21 August 2008 - Bildungszentrum Stadt Nόrnberg
Sorry for not updating. The kids and I have been enjoying our holiday and not done much. The little one have been working on a FIAR book, Mr. Gumpy's Auto Car. Today we cleaned the porch and planted flowers.
But it is now time to start thinking about new classes for the fall. I found some science class at the Bidungszentrum for ages 4-6. They also have some interesting class for ages 6-10 and over 8 that run in the morning. I would love to see who is going to these classes since kids will be in school at this time
This is what looks like our schedule will look like:
Monday-Art
Tuesday-Science
Wednesday-Sport
Thursday-Music
Friday-English
I will have to see what GTH's school schedule will look like. I would like to split them up if I could we will see.
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25 July 2008 - Sternschnuppen
Well we went to the City-Point mall to look at the star stuff and was highly disappointed. There was nothing to do just a bunch of rocks. If you are doing a study of meteorites, you might want to check it out. They have display cases going round the 3rd floor(American 3rd), until August 9. Then they will have the puppets. That is another post I will have to put together.
Study notes: I am have an idea of what I want to do for GTH's education during the school break. GKS is working on writing her letters and numbers. GTS is being the klingon he was always meant to be.
Also, if anyone knows of anyone who is coming to Nürnberg as a homeschooling family, have them email me. The hockey families should be here in a couple of months.
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23 July 2008 - Put me in coach.
Monday, we went to the MLB road tour.
There are about 6 more dates.
I was out a few weeks ago and I mentioned that we were going to see the German basketball team play. I was asked if I was a b-ball fan. The truth is while in high school I never went to an games of any sport, but being away from home I search more for things that are American. I would never think of putting my sons on a football team if we were in the States, but now I am looking in to basketball, football and baseball teams.
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8 July 2008 - Nόrnberger Hafenfest 2008
Nürnberg shipping yard festival
July 10-13
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7 July 2008 - Toys'R'Us Summer games
Ever Saturday from July 12 to September 29, TRU will have games for kids.
July 12 Coloring day
July 19 Games day
July 26 Builders day
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6 July 2008 - MLB-Roadshow
MLB will be out on the road in Germany. I found this in the Burger King magazine. Through out July and August they will be have activities and other things. Hitting, throwing, catching. We will be going to the one in Nürnberg.
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12 June 2008 - Two cultural festivals
Romania Summerfest on June 28 and 29. We went last year it was fun, but we will be out of town those days. If you are in the area you should check it our. It is at Jakobsplatz.. If you are at main train station, take the U1 to WeiserTurm. Go up the escalator away from the direction it is going and then go around the tower you came up from. You can't miss it.
Spirit of Asia
Germany's largest Asian Open Air Festival.
It looks to be like fun and we are here that weekend.
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12 June 2008 - Flags
Today went well. We got up and out early enough to get to the library. Books on Japan and oragami for Grandfather's Journey. I think we may have to go back for books on California. I have found a few folders to make lapbooks out of. Lunch did not go as planned but everyone ended up happy.
While out we counted the different flags we saw. I have set up a sheet that shows some of the major flags that are in the EM that we see often. On just the trip to the library and back, we saw 16 Germany flags, 1 Czech, 1 Italian, and 1 Turkish flag. GKS is loving the flag thing. She took the book I got on flags and started to copy them out.
We then put on our Germany t-shirts and went out to the local beer garden to see the game tonight. Everyone ate well. There is a play area for the kids. Hands and faces washed. Teeth brushed pajamas on and all but GTS went to bed. He need to do a little more coloring, but he did take a late nap earlier. While I was typing he decided to take his pillow and cover and curl up on my bed and go to sleep.
It was a good day.
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11 June 2008 - Taking a break from rowing.
I had heard about Five in a Row, but was not sure about it. After looking at it, I have started to put together a list of what we can do here. I think it may be do able here. Beginning of May we worked on "The Story of Ping". I got some picture books of the Yangsi River. In the middle of May we worked on "Harold and His Purple Crayon". The last week of May and the first week of June we worked on "Madeline", I got it from a school library that I can use my normal library card at. I will call and ask for "Grandfather's Journey" next week. I also found "Down, Down the Mountain" as the used english book store in Heidelberg.
So we are now taking a break from that for the EM. I have been cooking around the Union and it has been going pretty well. GKS can put together our wooden puzzle of Europe and because of "Madeline" she can identify France and Germany on the map. The kids are noticing all the flags so I am working on something for that. We went to go see one of the games this evening on the public large screen. The kids got board quick, but were not to bad. I have an idea of what to do if we go again.
