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Homeschooling Kids: Learning about PLANTS

3 September 2010No Comment


[Anya decided to create this using the leaves she collected]

Some three weeks ago, the kids’ school was temporarily closed due to the Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD) outbreak there.

[Note: When a school has more than a specific number of confirmed cases in a month, the school needs to be closed for 10 working days, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Health. Basically, this is to prevent further spread of the disease to other children]

So, while Anya and Vai were out of school for TWO weeks, I decided to just keep our days free and easy (ie. we still go out and do stuff), while I sort of homeschool the kids at the same time.

We picked the topic of ‘PLANTS’ as our lesson theme.


[Kids saw for themselves how plants that received lots of sunlight grew differently in colour compared to the ones placed on a cupboard and received little indirect sunlight]

Just to share with you some activity ideas, here are some of our plants-themed activities we did:

– Collect different kinds of leaves and created a collage / drawings

– Watch youtube video clips on plants (there are many educational videos under BBC Wildlife, eg. here’s one on Venus Fly Trap]

– Eat mung bean soup!

– Experiment on growing green mung beans and putting them under different sun exposure

– Borrow books about plants from the local library

– Create crafty things / drawings using mung beans

[Photo above: Vai used green mung beans to ‘colour’ the green part of a Venus Fly Trap. This activity allowed him to exercise his concentration, hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills as well]

Anyway.

Happy to say, we survived those two weeks away from school.

And we hope this Hand Foot Mouth Disease outbreak goes away real soon (it’s such a nasty disease!)



Btw, have you been somewhat affected by this Hand Foot Mouth Disease outbreak?

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