with the upcoming move, our school schedule has had to stay at half-time. we are still working through our Story of the World, and are FINALLY out of Egypt! i feel like i have been there forever. first with Sonlight two years ago, and then last year with Tapestry of Grace. i know a LOT about mummies and pyramids. more than i cared to know! and tic tac now has the aspiration to become the "guy who pulls out the brains with that long hook." lovely.
we are progressing through Math U See pretty quickly. although i know that the boys will be more challenged as we finish up the next couple of sections.
rowing this week and next is to be Three Names. i really like this story. my kids have a grandpa who likes to exaggerate his stories, too! i love the artwork and may have to dig out the craft supplies from their packing box so that we can do some prairie scenes.
HWT will have to wait a while to start. my MIL is here and i don't feel comfortable breaking out in song around her. call me crazy.
Galloping the Globe will also be on hold til we get settled. i just cannot wrap my head around it right now. too much grey matter is being used on getting ready to leave and on being sad.
as the move gets closer (tic tac has a countdown: 41 days to go) the schooling will probably get shorter or even nonexistent. then who knows how long it will take us to get started on the other end.
i hate packing.
i hate unpacking even more.
at least i will have a school room there :) one with lots of light, right off the kitchen :)
Showing posts with label week in review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week in review. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
school has started!!
well, we started school! albeit only a half-schedule, but we started :)
we have been reading from our Story of the World Vol 1 and are exploring Egypt in lots of fun ways! the boys really enjoy doing their map work. i have taken to letting them color their coloring pages while i am reading/reviewing the chapter to them. i really like the way the material is broken down into manageable chunks, so if we want to bunny trail, we can do so without compromising too much of the day. some of our read-a-longs were Croco'nile, Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile, One Small Blue Bead, and (tic tac's fave) It's Gross and We Ate It. my favorite was One Small Blue Bead. the kids picked right up on the rhyming and we got to talk about what it would be like to not have any neighbors and wonder if you were the only people in the world. there were some crazy ideas tossed around with that one, and lots of pretending/play acting!
tic tac finally finished his Horizons math workbook. man, was it a loooonnnnggggg road with it. we had to take several breaks along the way when he would get bored or frustrated with it. i will be getting his new Math U See curriculum this weekend. i introduced him to the manipulatives that go along with it just yesterday, and he had loads of fun playing with them. when i told him we were going to use them for his new math books, he was super excited!
bonobo has kept up with tic tac in all the activities and narration. he is more into coloring and being precise with his crafts than tic tac is, which surprises me. it also causes a LOT of frustrated moments for him when it doesn't go as planned. we started Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy lessons, but just yesterday he told me it is too hard and he doesn't want to keep going. we were only at lesson 8! but the last few lessons have been difficult: he doesn't want to sit through them, he doesn't want to rhyme or put his finger on the dot, etc. so i told him we would put it on the shelf for a month or so and then see how he feels about it.
stinkerbell is mostly in the way during school time, so i am trying to get creative with her before we start school, or just move school to when she is lying down in the afternoon. it has meant a LOT of playdoh time, but that will only last so long.
we also rowed The Giraffe Who Walked to Paris, which we got through our ILL system. what an awesome book! and it fit right in with our Egyptian week. the kids really loved doing the math to see just how far she traveled. we read Zarafa, the Giraffe who Walked to the King as a go along for a different perspective, and the kids like the illustrations in that one better.
all in all, i like the way our schedule has been working. and, of course, since i like it, something has to come along and mess with it, right? of course.
i will leave that one hanging for now. but we are making some pretty significant decisions in the next two weeks, so i would appreciate your prayers for wisdom and peace :)
we have been reading from our Story of the World Vol 1 and are exploring Egypt in lots of fun ways! the boys really enjoy doing their map work. i have taken to letting them color their coloring pages while i am reading/reviewing the chapter to them. i really like the way the material is broken down into manageable chunks, so if we want to bunny trail, we can do so without compromising too much of the day. some of our read-a-longs were Croco'nile, Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile, One Small Blue Bead, and (tic tac's fave) It's Gross and We Ate It. my favorite was One Small Blue Bead. the kids picked right up on the rhyming and we got to talk about what it would be like to not have any neighbors and wonder if you were the only people in the world. there were some crazy ideas tossed around with that one, and lots of pretending/play acting!
