Helen Keller Chapter 4

Helen Keller Chapter 4

Chapter Summary- 
Helen Continues to fight with Annie. The little girl can't understand why this stranger has come to the house! Helen gets angrier and Miss Annie doesn't quite know what to do. Every time she tries to discipline Helen or explain something Helen runs to her parents. After an entire day of Battling with Helen , Miss Annie is at her wits end. She knows Helen has to live away from home but can she convince the Kellers?

What we will Cover in this chapter:
Language Arts- Completing review question
Science- How good is your sense of smell?

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a worksheet about Chapter 4.

Science- How good is your sense of smell?
On page 33 of our story, Helen could tell where the last fat sausage was on the table. It was right on Miss Annie's plate. Helen knew because she sniffed and smelled it out.  For a fun science activity we tried to sniff out the last sausage at breakfast just like Helen.  I cleared away all the sausages from the table accept one. The kids were blindfolded. They enjoyed trying to sniff out the last sausage. After we completed this experiment we talked about if it was difficult or easy to detect a sausage.  We also talked about if Helen's sense of smell was sharper because of her experiment.

Thanks for reading! Check out the next chapter.

Helen Keller Chapter 3

Helen Keller Chapter 3 

Parent Summary-
Mr Keller's letter to the Perkins Institute is soon answered. A teacher named Annie Sullivan is coming to help teach and instruct Helen. When she finally arrives one morning, Helen decides she doesn't like her. She has no idea who Miss Sullivan is and doesn't understand that she is there to help her. She gets in a fight over a doll she has found and Helen punches Annie in the face. Helen is misbehaving because Helen has gotten away with so much for so long. Anne is not sure how to help her but she will try.


What we will Cover:
Language Arts- Review Questions
Science: Exploring the five senses
Fine Arts: Movie Recommendation- The Miracle Worker


Language Arts- Review Questions
The kids completed questions about the chapter.

Science- Exploring the five senses 
The kids watched a video about the five senses.  We then discussed what we watched.

Fine Arts: Movie Recommendation- The Miracle Worker

We watched this movie. It was excellent supporting material for the book.  The kids enjoyed watching it.

Thanks for reading the activities for chapter 3!

Helen Keller Chapter 2

Helen Keller Chapter 2

Chapter Summary- 
The doctor confirms Mr. and Mrs. Keller's realization- Helen is both deaf and Blind. He tells them there is nothing they can do. As Helen grows she develops her own language. Certain gestures mean different things. Her parents understand her most of the time but not ll the time. Helen is in a world of her own. As she grows older she grows more frustrated. Mrs. Keller reads an article about the Perkins institute . As a last resort she writes a letter to the Perkins institute.

What we will learn in this Chapter: Language Arts- Completing questions about chapter 2
History and Geography- Perkins Institute , Boston Ma


Language Arts- Completing questions about chapter 2
After reading Chapter 2, Lily and Aj completed questions.

History and Geography- Perkins Institute , Boston Ma
We talked about the Perkins Institute. The kids watched videos about the Perkins Institute.  They watched a video about the day in the life of a girl who was blind. They read a book in Braille and completed a coloring sheet and a few worksheets.

Thanks for reading!

Helen Keller Chapter 1

Helen Keller by Margret Davidson


Chapter 1- Summary
In chapter 1 , we are introduced to Mr and Mrs. Keller and their baby daughter, Helen. Helen was born as healthy as any other baby. When she was not quite 2 years old, she was stricken with scarlet fever. Helen was quite sick and nearly died. After a long while, her health began to improve, but her parents soon discovered the severe illness had left their daughter both blind and deaf.

What we will cover in this chapter-
Science: Human: Anatomy-The Eye
Language Arts:  Questions Related to the Chapter
Fine Arts: Making toys for Children


Language Arts- Questions related to the chapter
After reading Chapter 1 Lily and Aj answered questions related to the chapter.

Science: Human: Anatomy-The Eye

Helen is blind because of her illness. Her eyes no longer operate normally. But how do they really work, anyway? This is a wonderful opportunity to share wit my children some information about the human eye. The children watched a Bill Nye the science guy video. They completed work sheets and put together a model of the human eye. We also read some picture books about the human eye.

Fine Arts: Making toys for children

Helen's mom was trying to capture her attention with a can filled with stones. Toys have change Helen's mom was trying to capture her attention with a can filled with stones. Toys have  d in many ways over the past 100 year. I had the kids make there own toys from the 1800's.

Thanks for reading!

Helen Keller introduction

Helen Keller by Margret Davidson 

Book Summary-

A biography stressing the childhood of the woman who overcame the handicaps of being blind and deaf. 

My children just finished this book and they were fascinated. Lily and Aj were eager to learn more about Braille and the consequences of being blind--though I had to ask them not to walk through the kitchen with their eyes closed. She loved the photos and can't wait to read about Annie Sullivan. A great book to show the triumph of the human spirit over adversity--and without pity! 

Other books we read!

Hope you enjoy our posts and activities in the coming days!

November in review

Fall projects for co-op

School work-

Decorating Christmas tree-

Dance

School work

Swimming-

Thanksgiving fun- Boston, Blue Man group and Fannual Hall.

Thanksgiving school work

Dance-

Art-

Dads birthday

Cape Codder

Bowling-

Choir

Bowling-

Choir

Trying on costumes-

New Jackets-

Learning about sense of smell

Geography co-op

Looking cute Lily

Art and geography 

We went with our mom to vote in the midterm election-

Karate