Learning Freedom - Primary 2 Homeschooling

Work

2008-09-19T22:28:00.000-07:00

Books by Homeschooler

Da Hye is in her f ourth year of primary homeschooling now. She has just published her books in LULU. You may buy and download the ebooks instantly. They are in printable pdf format. It's a bargain.

Fish 1

2007-06-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

Fish Dissection

It's time to investigate the internal organs of a fish. Although the whole process is GROUSE, guess what? You can fry the fish after the dissection....YUM..YUM....Get the instruction of how to dissect a fish from Australian Museum.

Fish 2

2007-06-29T23:50:00.000-07:00

Salmon 1: The Journey

We often take salmon for granted because we can always easily find them in supermarket. But salmon takes a magnificent journey throughout its life: a journey of freedom and sacrifice. (pic: differentiating the flash of salmon and other fish, virtual journey of salmon)

Pet 3

2007-06-29T06:50:00.000-07:00

Vet Visit

A pet also needs a proper health treatment. Da Hye brought her cat to the vet to get a shot of rabbies vaccine.

Plant 8

2007-06-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

Flower Tea

Familiar with herbal tea? What about flower tea? Inspired by a programme in Discovery travel and living, Da Hye made the flower tea for the afternoon tea time (and forced the MOM to drink it).

History 4

2007-06-29T06:30:00.000-07:00

Neuschwanstein

It was started with a question "Is there any real castle like DISNEY castle?". Yes there is. The castle is called NEUSCHWANSTEIN in Germany. It was built by a Bavarian king Ludwig II. (Pic: making the paper model of Neuschwanstein, visiting the castle online, learning how the enemy destroyed a castle in medieval time)

History 3

2007-06-29T06:23:00.000-07:00

History to Chew On

Learning history will never be boring anymore. What can we do with gum? Learn the history of it from the book, write the research about the gum brands and the gum manufacturing companies, make an experiment about the difference between the bubble gum and the chewing gum and many more.

Geography 7

2007-06-28T23:50:00.000-07:00

Friends around the World

Children around the world have similarities and differences. Making a puppet show about them is great way to learn about it. Get the same puppet here.

Geography 6

2007-06-28T23:44:00.001-07:00

Chinese Tangram

Tangram is a Chinese puzzle made up of a square cut. With imagination the cuts can be arranged into many things. Shaping animals is Da Hye's favourite. Da Hye learnt the word 'parallelogram' from the 'Li's Tangram Animals' book and many other geometric vocabularies.

Free Time 9

2007-06-28T23:31:00.000-07:00

Swing Swing a Rose

This is called MUSCLE training. Even a free time is never wasted..............................ya hoo.....

Art and Craft 10

2007-06-25T01:48:00.001-07:00

Going to the Art Museum

The book inspired Da Hye to make exactly the same book about "Going to the Art Museum" but instead of Getty Museum in Los Angeles, It was in Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik, Jakarta. (pic: Da Hye and other homeschoolers)

Plant 7

2007-06-25T01:40:00.001-07:00

Recycling Paper

Papers are made of plants. Recycling them means that we can reduce the use of plants. The book "how to make paper" shows that newspapers can be a great art paper. It's perfect for crafting, making cards and even wrap presents. Reduce, reuse, recycle!

Digital Art 5

2007-06-25T01:35:00.000-07:00

Monokurobo Fever

It seems that even a homeschooler can't get off the MONOKUROBO fever. (created by Da Hye using PSP8)

Digital Art 4

2007-06-25T01:27:00.000-07:00

Ancient Roman Royalty

Da Hye said: "This is me, living large in ancient Roman time. Please bring me treats and goodies."

Socialization 11

2007-06-25T01:21:00.001-07:00

Pop Corn Party

What is it? It's tiny, it pops, it's crunchy and it makes a GREAT socialization? It's POP CORN.

Simple machine 3

2007-06-25T01:08:00.000-07:00

Compound machine

Today's lesson: Compound machine is a machine consisting of several simple machines. Can opener is a sample of compound machine. It consists of wedge, lever, wheel and axle. Canned TUNA......yum!

Free Time 8

2007-06-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

Online Library Visit

Library visit is our daily routine. It's especially great during "I'm bored" time. New York Public Library is our recent favourite online kids library. It's just a click away.

Household Management 8

2007-06-24T22:16:00.001-07:00

Making Rice

Rice is a very important food for more than half of the world's people. The book said that there were 7.000 kinds of rice. They include long and short grain rice, sweet rice, wild rice and brown rice. Being half Korean and Indonesian, Da Hye needs to know how to cook rice.

Household Management 7

2007-06-24T22:12:00.000-07:00

Engine Warm Up

It's not a hard thing to do....with a little briefing on safety rules and cautions, a little girl can be such a BIG help in warming up the car engine everyday.

Digital Art 3

2007-06-12T06:16:00.000-07:00

Making Mama

Spending hours in front of TV watching cartoon animation? What about spending hours making it? Da Hye titled the animation 'Making Mama' becuase the animation is 'kind of drawing tutorial' according to her. This animation consists of 57 individulas frames combined together. Click on the image to see the ANIMATION. Get the software for free here.

Simple Machine 2

2007-06-12T06:09:00.000-07:00

Making Machine

On a project of making machine, Da Hye chose to make a simple machine rather than a compound machine. Her machine "Slidy Whity" help her packing up her paper dolls easily. It used the principle on inclined plane.

Geography 5

2007-06-08T10:28:00.001-07:00

The Scotland

Scotland is located in the northern part of England. It is divided into three regions: the Highlands, Lowlands and Uplands. The traditional garment of the Highland clansmen is the kilt. Each clan had its own colorful pattern called tartan for weaving cloth. (pic: attending the annual Highland gathering......tartans and bigpipes everywhere)

Geography 4

2007-06-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

Indian Totem Pole

Totem poles are wooden poles carved from cedar by Pacific coast natives. They are carved in different styles for different reasons. The book 'Totem Poles' shows 5 kinds of poles: memorial pole, clan pole, house pole, mortuary pole and welcome pole. Each figure in the totem pole has their own character and meaning. (pic: Da Hye's card board tube totem pole, characters: witchita, pinkita and owl)

Plant 6

2007-06-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

Research Report on Tuber

Tuber has been the main source of carbohydrate for mankind for thousands of years. Although they all grow underground, they are all different. (pic: doing observation on the tubers and the research result)

Simple Machine 1

2007-06-08T09:41:00.001-07:00

Wheel

Machines make doing work easier. They do this by reducing how much push or pull is needed to do work. There are several types of simple machines: laver. inclined plane, wedge, pulley, wheel and axle. Da Hye and friends experienced by themselves the 'magic' of machine. The WHEEL made it possible for them to carry each other in the wheel barrow.