Setting the Scene; Do you remember how Humans came when everything was ready for them? What did they need?…yes, air, food, materials, water etc When they came what special gifts did they have?…. Yes, heart to love, brain to think and imagine and hands to work) Story Involve the children as you tell the story, …
The movement of Sun and the Earth
The Sun and the Earth Chapter Notes: This chapter focuses on the relationship between the sun and the earth, it is a key chapter in Geography. It relates to the, ‘God with No Hands Story; rocks, water, air, solids, liquids, gasses, today as it was yesterday and millions of years ago, the laws …
The Stem
Introduction with a story relating to function of parts Material Description: Results of experiment 3 and tree circles Method: ‘If all the plants remained on the ground there would be so many leaves on the floor, the leaves would all be trying to get light and many might die. Remember the ‘great struggle’? …
Polygons
Enclosed Surfaces Material Description: The Box of Sticks: This is a box which is divided and contains a collection of: Wooden sticks Plastic Arcs Pins and Tacks of different colours Nails Paper Fasteners Plumb Line A right angle (snipped on the hypotenuse to distinguish is from a triangle, it is called a measuring …
Story on the Development of the English Language
Story English is an amalgamation of many languages, remember how we said there was a group of people who moved over from Russia to the west, three groups of peoples came to England an brought their language with them, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. Each group divided England into different regions, seven kingdoms …
Etymology
Etymology is the study of the origins of a particular word, it comes from Etymos (Greek) for true. Material Description: It might be found in the booklets of Nomenclature cards, dictionaries and Etymological dictionaries. Method: We give it when it is helpful to the understanding, it is an integral part of the presentation, to …
Fundamental Needs Charts
Material Description: Pictures that the children have brought representing what they think they need. 2 charts; The Fundamental Needs Chart with the two categories of needs, the spiritual and the material and their subdivisions. And the particular chart shows one need (food) and …
The Flower
Story of the function of the flower Material Description: No material is shown here Method: Give an impressionistic story. Say, ‘When the flowers are out on the plant it is a very special time, it is a time of festivity, like people at a Christmas Market, calling out to those passing by, ‘Come, …
Grammar and Syntax Introduction
Why do we teach the elementary child about grammar? The aim is to enrich the child’s language, develop the art of communication and stimulate their interest. This meets the child’s needs during this sensitive period for socialisation. It helps the child become conscious of aspects of the language they already know, especially the order, structure …
The Clock of Eras
Material Description: The clock of eras is a chart which is partly factual and partly impressionistic. It consists of a 12 hour clock divided into parts. Each part is a particular colour. Some colours are the same as on the Time Line of Life. The colours are significant here. Black indicates the absence of knowledge, …