tic tac finally finished his Horizons math workbook. man, was it a loooonnnnggggg road with it. we had to take several breaks along the way when he would get bored or frustrated with it. i will be getting his new Math U See curriculum this weekend. i introduced him to the manipulatives that go along with it just yesterday, and he had loads of fun playing with them. when i told him we were going to use them for his new math books, he was super excited!
bonobo has kept up with tic tac in all the activities and narration. he is more into coloring and being precise with his crafts than tic tac is, which surprises me. it also causes a LOT of frustrated moments for him when it doesn't go as planned. we started Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy lessons, but just yesterday he told me it is too hard and he doesn't want to keep going. we were only at lesson 8! but the last few lessons have been difficult: he doesn't want to sit through them, he doesn't want to rhyme or put his finger on the dot, etc. so i told him we would put it on the shelf for a month or so and then see how he feels about it.
stinkerbell is mostly in the way during school time, so i am trying to get creative with her before we start school, or just move school to when she is lying down in the afternoon. it has meant a LOT of playdoh time, but that will only last so long.
we also rowed The Giraffe Who Walked to Paris, which we got through our ILL system. what an awesome book! and it fit right in with our Egyptian week. the kids really loved doing the math to see just how far she traveled. we read Zarafa, the Giraffe who Walked to the King as a go along for a different perspective, and the kids like the illustrations in that one better.
all in all, i like the way our schedule has been working. and, of course, since i like it, something has to come along and mess with it, right? of course.
i will leave that one hanging for now. but we are making some pretty significant decisions in the next two weeks, so i would appreciate your prayers for wisdom and peace :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
in between week :)
we had school 3 days last week. we didn't row anything as we are waiting for our Babar book to arrive from our Inter Library Loan program.
Tic Tac did several pages in his Horizons Math workbook. i think he gets whinier and whinier every time! i told him we have to finish this workbook before we get anything else, though. he is also progressing s.l.o.w.l.y. through his HWT handbook. anything that has to do with copywork or printing has him writhing in his chair. i am tempted to give up on it altogether for a while, but his printing really needs help. suggestions anyone?
Bonobo, on the other hand, is thriving in his workbooks. i never thought that he would sit still for workbook activities, as he is such a kinetic kid. but he loves getting stickers for being teachable! i need to increase his workload a bit to challenge him more.
Stinkerbell is just having a lot of fun playing and torturing her siblings. i want to get more purposeful with her, but my energy is pretty well sapped as i only have a few more weeks to go in this pregnancy. we are hoping the little guy stays put until the beginning of April, but i might not be so lucky.
this week we have our Read and Share group. we are focusing on the letter "A" and the boys have their books picked out and are ready to go. we had to cancel last week as two of the families were home-bound with illness. i love this group we have, and i love seeing how the kids have developed their communication skills (even the 3 year olds!!). it is wonderful group of families!! i am grateful to be part of it :)
Tic Tac did several pages in his Horizons Math workbook. i think he gets whinier and whinier every time! i told him we have to finish this workbook before we get anything else, though. he is also progressing s.l.o.w.l.y. through his HWT handbook. anything that has to do with copywork or printing has him writhing in his chair. i am tempted to give up on it altogether for a while, but his printing really needs help. suggestions anyone?
Bonobo, on the other hand, is thriving in his workbooks. i never thought that he would sit still for workbook activities, as he is such a kinetic kid. but he loves getting stickers for being teachable! i need to increase his workload a bit to challenge him more.
Stinkerbell is just having a lot of fun playing and torturing her siblings. i want to get more purposeful with her, but my energy is pretty well sapped as i only have a few more weeks to go in this pregnancy. we are hoping the little guy stays put until the beginning of April, but i might not be so lucky.
this week we have our Read and Share group. we are focusing on the letter "A" and the boys have their books picked out and are ready to go. we had to cancel last week as two of the families were home-bound with illness. i love this group we have, and i love seeing how the kids have developed their communication skills (even the 3 year olds!!). it is wonderful group of families!! i am grateful to be part of it :)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Follow the Drinking Gourd
today, we finished up our two week row of the book "Follow the Drinking Gourd" by Jeanette Winter. This was a fabulous book, easy to find in our library, and had great themes throughout that we could rabbit trail!
