Daily, T-F:
Bible: read & narrate one chapter Aidan: Genesis, Erin: Matthew
Math: practice multiplication flash cards. Also completed Family Math lesson on hundred board patterns
Language: First Language Lessons, 2 per week
handwriting workbook, one page
copywork/dictation daily
Erin: one written narration (her first!)
History: SOTW ch. 3-4, read & narrate, coloring pages
made colonial pottage (no one liked it!)
Science: Maps & Mapping unit, read pp. - , mapped bedrooms on graph paper
Literature: read aloud Wheel on the School ch. 4-6
attended family worship daily, confirmation class 10/23 & 10/30, Divine Service and Sunday school 10/22 & 10/29
daily chores & care of pets
attended homeschool park day 10/21
Aidan attended Cub Scouts 10/21, completed requirements for Bobcat badge at home the next day.
Independent reading:
Aidan: The White Mountains
Cub Scout Wolf Handbook
Erin: The Turret
The Sword in the Tree
The Body
Erin has also asked permission for, planned, made and delivered invitations, and will be baking and decorating for, her own tea party with two friends.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Erin:
Bible: read & narrate Matthew 1 ch.
Math: practiced multiplication x3, x5 using flash cards
Language: FLL #158 articles, dictaction
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 3 chapters (finished)
Science: Maps & Mapping project -- mapping your room on graph paper; measurement & scale
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play: bike riding, gardening
family worship
Erin made a tea party this afternoon by herself for the rest of the family. She prepared sliced apples, tomatoes, Turkish delight, watermelon ice, and tea, and served us all. A little math was involved in figuring out how to divide three pieces of Turkish delight among four people, and conversation centered around the Chronicles of Narnia.
Aidan:
Bible: read & narrate Matthew 1 ch.
Math: practiced multiplication x3, x5 using flash cards
Language: FLL #102 capitalization, copywork (Aidan has chosen Ps. 134 for copywork and began with verse 1 today. FLL has The Goops as a copywork assignment and he will be working on that next.)
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 3 chapters (finished)
Science: Maps & Mapping project -- mapping your room on graph paper; measurement & scale
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play: bike riding, gardening
family worship
Aidan cares for Abby and provides first aid when she gets a cut or scrape.
Abby:
Reading w/ Mom: two Animal Baby magazines, three Bible stories.
Practical Life: helped put clothes in the dryer
practiced stirring without noise & staying seated at tea party
Bible: read & narrate Matthew 1 ch.
Math: practiced multiplication x3, x5 using flash cards
Language: FLL #158 articles, dictaction
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 3 chapters (finished)
Science: Maps & Mapping project -- mapping your room on graph paper; measurement & scale
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play: bike riding, gardening
family worship
Erin made a tea party this afternoon by herself for the rest of the family. She prepared sliced apples, tomatoes, Turkish delight, watermelon ice, and tea, and served us all. A little math was involved in figuring out how to divide three pieces of Turkish delight among four people, and conversation centered around the Chronicles of Narnia.
Aidan:
Bible: read & narrate Matthew 1 ch.
Math: practiced multiplication x3, x5 using flash cards
Language: FLL #102 capitalization, copywork (Aidan has chosen Ps. 134 for copywork and began with verse 1 today. FLL has The Goops as a copywork assignment and he will be working on that next.)
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 3 chapters (finished)
Science: Maps & Mapping project -- mapping your room on graph paper; measurement & scale
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play: bike riding, gardening
family worship
Aidan cares for Abby and provides first aid when she gets a cut or scrape.
Abby:
Reading w/ Mom: two Animal Baby magazines, three Bible stories.