Off to the library tomorrow.
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10 June 2008 - 100 Books Your Child Should Hear Before Starting School
Flipping around looking for thing for the book Grandfather's Journey I found this list on whimsy.
I decided to reprint the list and see what we have read.(* means we read it)
Where’s My Teddy? by Alborough, Jez
Miss Nelson is Missing by Allard, Harry
Happy Birthday, Moon by Asch, Frank
Ten, Nine, Eight by Bang, Molly
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Barrett, Judi
The Three Bears by Barton, Byron
I Like Myself by Beaumont, Karen
*Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig
The Mitten by Brett, Jan
*Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Bridwell, Norman
*Stone Soup by Brown, Marcia
*Goodnight, Moon by Brown, Margaret Wise
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by Burningham, John
*Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Burton, Virginia Lee
**he Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, Eric
*Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow, Eileen
Miss Rumphius by Cooney, Barbara
Freight Train by Crews, Donald
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Cronin, Doreen
oday I Feel Silly by Curtis, Jamie Lee
Strega Nona by De Paola, Tomie
Bed Hogs by DiPucchio, Kelly
Are You My Mother? by Eastman, P. D.
Feathers For Lunch by Ehlert, Lois
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Emberley, Ed
Olivia by Falconer, Ian
Lunch by Fleming, Denise
The Magic Hat by Fox, Mem
Corduroy by Freeman, Don
Millions of Cats by Gag, Wanda
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Galdone, Paul
Barnyard Song by Greene, Rhonda
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Guarino, Deborah
A First Picture Book of Nursery Rhymes by Harbour, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes, Kevin
Where’s Spot? by Hill, Eric
Bread and Jam for Frances by Hoban, Russell
Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color by Hoban, Tana
Miss Mary Mack by Hoberman, Mary Ann
Rosie’s Walk by Hutchins, Pat
*Harold and the Purple Crayon by Johnson, Crockett
Splash! by Jonas, Ann
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Kalan, Robert
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Kasza, Keiko
*he Snowy Day by Keats, Ezra Jack***
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Kent, Jack
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Kimmel, Eric
Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus, Robert
The Carrot Seed by Krauss, Ruth
Over in the Meadow by Langstaff, John
The Story of Ferdinand by Leaf, Munro
Tacky the Penguin by Lester, Helen
A Color of His Own by Lionni, Leo
Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel, Arnold
Froggy Gets Dressed by London, Jonathan
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Martin, Bill
*All By Myself by Mayer, Mercer
Guess How Much I Love You by McBratney, Sam
Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey, Robert
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by McPhail, David
Martha Speaks by Meddaugh, Susan
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Neitzel, Shirley
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Noble, Trinka
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff, Laura
Amelia Bedelia by Parish, Peggy***
The Kissing Hand by Penn, Audrey
The Rainbow Fish by Pfister, Marcus
The Little Engine That Could by Piper, Watty
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix
Good Night, Gorilla by Rathmann, Peggy
*Curious George by Rey, H. A.
*We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen, Michael
The Relatives Came by Rylant, Cynthia
Grandfather’s Journey by Say, Allen
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Scarry, Richard
*Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maurice
*The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
*Duck on a Bike by Shannon, David
Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Sharmat, Mitchell
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Shaw, Charles
Caps for Sale by Slobodkina, Esphyr
Imogene’s Antlers by Small, David
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig, William
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Stevens, Janet
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Taback, Simms
Who’s Counting by Tafuri, Nancy
Pigsty by Teague, Mark
Polar Express by Van Allsburg, Chris
*Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Viorst, Judith
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Waber, Bernard
Farmer Duck by Waddell, Martin
Mouse Paint by Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Noisy Nora by Wells, Rosemary (I don't like that Nora calls the baby 'dumb' in this book!)
Knuffle Bunny by Willems, Mo
I Went Walking by Williams, Sue
A Chair for My Mother by Williams, Vera B.
The Napping House by Wood, Audrey
Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane
Seven Blind Mice by Young, Ed
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Zion, Gene
Not good. I will have to double check which books are at the library. I guess I have some reading to do.
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9 June 2008 - Ost, East, vύchod, BOCTOK, wschσd
Ost(East) weekend June 13-15
They will have different things about eastern Europe. Many things are in German and Russian, They also have events in Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, French, and English.
English Items:
Page 16 of brochure
The Longfellow Trail: Visit the sights found in Longfellow's poem "Nuremberg".