our first day we introduced slavery as a general topic, discussing the Israelites as slaves in Egypt as a tie in. Bonobo jumped right on it and said he wanted to run really fast to Egypt and free any slaves still there! we also looked at a map of the Underground Railroad and talked about the virtual railroad stops and conductors and passengers along the way.
next we focused on language arts and compound words. we had a great resource from homeschoolshare.com and both boys had fun mixing and matching words to see what made sense and what didn't. we also found a snowman compound word file folder game at filefolderfun.com and TicTac was able to complete all of them, whereas Bonobo (since he couldn't read) was a bit more frustrated but really wanted to play the game. i made some goofs while making the folder game (like using contact paper on both sides of the snowman bodies and then trying to glue them into the folder...just left me frustrated and got lots of wrinkles in the folder). but, live and learn!
next we read a go along book called "The Drinking Gourd" by F.N.Monjo. also readily available at the library. we broke out the dry erase board and focused on the similarities between the stories with the dangers and modes of transportation used to escape the plantations.
the 18th was MLK, Jr day, and daddy joined in the schooling fun to talk with them about his role in history. it was neat getting daddy involved!
i was hoping to delve into cotton plantations, but we never got time for that.
co-op was at our house, and first we read the story. then we all gathered in the kitchen to make 8.5 x 11 replicas of the Big Dipper and talked about some very interesting facts about the constellation. then we gathered in the living room to work on a timeline of Harriet Tubman's life in correlation with happenings in the US. all the moms had lots of good information to contribute about the book as well as Harriet Tubman's life. what an amazing woman she was!
i would love to provide links for all the games, etc we found on-line to give credit where it is due, but those links are saved on the other computer, and it is having issues as of late. when i can access them, i will edit this post.
this book was a wonderful study of slavery and history.
as for school these last two weeks, Tic Tac has been doing his math workbook with a less than exuberant attitude, but it is getting done. whoever knew that counting by 2's was torture?
his writing is being put to the test with his CBS bible study through Luke. and he continues to work in his HWT book.
Bonobo has been super excited about his Explode the Code books! he begs me to do pages every day!! what a switch from the beginning of our year. he is even getting excited about his Kinder-Math book that we started at the beginning of january. we are spending the off days reinforcing his letters and phonics with programs like Starfall online and a few other preschool workbooks we had around.
Stinkerbell is even getting her own schooling done in the mornings. we have lots of fun working with lacing blocks and buttons. i am trying to get her to focus on sorting by color, shape, etc, but she is more into the sheer mechanics of lacing. we are also working on her word/picture recognition.
all in all, a good two weeks! i hope to post more regularly so it isn't such a long summary at the end of the unit :)
happy schooling!
our first day we introduced slavery as a general topic, discussing the Israelites as slaves in Egypt as a tie in. Bonobo jumped right on it and said he wanted to run really fast to Egypt and free any slaves still there! we also looked at a map of the Underground Railroad and talked about the virtual railroad stops and conductors and passengers along the way.
next we focused on language arts and compound words. we had a great resource from homeschoolshare.com and both boys had fun mixing and matching words to see what made sense and what didn't. we also found a snowman compound word file folder game at filefolderfun.com and TicTac was able to complete all of them, whereas Bonobo (since he couldn't read) was a bit more frustrated but really wanted to play the game. i made some goofs while making the folder game (like using contact paper on both sides of the snowman bodies and then trying to glue them into the folder...just left me frustrated and got lots of wrinkles in the folder). but, live and learn!
next we read a go along book called "The Drinking Gourd" by F.N.Monjo. also readily available at the library. we broke out the dry erase board and focused on the similarities between the stories with the dangers and modes of transportation used to escape the plantations.
the 18th was MLK, Jr day, and daddy joined in the schooling fun to talk with them about his role in history. it was neat getting daddy involved!
i was hoping to delve into cotton plantations, but we never got time for that.
