writing my own book. I'm about half way through it.
For this summer I have started reading Redwall. I hope to read 10 of the books by the end of summer. So far I have read Redwall, Mariel of Redwall and Mossflower and now I'm reading Mattimeo. Today we made some things from the Redwall cookbook which was a lot of fun. I really like how all the animals talk different kinds of English and I like to pretend to talk like them.
I also made a big paper cutout picture of a badger from Redwall.
Later I learned that Matisse the artist used to make paper cutouts and called it painting with paper.
For this summer I have started reading Redwall. I hope to read 10 of the books by the end of summer. So far I have read Redwall, Mariel of Redwall and Mossflower and now I'm reading Mattimeo. Today we made some things from the Redwall cookbook which was a lot of fun. I really like how all the animals talk different kinds of English and I like to pretend to talk like them.
I also made a big paper cutout picture of a badger from Redwall.
Later I learned that Matisse the artist used to make paper cutouts and called it painting with paper.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Utah Trip
Recently we went on a trip to Utah on an airplane to visit some family there.
It was a great trip. Here are some of the most fun parts about it:
I liked the car that we rented. It was silver VW 2010 year and very fast. We went up to Park Canyon with it and went to Provo at BYU and Springville Museum of Art where my Mom was giving a lecture about her photographic project Lost in Learning: The Art of Discovery. There were a lot of people there. I liked seeing the big Y letter in the mountains for BYU and the U for the University of Utah. I can't wait to go to BYU some day.
I liked the Brazilian restaurant that we ate at all you can eat. We went up hiking to Sundance after that and the mountains were beautiful and fun to run all over there.
I saw my cousins and played hard, jumped on the tramp and played at their tree house.
I loved going to the Art Museum and seeing some great paintings and sculptures. Also went to Temple Square and saw the Church Museum and learned about the early days of the church. I liked seeing a mini model of the Temple and all the rooms inside of it. It was so well done.
It was a great trip. Here are some of the most fun parts about it:
I liked the car that we rented. It was silver VW 2010 year and very fast. We went up to Park Canyon with it and went to Provo at BYU and Springville Museum of Art where my Mom was giving a lecture about her photographic project Lost in Learning: The Art of Discovery. There were a lot of people there. I liked seeing the big Y letter in the mountains for BYU and the U for the University of Utah. I can't wait to go to BYU some day.
I liked the Brazilian restaurant that we ate at all you can eat. We went up hiking to Sundance after that and the mountains were beautiful and fun to run all over there.
I saw my cousins and played hard, jumped on the tramp and played at their tree house.
I loved going to the Art Museum and seeing some great paintings and sculptures. Also went to Temple Square and saw the Church Museum and learned about the early days of the church. I liked seeing a mini model of the Temple and all the rooms inside of it. It was so well done.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
My own board game
The other day I decided to make my own board game. I drew cards for all of the Lord of the Rings guys and then I made up rules about how strong each of them were and how to play.
Some cards have heroes and some are just regular people. There's good cards and bad cards for two people to play against each other.
The fun thing about this game is you have to do building and you have battles, but you do all of it by rolling dice so there is a lot of math adding and subtracting. It takes kind of a long time to play, but it is a very fun way to practice math.
Some cards have heroes and some are just regular people. There's good cards and bad cards for two people to play against each other.
The fun thing about this game is you have to do building and you have battles, but you do all of it by rolling dice so there is a lot of math adding and subtracting. It takes kind of a long time to play, but it is a very fun way to practice math.
The Chronicles of Prydain
I read all of the Prydain chronicles by Lloyd Alexander and it is one of my favorite stories ever.
It is based on Welsh myths and tells the story of a boy named Taran and his pig hen-wen and all the amazing adventures he has. My favorite characters is Fflewder Fflam and Gurgi. Fflewder has a harp with a magic string that breaks whenever he tells a lie. It breaks pretty often. Gurgi is Taran's friend and helper and very funny.
I read all 5 books and now I am working on writing my own story which is kind of the same and kind of different than Prydain.
It is based on Welsh myths and tells the story of a boy named Taran and his pig hen-wen and all the amazing adventures he has. My favorite characters is Fflewder Fflam and Gurgi. Fflewder has a harp with a magic string that breaks whenever he tells a lie. It breaks pretty often. Gurgi is Taran's friend and helper and very funny.
I read all 5 books and now I am working on writing my own story which is kind of the same and kind of different than Prydain.
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