Practical Life: helped put clothes in the dryer
practiced stirring without noise & staying seated at tea party
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Erin:
Bible: Matthew 1 ch. read & narrate; discussed implications of the Real Presence, meaning of salt, and going the extra mile
Math: practiced multiplication x3 using bead boards, made flash cards
Language: worked independently in language workbook
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 1, read & narrate
coloring page
Literature: Pollyanna, 1 chapter
assisted with church luncheon
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play w/ friends at park
family worship
attended catechesim class on Sunday
Aidan:
Bible: Genesis 1 ch. read & narrate
Math: practiced multiplication x3 using bead boards, made flash cards
Language: handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 1, read & narrate
coloring page, mapwork
Literature: Pollyanna, 1 chapter
assisted with church luncheon
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play w/ friends at park
family worship
attended catechesim class on Sunday
Bible: Matthew 1 ch. read & narrate; discussed implications of the Real Presence, meaning of salt, and going the extra mile
Math: practiced multiplication x3 using bead boards, made flash cards
Language: worked independently in language workbook
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 1, read & narrate
coloring page
Literature: Pollyanna, 1 chapter
assisted with church luncheon
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play w/ friends at park
family worship
attended catechesim class on Sunday
Aidan:
Bible: Genesis 1 ch. read & narrate
Math: practiced multiplication x3 using bead boards, made flash cards
Language: handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 2 section 1, read & narrate
coloring page, mapwork
Literature: Pollyanna, 1 chapter
assisted with church luncheon
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play w/ friends at park
family worship
attended catechesim class on Sunday
Friday, September 7, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
Erin:
Math: practiced multiplication x5 using flash cards, discussed division as reverse of multiplication, practiced /5 facts
Spanish: lesson 1
Language: FLL #157 search for adverbs and adjectives
copywork
History: SOTW ch. 1 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 1 chapter
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
homeschool social
Aidan:
Math: practiced multiplication x5 using flash cards, discussed division as reverse of multiplication, practiced /5 facts
Spanish: lesson 4
copywork
History: SOTW ch. 1 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 1 chapter
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
homeschool social
Math: practiced multiplication x5 using flash cards, discussed division as reverse of multiplication, practiced /5 facts
Spanish: lesson 1
Language: FLL #157 search for adverbs and adjectives
copywork
History: SOTW ch. 1 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 1 chapter
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
homeschool social
Aidan:
Math: practiced multiplication x5 using flash cards, discussed division as reverse of multiplication, practiced /5 facts
Spanish: lesson 4
copywork
History: SOTW ch. 1 section 2, read & narrate
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
Pollyanna, 1 chapter
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
homeschool social
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Erin:
Math: multiplication x5 using bead board, made flash cards, learned technique for self-study, discussed squares, multiplication as repeated addition
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #153, narration
copywork
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Aidan:
Math: multiplication x5 using bead board, made flash cards, learned technique for self-study, discussed squares, multiplication as repeated addition
Spanish: lesson 4
copywork
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Math: multiplication x5 using bead board, made flash cards, learned technique for self-study, discussed squares, multiplication as repeated addition
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #153, narration
copywork
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Aidan:
Math: multiplication x5 using bead board, made flash cards, learned technique for self-study, discussed squares, multiplication as repeated addition
Spanish: lesson 4
copywork
Literature: Lamb's Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, narration and discussion
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Erin:
Math: multiplication x0, x1, x2, x10
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #152, dictation
copywork
History: coloring page
Science: read & narrate from Maps & Mapping
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Aidan:
Math: multiplication x0, x1, x2, x10
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #152, dictation
copywork
History: coloring page
Science: read & narrate from Maps & Mapping
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Abby:
shape puzzle, naming, tracing with finger
geometric solids
snapping board
1,2,3 lesson periods 1 & 2 using numerals and rods
read Animal Baby w/ Mom
Cheerio book with Erin
Math: multiplication x0, x1, x2, x10
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #152, dictation
copywork
History: coloring page
Science: read & narrate from Maps & Mapping
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Aidan:
Math: multiplication x0, x1, x2, x10
Spanish: lesson 3
Language: FLL #152, dictation
copywork
History: coloring page
Science: read & narrate from Maps & Mapping
chores, caring for animals
outdoor play
family worship
Abby:
shape puzzle, naming, tracing with finger
geometric solids
snapping board
1,2,3 lesson periods 1 & 2 using numerals and rods
read Animal Baby w/ Mom
Cheerio book with Erin
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Erin:
Bible: read & narrate Matthew ch. 1; discussed genealogies, history relating to the geneaology of Christ, how Matthew knew Christ's genealogy
Language: spelling section J-3
Pimsleur Spanish lesson 3
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 1 read aloud & narrate
Independent activities:
doctor's appointment
chores, caring for animals
movie day
Aidan:
Bible: read & narrate genesis ch. 1
Language: spelling section J-3
typing practice 30 minutes
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 1 read aloud & narrate
Independent activities:
chores, caring for animals
teaching Abby to play Little Bear (computer)
Chinese jump rope
played Simon
movie day
made popcorn; created own recipe for Italian flavored popcorn
dancing
Abby:
reading w/ Mom: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
sewing animals: Abby can now sew by herself (up-down motion, no order)
worked independently with magnadoodle and puzzle while we did spelling
Chinese jump rope
playing little bear with Aidan
helped sweep after lunch
folded and put away washcloths without help
cleared own dinner plate without reminding
dancing with Aidan
Bible: read & narrate Matthew ch. 1; discussed genealogies, history relating to the geneaology of Christ, how Matthew knew Christ's genealogy
Language: spelling section J-3
Pimsleur Spanish lesson 3
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 1 read aloud & narrate
Independent activities:
doctor's appointment
chores, caring for animals
movie day
Aidan:
Bible: read & narrate genesis ch. 1
Language: spelling section J-3
typing practice 30 minutes
handwriting workbook
History: SOTW ch. 1 read aloud & narrate
Independent activities:
chores, caring for animals
teaching Abby to play Little Bear (computer)
Chinese jump rope
played Simon
movie day
made popcorn; created own recipe for Italian flavored popcorn
dancing
Abby:
reading w/ Mom: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
sewing animals: Abby can now sew by herself (up-down motion, no order)
worked independently with magnadoodle and puzzle while we did spelling
Chinese jump rope
playing little bear with Aidan
helped sweep after lunch
folded and put away washcloths without help
cleared own dinner plate without reminding
dancing with Aidan
Beginning a new year, fall 2007
Goals for this year:
to incorporate more practical work and responsibility into the children's day, as well as service, as per the Moore formula.
to do a small business project, possibly making and selling something for Holly Days
to spend more time on handcrafts and drawing lessons, especially during the winter months
to do weekly nature study and monthly wild days during the fall months
to learn the math facts
to focus on language, spelling, and handwriting daily
to incorporate more practical work and responsibility into the children's day, as well as service, as per the Moore formula.
to do a small business project, possibly making and selling something for Holly Days
to spend more time on handcrafts and drawing lessons, especially during the winter months
to do weekly nature study and monthly wild days during the fall months
to learn the math facts
to focus on language, spelling, and handwriting daily
August 27-30, 2007
First stop -- Garden of the Gods, a paradise of hiking trails amid huge sandstone rock formations:
Not only does Garden of the Gods have free admission, they also offer a Junior Ranger Program. Most state and national parks offer this program, in which children 6 and up can complete learning activities relating to the park and earn a patch and certificate recognizing their work. The Scientist and the Swordmaster both had a lot of fun learning about geology, native cultures, and wildlife as they earned their patches.
Next stop, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings:
These cliff dwellings are partially reconstructed and a bit touristy, but visitors are allowed to touch and explore inside the dwellings, which made it lots of fun. Plaques all around the site explain what how the different rooms were used. The details of the architecture were fascinating; for example, in the photo, that's a door behind the kids, not a window. And some doors were T-shaped, to allow the elderly a hand grip when climbing through. It took a good bit of parental direction to get the children to slow down, read the plaques, and find out what they were seeing, since the whole place just seemed to invite them to climb and run from one room to the next:
In the museum (once we found it amidst the maze of gift shops) we learned about cradle boards and skulls, how manure is used in the making of the traditional black pottery, how to build an adobe pit house, and the numerous uses for the yucca plant (who knew?)
Pike's Peak was next; I survived the drive, and we all enjoyed donuts, coffee and hot chocolate at the top. The kids were introduced to the aspen, the ponderosa pine, and we discussed what was the Gold Rush, why trees don't grow above 12,000 feet, why it is colder on a mountaintop, what happens to an empty plastic bottle when you carry it up Pike's Peak and down again, and what happens when brakes get too hot.
