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!

March Book Station!

This Month we are finishing up learning about Italy. Marco Polo is one of the people we are reading about who was born in Italy. One of our favorite holidays is coming up~ St Patrick's day!!! Check out the books we picked about that holiday. Lily and Aj want to learn all about cats and pet care so we got some books about that subject. Also we have books about our eyes and Helen Keller because its Woman's History month. I picked books about different kinds of families including adoption and homeless children too!



Lily and Aj picked some great books and movies too!!