co-op was at our house, and first we read the story. then we all gathered in the kitchen to make 8.5 x 11 replicas of the Big Dipper and talked about some very interesting facts about the constellation. then we gathered in the living room to work on a timeline of Harriet Tubman's life in correlation with happenings in the US. all the moms had lots of good information to contribute about the book as well as Harriet Tubman's life. what an amazing woman she was!
i would love to provide links for all the games, etc we found on-line to give credit where it is due, but those links are saved on the other computer, and it is having issues as of late. when i can access them, i will edit this post.
this book was a wonderful study of slavery and history.
as for school these last two weeks, Tic Tac has been doing his math workbook with a less than exuberant attitude, but it is getting done. whoever knew that counting by 2's was torture?
his writing is being put to the test with his CBS bible study through Luke. and he continues to work in his HWT book.
Bonobo has been super excited about his Explode the Code books! he begs me to do pages every day!! what a switch from the beginning of our year. he is even getting excited about his Kinder-Math book that we started at the beginning of january. we are spending the off days reinforcing his letters and phonics with programs like Starfall online and a few other preschool workbooks we had around.
Stinkerbell is even getting her own schooling done in the mornings. we have lots of fun working with lacing blocks and buttons. i am trying to get her to focus on sorting by color, shape, etc, but she is more into the sheer mechanics of lacing. we are also working on her word/picture recognition.
all in all, a good two weeks! i hope to post more regularly so it isn't such a long summary at the end of the unit :)
happy schooling!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
December in Review
ha ha! like that title? since i haven't done a week in review for a while, i thought it appropriate. heck, i may even do monthly reviews instead of weekly and that way i will have at least 12 posts by the end of 2010...tee hee!
but, seriously...
december 2009 was a tad unkind to us. we didn't make it to church until the very last sunday of the year due to illness and travel. the beginning of december saw all of the kids getting ill...twice!
tic-tac started it off with a fever following our bible study. and by fever i mean 104 and climbing. it lasted 24 hours and then was gone, followed by the lovely congestion and headache that seems to accompany the flu this year. then bonobo got it 2 days later...same fever and other symptoms. i thought stinkerbell was in the clear til she started vomiting 4 days later. and she had a lovely fever that wouldn't come down below 102 despite all our best efforts. she is miserable when she is ill, let me tell ya!
we finished up our fevers just in time to travel 15 hours in a minivan to northern california to visit friends and family. we were there 10 days and then traveled back the grueling interstate another 14 hours. daddy had to start back to work the very next day, so needless to say...we were all wiped out.
Christmas was amazingly peaceful at our house. thankfully we didn't have any repeat performances of our hospital stay with bonobo last holiday season. we did, however, have a repeat performance of traveling to the local wal-mart for last minute gifts because i didn't have all my ducks in a row before we left (remember the illness?). i don't know what it is about wal-mart and humanity at christmas time, but it usually is not a pleasant experience.
all this to say...school didn't happen in december...just life :) which is kind of like school, right??
if you are still reading this, thank you! i pray that you had a merry christmas and are going into the new year with hope in your hearts. we are holding fast to our faith in Jesus Christ that we are traveling on the path He has for us, as imperfect as we are. we know that in all things, He is working for His glory, and i am so thankful to be a part of that. blessings to you all in the new year!!
but, seriously...
december 2009 was a tad unkind to us. we didn't make it to church until the very last sunday of the year due to illness and travel. the beginning of december saw all of the kids getting ill...twice!
tic-tac started it off with a fever following our bible study. and by fever i mean 104 and climbing. it lasted 24 hours and then was gone, followed by the lovely congestion and headache that seems to accompany the flu this year. then bonobo got it 2 days later...same fever and other symptoms. i thought stinkerbell was in the clear til she started vomiting 4 days later. and she had a lovely fever that wouldn't come down below 102 despite all our best efforts. she is miserable when she is ill, let me tell ya!
we finished up our fevers just in time to travel 15 hours in a minivan to northern california to visit friends and family. we were there 10 days and then traveled back the grueling interstate another 14 hours. daddy had to start back to work the very next day, so needless to say...we were all wiped out.