On our way to Pike's Peak, we saw a sign for the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, and set aside an afternoon for it. Florissant is the site of an ancient lake, and is one of the richest fossil beds in North America. Our hike was hurried because of an approaching thunderstorm, but we were all still amazed by the fossilized stumps of ancient giant redwood trees.
On the last day, we visited the Van Briggle pottery, and the Ghost Town Museum. The museum was hokey, but we did get to pan for real gold. I suspect the kids -- at least the older two -- were a little disappointed at how labor intensive and unproductive the process really was, but we did come out with four small specks of gold. This we compared in the gift shop to pyrite, or fool's gold. After taking the children back by the Garden of the Gods nature center to pick up their Junior Ranger badges in the afternoon, I detoured into the Rock Ledge Historic Ranch. With a buy one get one free coupon from the nature center, it cost us a mere $8 admission, and was far and away the best of the west. (Sorry, no pictures -- I didn't have the camera that day!) Rock Ledge is a living history ranch, with interpretive sites ranging from American Indians of the 1600-1700s on through the turn of the century. It is authentic, authentic, authentic, with knowledgeable re-enactors who answered the myriad questions the children threw at them, and the original and meticulously refurnished homes of the various owners and inhabitants of the ranch over the course of three centuries. The carriage house offers an exhibit about Thomas MacLaren, a Scottish architect who came to Colorado Springs -- like Van Briggle of the Van Briggle Pottery -- because of tuberculosis. So, on top of it all, we discussed tuberculosis, sanatoriums, and the open air cure.
All in all there was ample fodder for nature notebooks/discovery journals, plus postcards written to faraway friends (a lesson from First Language Lessons we saved especially for the trip), reading of road maps, and calculating the cost of the journey... a full week of non-stop learning punctuated by moments of utter relaxation.
Not only does Garden of the Gods have free admission, they also offer a Junior Ranger Program. Most state and national parks offer this program, in which children 6 and up can complete learning activities relating to the park and earn a patch and certificate recognizing their work. The Scientist and the Swordmaster both had a lot of fun learning about geology, native cultures, and wildlife as they earned their patches.
Next stop, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings:
These cliff dwellings are partially reconstructed and a bit touristy, but visitors are allowed to touch and explore inside the dwellings, which made it lots of fun. Plaques all around the site explain what how the different rooms were used. The details of the architecture were fascinating; for example, in the photo, that's a door behind the kids, not a window. And some doors were T-shaped, to allow the elderly a hand grip when climbing through. It took a good bit of parental direction to get the children to slow down, read the plaques, and find out what they were seeing, since the whole place just seemed to invite them to climb and run from one room to the next:
In the museum (once we found it amidst the maze of gift shops) we learned about cradle boards and skulls, how manure is used in the making of the traditional black pottery, how to build an adobe pit house, and the numerous uses for the yucca plant (who knew?)
Pike's Peak was next; I survived the drive, and we all enjoyed donuts, coffee and hot chocolate at the top. The kids were introduced to the aspen, the ponderosa pine, and we discussed what was the Gold Rush, why trees don't grow above 12,000 feet, why it is colder on a mountaintop, what happens to an empty plastic bottle when you carry it up Pike's Peak and down again, and what happens when brakes get too hot.
On our way to Pike's Peak, we saw a sign for the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, and set aside an afternoon for it. Florissant is the site of an ancient lake, and is one of the richest fossil beds in North America. Our hike was hurried because of an approaching thunderstorm, but we were all still amazed by the fossilized stumps of ancient giant redwood trees.
