ha! i thought once a month would be about right...i do still have a few weeks left for february 2010, and i might actually get another post in, but i am not too optimistic. the farther along i get in my pregnancy, the less i am inclined to school as so many other things seem to be pressing.
for instance...we don't have a car seat yet. let alone any of those newborn diapers. oh, yeah...and where exactly is the little guy gonna sleep??? hmmm..details, shmetails!
anyway. school has been a bit weird around here as of late. daddy has been home from work for the last 3 weeks (the whole job thing is up in the air right now). we don't know how long he will be home for, so we have just been taking full advantage of his presence. i figure we will catch up later, right? we have managed to get some workbook math in , and have done a bit of our FIAR curriculum, but it hasn't been too gung-ho.
know what i mean?
at least Tic Tac is doing his math pages without complaining. finally!
he even completed 3 of them this morning, on his own, without any pleading on my behalf! woot!
tomorrow we have our Read and Share group. the theme is the letter "B" and i have to admit, i just went to the library today to pick out a bunch of books with animals, themes, what-have-you that have something to do with the letter "B."
i came home with a stack of about 6 of them, and sat on the couch with all 3 kiddos and read for quite a while so the boys could each pick one.
Tic Tac's pick was a Paddington Bear book (the title eludes me right now) and there was a major focus on the letter "B." i really didn't know this when i picked up the book, i just liked that the title had a bear and a bee in it.
what was really awesome was when Tic Tac grabbed a sheet of paper and started to write down every word he could find in the book that started with the letter "b" and then those he could think of on his own. Bonobo even joined in! he has been working on the letter "S" and he grabbed his Moncure book ("My S Book") and started copying words out of the book. he was dreadfully disappointed when it was time for bed, and he left it on the table so he could come back to it tomorrow.
thank goodness my kids are teaching themselves right now...i am just not up to the task!
other things we have managed to do this month:
Babar. To Duet or Not to Duet. some FIAR concepts were learned with this book, and we had co-op at a local park where each child brought something that reminded them of the book (Tic Tac brought a star because of Cornelius; Bonobo brought a car because Babar drove a car to avoid practicing piano); we listened to Haydn's Surprise Symphony and then the kids made piano key snacks from graham crackers, frosting, and chocolate chips. it was quite fun. i was able to reinforce the concept of truth and persistence through some go-alongs. we also have some books on ears/hearing we have yet to delve into. i had grand plans to do a lapbook, but that didn't happen.
President's Day. we read a couple of books that explained the holiday, and then read some go-alongs that were specific to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington to introduce the kids to these two historic figures.
Luke Bible Study. Tic Tac has been pretty faithful to do his study, esp with daddy around to help him. nothing warms my heart more than to see the two of them together bent over the Bible and taking in God's Word. Truly.
so i guess the month hasn't been totally wasted :)
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