Christmas was amazingly peaceful at our house. thankfully we didn't have any repeat performances of our hospital stay with bonobo last holiday season. we did, however, have a repeat performance of traveling to the local wal-mart for last minute gifts because i didn't have all my ducks in a row before we left (remember the illness?). i don't know what it is about wal-mart and humanity at christmas time, but it usually is not a pleasant experience.
all this to say...school didn't happen in december...just life :) which is kind of like school, right??
if you are still reading this, thank you! i pray that you had a merry christmas and are going into the new year with hope in your hearts. we are holding fast to our faith in Jesus Christ that we are traveling on the path He has for us, as imperfect as we are. we know that in all things, He is working for His glory, and i am so thankful to be a part of that. blessings to you all in the new year!!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Week in Review :)
wow..does it feel good to write that title!!!
we have been away from school for waaaayyyyy too long!
we began our rowing this week in earnest :) thanks to a few helpful websites from a friend we were able to start rowing our co-op book (even though we didn't have our manual yet):
i decided to start the kids off with a lapbook, and boy was it a hit! both boys enjoyed making a floor plan of Hetty and Hank's cottage, finding the Blue Ridge Mountains on a map of the US, doing vocabulary word matching, and listing foods found in the story and deciding which was their favorite.
today we worked on word problems. the boys have never seen math done that way before. we got down on the floor with counting blocks and did several addition and subtraction problems and introduced the concept of one-half. both the boys had so much fun, and before i knew it, almost an hour had passed!
what a difference FIAR has made for us. i actually enjoyed doing school with the boys this week!
we will wrap up our week with a trip to a semi-local pioneer museum. saturday, we are going to have a lunch of johnny cakes and hot dogs (don't have any ham on hand).
i am eager to start prepping for our next book. i am not sure if we will do another lapbook, but the boys have had such fun showing their dad all the cool stuff in it, it may be the way we experience rowing :)
my highlight of the week:
Joel was able to pull out his vocabulary matching cards last night for dad and get every one of them RIGHT! woo-hoo!!!
we have been away from school for waaaayyyyy too long!
we began our rowing this week in earnest :) thanks to a few helpful websites from a friend we were able to start rowing our co-op book (even though we didn't have our manual yet):
Down Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle.
i decided to start the kids off with a lapbook, and boy was it a hit! both boys enjoyed making a floor plan of Hetty and Hank's cottage, finding the Blue Ridge Mountains on a map of the US, doing vocabulary word matching, and listing foods found in the story and deciding which was their favorite.
today we worked on word problems. the boys have never seen math done that way before. we got down on the floor with counting blocks and did several addition and subtraction problems and introduced the concept of one-half. both the boys had so much fun, and before i knew it, almost an hour had passed!
what a difference FIAR has made for us. i actually enjoyed doing school with the boys this week!
we will wrap up our week with a trip to a semi-local pioneer museum. saturday, we are going to have a lunch of johnny cakes and hot dogs (don't have any ham on hand).
i am eager to start prepping for our next book. i am not sure if we will do another lapbook, but the boys have had such fun showing their dad all the cool stuff in it, it may be the way we experience rowing :)
my highlight of the week:
Joel was able to pull out his vocabulary matching cards last night for dad and get every one of them RIGHT! woo-hoo!!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
life school, fall break, and one tired mama
so, we haven't been 'schooling' lately.
at the end of august, we found out we were expecting our fourth little blessing. we have officially crossed over into the big family realm.
you know, when people start to look at you funny and ask silly questions like, "don't you know what causes that?"
ahem. yes.
but i digress.
anyway. this first trimester has been especially difficult. the all-day sickness has been pretty awful. i even lost 7 pounds in the first few weeks. doesn't make the OB too happy. oh, well.
i have been overwhelmingly tired...man, about 1 pm i just want to fall over and stay in bed for the day which i can't.
i am supposed to be schooling my kids.
eeek.
we haven't done a lot of workbooks lately. i have been trying to at least get their Bible in and continue on with the TOG curriculum. we should be well into the 2nd unit, but we are still stumbling along in the 1st.
we are doing more life school and character training, which i think we would have had to do anyway as the boys are really having a hard time being kind to each other these days.
i am feeling pretty down about how 'behind' we are. and then i remind myself that tic-tac is only 6. i think we can slack a little and still do just fine. we will just call it our "fall break"
they have "fall break" out here. i had never heard of it before. they take a whole week off (sometimes 2) just like a spring break. seriously?