On the last day, we visited the Van Briggle pottery, and the Ghost Town Museum. The museum was hokey, but we did get to pan for real gold. I suspect the kids -- at least the older two -- were a little disappointed at how labor intensive and unproductive the process really was, but we did come out with four small specks of gold. This we compared in the gift shop to pyrite, or fool's gold. After taking the children back by the Garden of the Gods nature center to pick up their Junior Ranger badges in the afternoon, I detoured into the Rock Ledge Historic Ranch. With a buy one get one free coupon from the nature center, it cost us a mere $8 admission, and was far and away the best of the west. (Sorry, no pictures -- I didn't have the camera that day!) Rock Ledge is a living history ranch, with interpretive sites ranging from American Indians of the 1600-1700s on through the turn of the century. It is authentic, authentic, authentic, with knowledgeable re-enactors who answered the myriad questions the children threw at them, and the original and meticulously refurnished homes of the various owners and inhabitants of the ranch over the course of three centuries. The carriage house offers an exhibit about Thomas MacLaren, a Scottish architect who came to Colorado Springs -- like Van Briggle of the Van Briggle Pottery -- because of tuberculosis. So, on top of it all, we discussed tuberculosis, sanatoriums, and the open air cure.
All in all there was ample fodder for nature notebooks/discovery journals, plus postcards written to faraway friends (a lesson from First Language Lessons we saved especially for the trip), reading of road maps, and calculating the cost of the journey... a full week of non-stop learning punctuated by moments of utter relaxation.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: two workbook pages
Language: lessons 147 & 148 w/ Mom
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate one story
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Lessons w/ Mom:
History: SOTW ch. 41 section 2: Jacques Cartier
mapwork (catch-up)
Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
worked on 4-H displays for county fair
made a Micmac wigwam
outdoor play
Aidan:
chores
cooked breakfast
caring for animals
made a Micmac wigwam
reading
Fritz & Chesster
game of chess w/ mom using chess notation
outdoor play
Erin:
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: two workbook pages
Language: lessons 147 & 148 w/ Mom
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate one story
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Lessons w/ Mom:
History: SOTW ch. 41 section 2: Jacques Cartier
mapwork (catch-up)
Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
worked on 4-H displays for county fair
made a Micmac wigwam
outdoor play
Aidan:
chores
cooked breakfast
caring for animals
made a Micmac wigwam
reading
Fritz & Chesster
game of chess w/ mom using chess notation
outdoor play
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
work on 4-H displays for fair next week
assisted with shopping: comparison shopping
Aidan:
chores
caring for animals
reading:
Mathmagic
The Secret of Mummmies (DK)
creating and using an abacus following the instructions in Mathmagic
assisted with shopping: comparison shopping
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
work on 4-H displays for fair next week
assisted with shopping: comparison shopping
Aidan:
chores
caring for animals
reading:
Mathmagic
The Secret of Mummmies (DK)
creating and using an abacus following the instructions in Mathmagic
assisted with shopping: comparison shopping
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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
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
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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
$$ jobs
caring for animals
imaginative play: party planning & puppet stage
Fritz & Chesster
played chess w/his sister
reading: The Book of the Dun Cow
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Language: lessons 144 &145 w/ Mom
work on "The Year" book project
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate one story
Catechism: review & recite one section
Math: one workbook page
Language: handwriting book 15 minutes
Independent activities:
Erin:
chores
caring for animals
imaginative play: creating a Party for her siblings using Childcraft games
Fritz & Chesster
played chess w/ her brother
creating a backdrop for a puppet stage
planning her 4-H fair display
reading: William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki
DK Shakespeare & the Globe
The Magician's Nephew
Aidan:
chores
$$ jobs
caring for animals
imaginative play: party planning & puppet stage
Fritz & Chesster
played chess w/his sister
reading: The Book of the Dun Cow
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
June - July 2007
We are have transitioned to a more relaxed "finishing up" mode these past two months. Goals for the summer have been:
Both children:
Erin's independent reading:
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
The Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Book of the Dun Cow
Childcraft Guide for Parents (seriously. she read the whole thing.)
James Herriot's Stories for Children
Big Backyard and Ranger Rick magazines
Aidan's independent reading:
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
The Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Big Backyard and Ranger Rick magazines
The Dangerous Book for Boys
*Andrew Lang's King Arthur
*The Sword in the Tree
*Favorite Medieval Tales
DK Shakespeare and the Globe
Aliki's William Shakespeare and the Globe
*Mr. Popper's Penguins
Generally as they complete a book, I ask them to tell me about it and we we discuss it informally. A * indicates a re-reading of something previously read.
