Purrrfect Grammar

Kitty Participation

The family cat continues to be a source of laughter during the school day (a.k.a. a major distraction).

Today, we were playing our common "Parts of Speech" game. The kids write a crazy sentence on the board and we identify each word's job in the sentence and assign it a part of speech. We made cards to help us remember what the parts of speech are. The cards include pictures drawn by the kids, examples and definitions. If we stumble upon a word we can't easily identify, we being elimination our options. For example, if we know it's not a preposition, we move that card out of the way. Not an adverb? Move that card too.

And this is promptly when the family cat walks in and takes a seat in the newly vacated spot.

No distraction here!

Put On Your Thinking Cat!

Pets become a part of the day.

There is a section in the math program we use (Math in Focus by Singapore) called, "Put on Your Thinking Cap". We alway make a joke when it comes time for this section. We think the title for the section is goofy, so we act goofy when we get to it.

One day, someone posted this pic and we laughed and laughed at the "I've got my thinking cat on" caption with the photo of a cat on a dog's head. Our joke only got more funny and we continue to laugh each time we get to this section in math.

Often, while we are working on our math, the family cat climbs onto the table to look out the window while we work. Other times, she will sit right ON our work. Here, she sat right between my son and the student book, making it nearly impossible to work or put our "thinking cat on!"