happy schooling! i hope you are doing better than we are :)
at the end of august, we found out we were expecting our fourth little blessing. we have officially crossed over into the big family realm.
you know, when people start to look at you funny and ask silly questions like, "don't you know what causes that?"
ahem. yes.
but i digress.
anyway. this first trimester has been especially difficult. the all-day sickness has been pretty awful. i even lost 7 pounds in the first few weeks. doesn't make the OB too happy. oh, well.
i have been overwhelmingly tired...man, about 1 pm i just want to fall over and stay in bed for the day which i can't.
i am supposed to be schooling my kids.
eeek.
we haven't done a lot of workbooks lately. i have been trying to at least get their Bible in and continue on with the TOG curriculum. we should be well into the 2nd unit, but we are still stumbling along in the 1st.
we are doing more life school and character training, which i think we would have had to do anyway as the boys are really having a hard time being kind to each other these days.
i am feeling pretty down about how 'behind' we are. and then i remind myself that tic-tac is only 6. i think we can slack a little and still do just fine. we will just call it our "fall break"
they have "fall break" out here. i had never heard of it before. they take a whole week off (sometimes 2) just like a spring break. seriously?
happy schooling! i hope you are doing better than we are :)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
what happened to 3, 4 and 5???
so, what happened to weeks 3, 4 and 5? well. life. life happened.
messy, crazy, not too predictable life.
and it isn't promising to get any better in the near future.
we have managed to get some schooling done here and there.
we got through the story of Moses and the Exodus and are now focusing on Creation in the TOG curriculum.
bonobo managed to slowly (painfully) wade through the letters M and K before stalling out completely.
we couldn't get through a week of The Rag Coat to save my life, and i tried for 2 weeks! argh!!
tic-tac got through several pages of math (thank goodness he loves to do workbook pages).
as for the rest of it, well. we are behind.
sigh.
i am hoping to get back on track soon.
this week, no go, as we have two full days of bible study training for our CBS group. very long days. we took monday off, too, of course, since daddy had the day off.
sigh.
it gets better, right?
school, that is? i know life just gets in the way and will continue to do so.
messy, crazy, not too predictable life.
and it isn't promising to get any better in the near future.
we have managed to get some schooling done here and there.
we got through the story of Moses and the Exodus and are now focusing on Creation in the TOG curriculum.
bonobo managed to slowly (painfully) wade through the letters M and K before stalling out completely.
we couldn't get through a week of The Rag Coat to save my life, and i tried for 2 weeks! argh!!
tic-tac got through several pages of math (thank goodness he loves to do workbook pages).
as for the rest of it, well. we are behind.
sigh.
i am hoping to get back on track soon.
this week, no go, as we have two full days of bible study training for our CBS group. very long days. we took monday off, too, of course, since daddy had the day off.
sigh.
it gets better, right?
school, that is? i know life just gets in the way and will continue to do so.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Week 2 :)
this week was pretty low key. we started strong on monday, and then hiccuped some when we got ill one child per day. by the end of the week, we were all hacking and dripping everywhere, even mom! needless to say, we kept school to a minimum toward the end of the week. dad had friday off, so he pitched in and did all the kids reading with them.
i am SUPER glad i am not working off a calendar, because i would feel pretty defeated and behind right now. as it is, we will just continue where we left off and check items off the list as we go :)
we did manage to get some things done, though!
focused on learning about pharaohs from the Pharaohs and Pyramids book by Time Travelers.
he did several worksheets from Horizons math, although i am getting less and less excited about them. there is very little hands on and i am starting to think he will do better with more manipulatives.
our science experiment for the week was nixed because it involved the outdoors and it was darn hot. maybe when it gets cooler (like in november!).
we finished up our Deserts book.
we continued learning verses. he has the first 4 down pat from our Truth and Grace book. we are also moving along in our catechism, and daddy has taken to reviewing the verses/questions with the kids at night during family worship time.
we focused on the letter B and reviewed the letter F. we have these great books i got from ebay a few years ago by J. Moncure that emphasize each letter and sound with the entire theme of the book. they are amazing!!! she has several series of phonic books, and i have yet to see a bad one. they are great for little ones just learning their sounds and letters :)
our FIAR book for the week was Lentil by Robert McCloskey. this book is absolutely wonderful. JoJo really enjoyed playing his harmonica in the bathtub for the acoustic experiment!