Erin's independent activities:
creating a map of South America
completing her 4-H projects for the year (fishing & veterinary science) including reading, preparing a project talk, writing her 4-h story, completing her record book, and preparing exhibits for the fair
attending 4-H camp
learning new string figures and locating their countries of origin on the globe
garden square: marigolds and zucchini
playing Fritz & Chesster 2 (chess tutor). She is becoming very aware of and uses strategy in her chess playing now.
caring for guinea pigs
caring for neighbors' gardens and dogs while away
swimming, biking
imaginative play
watercolor painting (including illustrating Aidan's stories)
acolyte at church, attending Sunday school, family worship
attended VBS
participated in 4th of July bike parade and won 3rd place
Aidan's independent activities:
practicing the recorder (He hopes to perform two pieces at Christmastime in church.)
caring for guinea pigs
playing with computer map puzzles while listening to Bible mp3
playing Fritz & Chesster & Outnumbered (math game) He is becoming very adept at mental math, even beginning to handle large number operations mentally.
writing stories
a little woodworking with Dad
watercolor painting
garden square: corn and nasturtiums
imaginative play
swimming, biking
attending Sunday school, family worship
attended VBS
participated in 4th of July bike parade and won 3rd place
Both children:
- to complete math workbooks
- to complete Story of the World vol. 2
- to continue daily catechism review
- to continue daily copywork or handwriting practice
- to read aloud and narrate Pollyanna
- to progress as far as possible through the second grade First Language Lessons
- to complete reading and narration of the book of Genesis (I am having her read this aloud since she was having difficulty with unfamiliar names of places and people.)
- to continue reading and narrating daily from 365 Bible Stories
Erin's independent reading:
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
The Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Book of the Dun Cow
Childcraft Guide for Parents (seriously. she read the whole thing.)
James Herriot's Stories for Children
Big Backyard and Ranger Rick magazines
Aidan's independent reading:
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
The Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Big Backyard and Ranger Rick magazines
The Dangerous Book for Boys
*Andrew Lang's King Arthur
*The Sword in the Tree
*Favorite Medieval Tales
DK Shakespeare and the Globe
Aliki's William Shakespeare and the Globe
*Mr. Popper's Penguins
Generally as they complete a book, I ask them to tell me about it and we we discuss it informally. A * indicates a re-reading of something previously read.
Erin's independent activities:
creating a map of South America
completing her 4-H projects for the year (fishing & veterinary science) including reading, preparing a project talk, writing her 4-h story, completing her record book, and preparing exhibits for the fair
attending 4-H camp
learning new string figures and locating their countries of origin on the globe
garden square: marigolds and zucchini
playing Fritz & Chesster 2 (chess tutor). She is becoming very aware of and uses strategy in her chess playing now.
caring for guinea pigs
caring for neighbors' gardens and dogs while away
swimming, biking
imaginative play
watercolor painting (including illustrating Aidan's stories)
acolyte at church, attending Sunday school, family worship
attended VBS
participated in 4th of July bike parade and won 3rd place
Aidan's independent activities:
practicing the recorder (He hopes to perform two pieces at Christmastime in church.)
caring for guinea pigs
playing with computer map puzzles while listening to Bible mp3
playing Fritz & Chesster & Outnumbered (math game) He is becoming very adept at mental math, even beginning to handle large number operations mentally.
