Tuesday, July 30, 2007

The children spent most of the weekend playing chess (and using newly-learned chess notation to write down their games -- they are asking for a double columned notebook especially for this purpose) and creating and playing with a puppet stage and stick puppets. This would be a good activity to encourage and explore, making different kinds of puppets, a more permanent stage, scriptwriting, and even videoing their puppet plays.

Individual assignments:
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
(completed Genesis today)
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Language: lessons 147 & 148 w/ Mom
History: coloring page
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate one story
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
History: coloring page

Lessons w/ Mom:
Literature: read & narrate Pollyanna
History: SOTW ch. 41 section 1: John Cabot

Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
worked on 4-H display for county fair
movie day: LOTR2
Aidan:
chores
caring for animals
reading: Favorite Medieval Tales
Book of the Dun Cow

Friday, July 27, 2007

Individual assignments:

Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Language: lessons 144 &145 w/ Mom
work on "The Year" book project

Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate one story
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Language: handwriting book 15 minutes

Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
imaginative play: creating a Party for her siblings using Childcraft games
Fritz & Chesster
played chess w/ her brother
creating a backdrop for a puppet stage
planning her 4-H fair display
reading: William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki
DK Shakespeare & the Globe
The Magician's Nephew

Aidan:
chores
$$ jobs
caring for animals
imaginative play: party planning & puppet stage
Fritz & Chesster
played chess w/his sister
reading: The Book of the Dun Cow