Elementary School Lessons

Colors are fascinating. For young children, coloring is a super fun activity.

However, there can NEVER be one color for some of the things that we say they are. Leaves are not only green and apples are not just red.

If there is a blue sky, there is a purple sky as well.

And there are red trees. Fire tree. Flame Tree. Caballero. Arbol De Fuego. Whatever is this specie called, it is still the Red Tree for us and these trees are seen everywhere bursting with red and orange hues from April till July.

I used to have a student who, young as he was, has a creative mind. During the first few days of school, they were asked to draw their homes. He drew a tree planted near their home but instead of coloring the tree as having green leaves, he colored the tree RED. He said the tree in front of their house is red.

The teacher can not accept his answer it seems. This teacher, perhaps she hasn’t seen a red tree or is not as observant as her young student. Errr… teacher? Are you ok?

As I have written in this blog post, the children are Homeschoolers No More.

I will try to upgrade where I left the posts hanging but I am not promising anything.

Meanwhile, thank you for taking time to visit. I had to disable comments because there are a few people out there who, obviously looking for answers to their children’s homework, stumbled upon our blog entries but left nasty comments.

If this is the kind of Filipino parents that are out there, I hope there aren’t many of you.

Sorry I just had to say my piece. Peace! 🙂

Lunchbox Ideas: Yakiniku Beef and mushrooms

Yakiniku beef and mushrooms. I don’t really care much about exact measurements so adjusting the taste for this dish is up to the dietary requirements of the  one who will eat.

I just browned chopped garlic in a little olive oil, cooked the yakiniku beef (marinated with a little soy sauce and less sodium oyster sauce), added the sliced button mushrooms and added a dash of pepper.

Lunchboxes were empty when the children came home.

A classmate smelled the food (or tasted a bit) and said it tasted like the beef and mushroom rice being served by a popular fastfood chain.

Yey!

The younger daughter’s Rainbow Drawing using RainbowBrush Markers:

Easy recorder lessons through YouTube. For free.

Here is a lesson on learning to play “We Are One” from The Lion King for keyboard accompaniment and recorder notes from the younger daughter.

Palacio del Gobernador is located at the Plaza Roma in Intramuros, Manila  where different historical sites can be seen.

Where Palacio del Gobernador stands used to be where Governor General Diego Fajardo lived. It was said to be the place of the official residence of the governor generals until it was destroyed by an 1863 earthquake.

Click here to read about Intramuros.

Plaza Roma is located in Intramuros, Manila. Like Spanish town, this is a place where the important places are located: church, official’s residences and the city hall.

Most towns in the provinces are arranged as such, with an open space, the plaza where people can congregate to celebrate important festivities.

At the center of the plaza stands a statue of King Carlos IV who was responsible in bringing in vaccine to help the Fiipino people.

This is what is written where the statue stands.