we all had fun making our Egyptian Paddle Dolls from the Old Testament Days craft book. the boys put them on their walls, and little A had been running around with hers all week. i am hoping to download the pictures sometime this week.
even though we were sick, we managed to get some stuff done. big N had some issues this week with his attitude, and we have had several discussions about being teachable and what that looks like. all in all, i feel like we all made at least one step forward despite all our setbacks.
i need to get cracking on preparing the next two weeks. i need to go through the next few weeks on our TOG and get the books from the library reserved.
i need to prepare the science experiment for the week.
i need to get stinkerbell's tot trays ready. (haven't heard about tot trays? check out carisa at her blog for some AWESOME ideas on school for the little ones! she is amazing!)
have a great week :)
i am SUPER glad i am not working off a calendar, because i would feel pretty defeated and behind right now. as it is, we will just continue where we left off and check items off the list as we go :)
we did manage to get some things done, though!
tic-tac
focused on learning about pharaohs from the Pharaohs and Pyramids book by Time Travelers.
he did several worksheets from Horizons math, although i am getting less and less excited about them. there is very little hands on and i am starting to think he will do better with more manipulatives.
our science experiment for the week was nixed because it involved the outdoors and it was darn hot. maybe when it gets cooler (like in november!).
we finished up our Deserts book.
we continued learning verses. he has the first 4 down pat from our Truth and Grace book. we are also moving along in our catechism, and daddy has taken to reviewing the verses/questions with the kids at night during family worship time.
bonobo
we focused on the letter B and reviewed the letter F. we have these great books i got from ebay a few years ago by J. Moncure that emphasize each letter and sound with the entire theme of the book. they are amazing!!! she has several series of phonic books, and i have yet to see a bad one. they are great for little ones just learning their sounds and letters :)
our FIAR book for the week was Lentil by Robert McCloskey. this book is absolutely wonderful. JoJo really enjoyed playing his harmonica in the bathtub for the acoustic experiment!
we all had fun making our Egyptian Paddle Dolls from the Old Testament Days craft book. the boys put them on their walls, and little A had been running around with hers all week. i am hoping to download the pictures sometime this week.
even though we were sick, we managed to get some stuff done. big N had some issues this week with his attitude, and we have had several discussions about being teachable and what that looks like. all in all, i feel like we all made at least one step forward despite all our setbacks.
mom
i need to get cracking on preparing the next two weeks. i need to go through the next few weeks on our TOG and get the books from the library reserved.
i need to prepare the science experiment for the week.
i need to get stinkerbell's tot trays ready. (haven't heard about tot trays? check out carisa at her blog for some AWESOME ideas on school for the little ones! she is amazing!)
have a great week :)
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Week 1 :)
we schooled 3 full days this week. here is the breakdown :
tic-tac
- read Egyptians and Deserts this week, vocabulary words in line with each
- finished the Handwriting Without Tears workbook from last semester
- worked on several pages of our Horizons Math workbook
- memorized Genesis 1:1 and Matthew 22:37; copywork of verses
- 30 minutes of private reading time daily
- science: learned about lightning, thunder, and rainbows
bonobo
tic-tac also participated in the reading of Ping throughout the week and learned right along with bonobo.
each of the boys really enjoyed their week! next week i hope to incorporate crafts and a field trip. next week we will also go four days instead of 3. i think we will stick with a four-day week so that fridays can be used for errands, playdates, etc.
i think.
that is the fun of home-schooling, right?
flexibility, baby!
- Five in a Row book: The Story About Ping
- Get Ready for the Code :letter 'f'
- memorized Genesis 1:1 and Matthew 22:37
- reading time with mommy
- science: reflections
- art: composition and water
tic-tac also participated in the reading of Ping throughout the week and learned right along with bonobo.
each of the boys really enjoyed their week! next week i hope to incorporate crafts and a field trip. next week we will also go four days instead of 3. i think we will stick with a four-day week so that fridays can be used for errands, playdates, etc.
i think.
that is the fun of home-schooling, right?
flexibility, baby!
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