Page 19
Der Spittlertorturm
Page 30
Bike Tour of Nürnberg's Eastside
Page 31
Nature tour
Page 60
Lecture on Georg Philipp Harsdörfer
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28 April 2008 - Rupert Bδr
Leading up the the hour of the garden birds, NABU will be going around showing kids about birds from May 4 to 12. Here is the list of where they will be.
We will go to the one at U-Bahn Bauernfeindstraße on May 4.
Hour of the garden birds 2008
Go through in the country wide garden bird counting from 9. to 12. May
This is the yearly count the birds in Germany.
You count the birds you see in an hour on the weekend of May 9-12. Then you send in the results and maybe win a .prize
Hour of the garden birds for the small ones
Hour of the garden birds for children starting from 7 years
These are pdf guides n German.
I will list more after we see what they have.
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11 April 2008 - Week ending April 11
The colored their C pages, then cut out Cs and paste them on.
Grace cut out and pasted things that fly, things that have wheels, and things in the water.
Evening books Read:
GKS: S,S
GTH:
Art class, Gym, GKS had a second hour by herself. We shall try GTS by himself next week.
No music this week. Went to train station for KiKa express.
Grace is learning which numbers are which.
English club on Friday.
Not enough reading.
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11 April 2008 - Kika Express
In light of the EM(Europe soccer championship), the German children's tv station(KiKa) set some soccer(fussball) fun on a train then took it to different main train stations.
Last two stops.
April 11 Müchen(Munich)
April 12 Halle(Salle)
They have also partnered with Die Bahn for a contest. Answer the question and maybe you win a prize.
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7 April 2008 - Review book. Win a prize
There is a magazine call "Olli und Molli". It is set for kids beginning the first Klasse. It is to learn reading and spelling. You might be able to find it in a local German library.
Take your favorite book and tell them why you like it and send it in to:
Olli und Molli
Mein Lieblings-Buch
Lina-Ammon-Str. 30
90471 Nürnberg
You may win a toy dog.
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5 April 2008 - Der Ball is bunt
Mercado, the local mall, is looking for ball sculpture. Send in your drawing of your idea by the 24 of April. The judges will then decide which they like the best and then the will pay for the items needed to make the sculpture.
You start with a ball that is 50 cm in diameter.
This was done for the for the Fifa cup in 2006. Here is a page of what they ending up producing.
They are also have a Japanese Day On April 19,
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4 April 2008 - Week ending April 4
We did a lot, but I don't think we go much done.
GTS and GKS worked on a B page. Color a B and b words and then glued B's on the bottom. Art was canceled do we get to go next week. Music was cancelled also. Wednesday was are biggest day. A friend got her aupair from Kenya. In the morning, we took her around the city. Then we snacked and rest at home for about an hour and a half. Then to Turnien(gym). Then a nice long nap for the kids. Then off to the movies. We got home before 9:30 thankfully. GTH didn't have any tests so it was not to bad. We went to see "Horton hears a Who" in English of course.
Education Update: They both know the basic colors. Slow they are figuring out numbers and letter. The funny thing is that GTS knows what a B is, but GKS struggles with giving the name of the letter. But on the flip side GKS was potty train exactly when she turned 2. GTS , at 3 1/2, can not get the idea of using the pot unless he is naked from the waist down. Children are so interesting.
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3 April 2008 - Mit mach Muhle
What to do with all the craft projects? We send them in and hope to get a prize. There is a show on KIKA(German children channel), call Mit Mach Mühle. They show you how to make something or ask you to draw something and then you send it in. If they like it, they will send you a prize.
This month they have a crocodile. You cut it out color and decorate it and then. Send it. The other thing they are asking for is a drawing of the last animal you saw in a zoo. Also, they would like you to draw a construction site.
Last month they asked for seals. We did not see ours on TV, but we did miss one day.
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5 March 2008 - National Geographic DVD at Aldi
Aldi has a sale a few weeks ago on National Geographic videos. They are in German and English.
I still found some in my local Aldi on Saturday. They are 7.99.
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25 February 2008 - National Geographic: Marvi Hδmmer
Marvi Hämmer präsentiert NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLD is bilingual show that comes on every Sunday at 4:25 on KiKa. Some parts are in German and some are in English. Every week they have a quiz question that you can answer after watching the show. This week's question is:
Why do lamas spit?
1. Sie spucken nur , wenn sie mit anderen Guanakos kaempfen.
They only spit when they fight against other lamas.
2. Sie spucken, weil sie zuviel Wasser getrunken haben.
They spit because they have drunken too much water.
Prize:
You can win a Marvi calander from teNeues and a DVD box 'Marvi Haemmer presents Nationel Geographic World'
Ends: March 2
Translation thanks to GTH.
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