writing stories
a little woodworking with Dad
watercolor painting
garden square: corn and nasturtiums
imaginative play
swimming, biking
attending Sunday school, family worship
attended VBS
participated in 4th of July bike parade and won 3rd place
Friday, May 25, 2007
Hymn: Christ Be My Leader
Literature: poetry
narrate from A Door in the Wall
Language: language lesson w/ Erin
copywork w/Aidan
Math: Mathmagic -- The Secret Word
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: Fine Print read & narrate 1 chapter
Literature: Lassie read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: Fine Print read & narrate 1 chapter
Literature: Olga da Polga read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Literature: poetry
narrate from A Door in the Wall
Language: language lesson w/ Erin
copywork w/Aidan
Math: Mathmagic -- The Secret Word
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: Fine Print read & narrate 1 chapter
Literature: Lassie read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: Fine Print read & narrate 1 chapter
Literature: Olga da Polga read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Thursday, May 24, 2007
May 24, 2006
Lessons w/ mom:
Thank you notes for Dr. Sarchet
Hymn: Christ Be My Leader
Literature: poetry
narrate from A Door in the Wall
Language: language lesson w/ Erin
Math: Mathmagic -- The Secret Word
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: SOTW pp. 326-330 Cortes & Montezuma narrate for blog
Literature: Lassie read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: SOTW pp. 326-330 Cortes & Montezuma
Literature: Olga da Polga read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Thank you notes for Dr. Sarchet
Hymn: Christ Be My Leader
Literature: poetry
narrate from A Door in the Wall
Language: language lesson w/ Erin
Math: Mathmagic -- The Secret Word
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Bible: Genesis read & narrate 1 chapter
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: SOTW pp. 326-330 Cortes & Montezuma narrate for blog
Literature: Lassie read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
Aidan:
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Theology: review & recite catechism
History: SOTW pp. 326-330 Cortes & Montezuma
Literature: Olga da Polga read & narrate 1 chapter
Science: read & narrate
May 23, 2007
Science: Family tour of vet's office for Erin's 4-H project. The veterinarian was very prepared for our visit, and not only gave us a tour of his facilities, but showed the children how various disinfectants are used, types of restraints used for various animals, how an IV works, how he takes temperature and pulse and what that indicates, and how the instruments are prepped for the surgery. He also showed them a book of illustrations which compared healthy organs with diseased ones and took a long time answering their questions about that, and also spent some time discussing the life cycle of fleas in response to their questions about a model in the examination room.
Individual work:
Literature: read & narrate A Door in the Wall ch. 6
Independent activities:
Aidan:
free reading: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, The Sword in the Tree
attended midweek worship
daily chores
animal care -- cage cleaning
outdoor play: stomp rockets
volunteered to clean the kitchen
Erin:
computer: Learn to Play Chess
free reading: The Sword in the Tree
attended midweek worship
daily chores
outdoor play: stomp rockets
volunteered to clean the kitchen
Individual work:
Literature: read & narrate A Door in the Wall ch. 6
Independent activities:
Aidan:
free reading: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, The Sword in the Tree
attended midweek worship
daily chores
animal care -- cage cleaning
outdoor play: stomp rockets
volunteered to clean the kitchen
Erin:
computer: Learn to Play Chess
free reading: The Sword in the Tree
attended midweek worship
daily chores
outdoor play: stomp rockets
volunteered to clean the kitchen
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
May 23, 2007
Erin:
Math: three problems dynamic addition using stamps or blocks
Theology: review and recite one catechism section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate
History: SOTW read & narrate for blog
coloring page
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Aidan:
Math: four problems subtraction w/base ten blocks
Theology: review and recite one catechism section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate
History: SOTW read & narrate for blog
coloring page
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Math: three problems dynamic addition using stamps or blocks
Theology: review and recite one catechism section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate
History: SOTW read & narrate for blog
coloring page
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Aidan:
Math: four problems subtraction w/base ten blocks
Theology: review and recite one catechism section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate
History: SOTW read & narrate for blog
coloring page
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Lessons w/ Mom:
Hymn:
History:
Language: dictation
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Theology: Catechism: review and recite one section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate one chapter
Science: read and narrate
History: Fine Print read & narrate one chapter
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Literature: Lassie Come Home
Aidan:
Theology: Catechism: review and recite one section
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Science: read and narrate
History: Fine Print read & narrate one chapter
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Math: math workbook 1 page
Literature: Olga da Polga
Hymn:
History:
Language: dictation
Individual assignments:
Erin:
Theology: Catechism: review and recite one section
Bible: Genesis read & narrate one chapter
Science: read and narrate
History: Fine Print read & narrate one chapter
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Literature: Lassie Come Home
Aidan:
Theology: Catechism: review and recite one section
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Science: read and narrate
History: Fine Print read & narrate one chapter
Typing practice: 15 minutes
Math: math workbook 1 page
Literature: Olga da Polga
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