Today's Homeschool Schedule - Week 14
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 40 Assessment. He finally overcame the 8+8 hurdle.. yeah!!!
Critical Thinking - Click worked on 2 MindBenders and Can You Find Me? puzzles. You can find these at the www.brightminds.us/TrainMyBrain. I'm an Independent Consultant.
Reading - Click read Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. I read The Legend of the Lady Slipper by Lisa Larsen.
Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, Philemon - 2 Peter. We also added 1 John - Revelation.
Car Schooling - As a homeschooling mom I have the opportunity to read a lot of books.... children's books! As a result of this reality, I set a challenge for myself. I have a personal goal to listen to 2 books on tape this year. One within each 6 month period. Why a book on tape? Let's face it, how many of us truly have the time to thoroughly engage ourselves in leisure reading and finish the book within a decent amount of time? I may be in the minority, but books on tape offer a wonderful alternative.
I chose The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama.
Physical Ed - Friday is soccer practice, it serves as part of our physical education.
What about Clack?
She was sleepy today and laid down during much of school, but she did listen to The Legend of the Lady Slipper, while she fiddled with stuff of course.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Sets
Today's Homeschool Schedule - Week 14
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 39, reviewed 'plus 1' math facts (0-9). Both Click and Clack enjoyed weighing objects on the scale.
Reading - Click read Whales by Graham Faiella and What Is A Bird? by Lola Shaefer. He listened to Jerome Camps Out by Eileen Christelow. I read Insects Do The Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow. We covered termites, praying mantis, whirligig beetles, and water striders. I also read two stories from Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies.
* I must point out that we learned about classifications in the animal kingdom yesterday. The first sentence of What Is A Bird? talked about the animal kingdom and Click blurted with glee, "birds are in the Animal Kingdom.... Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Sets" This is a mnemonic phrase for the animal classifications - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, Philemon - 2 Peter
Science - Apologia Zoology Chapter 1 - How Birds Fly. We also borrowed 2 CD's by Lucas Miller (the singing Zoologist) from the library.
Car Schooling - We completed The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep
What about Clack?
She was completely occupied with putting pennies on the scale.
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 39, reviewed 'plus 1' math facts (0-9). Both Click and Clack enjoyed weighing objects on the scale.
Reading - Click read Whales by Graham Faiella and What Is A Bird? by Lola Shaefer. He listened to Jerome Camps Out by Eileen Christelow. I read Insects Do The Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow. We covered termites, praying mantis, whirligig beetles, and water striders. I also read two stories from Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies.
* I must point out that we learned about classifications in the animal kingdom yesterday. The first sentence of What Is A Bird? talked about the animal kingdom and Click blurted with glee, "birds are in the Animal Kingdom.... Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Sets" This is a mnemonic phrase for the animal classifications - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, Philemon - 2 Peter
Science - Apologia Zoology Chapter 1 - How Birds Fly. We also borrowed 2 CD's by Lucas Miller (the singing Zoologist) from the library.
Car Schooling - We completed The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep
What about Clack?
She was completely occupied with putting pennies on the scale.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Apples and Bananas
Clack is our little singer. She loves to sing "I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas". The eat, eat, eat is crystal clear. We're lost in translation for the remainder of the verse.
Our imagination is powerful. Click doesn't watch TV Monday - Thursday, so there's lots of time for his creative juices to flow. Here are three things that stood out today:
1. He's reading a book about the planets. He was playing with a blue ball and the screw on portion of a mason jar. He puts the ball into the jar top and a mental light clicks on, "hey, this is Jupiter" then he looks at his solar system chart and says, "no, it's blue so it has to be Uranus" (which also has a ring).
2. During his free time I encouraged him to look through one the the resources we just received (history & science encyclopedias). He chose the Kingfisher Encyclopedia of World History. He finds a picture of a prehistoric rhino & finds the matching action figure in our learning box. The rhino, actually called a Uintatherium, has 6 horns. He was recently asking why his rhino had 6 horns and other rhinos don't. He found the answer today.
3. He made a fishing pole from a broom handle and shoe lace.
Today's Homeschool Schedule
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 38, meeting book, reviewed 'plus 1' math facts (0-9)
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 30b Siddhartha (aka Buddha)
Reading - Click read the last chapter of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. He also read Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina and Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel. He listened to The Trellis and the Seed by Jan Karon.
Handwriting Without Tears - lowercase 'e'
Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, Philemon - 2 Peter
Science - later in the day we began our Zoology lesson from Apologia. Chapter 1 - classifications
What about Clack?
Besides her normal doodling, Clack kept herself entertained with pennies. She put them in the cup & took them out.
Our imagination is powerful. Click doesn't watch TV Monday - Thursday, so there's lots of time for his creative juices to flow. Here are three things that stood out today:
1. He's reading a book about the planets. He was playing with a blue ball and the screw on portion of a mason jar. He puts the ball into the jar top and a mental light clicks on, "hey, this is Jupiter" then he looks at his solar system chart and says, "no, it's blue so it has to be Uranus" (which also has a ring).
2. During his free time I encouraged him to look through one the the resources we just received (history & science encyclopedias). He chose the Kingfisher Encyclopedia of World History. He finds a picture of a prehistoric rhino & finds the matching action figure in our learning box. The rhino, actually called a Uintatherium, has 6 horns. He was recently asking why his rhino had 6 horns and other rhinos don't. He found the answer today.
3. He made a fishing pole from a broom handle and shoe lace.
Today's Homeschool Schedule
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 38, meeting book, reviewed 'plus 1' math facts (0-9)
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 30b Siddhartha (aka Buddha)
Reading - Click read the last chapter of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. He also read Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina and Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel. He listened to The Trellis and the Seed by Jan Karon.
Handwriting Without Tears - lowercase 'e'
Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, Philemon - 2 Peter
Science - later in the day we began our Zoology lesson from Apologia. Chapter 1 - classifications
What about Clack?
Besides her normal doodling, Clack kept herself entertained with pennies. She put them in the cup & took them out.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Joy of Sharing
Today Click had a minor case of the 'it's MINE!' syndrome. As a way to help him understand the value and joy of sharing he had to find the word in the dictionary. He seemed to be cured after searching for the word and watching his sister parade around the house with his cape and sword. Aahhh...... another day in the life with Click and Clack!!
Today's Homeschool Schedule
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 37, meeting book, learned 'plus 1' math facts (0-9)
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 30a The Castes of Ancient India
Reading - Click read 2 chapters of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel.
Car Schooling - We continued to listen to The Rainbow People - 20 Chinese tales and fables
Homework - Doubles worksheet from Saxon Math and subtraction word problems from Modern Curriculum Press
I was made aware of a wonderful language site http://www.mangolanguages.com/. You can learn several languages free. Last night we listened to Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. Click & Clack seem to prefer Japanese. I think we'll stick with that for now.
Today's Homeschool Schedule
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 37, meeting book, learned 'plus 1' math facts (0-9)
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 30a The Castes of Ancient India
Reading - Click read 2 chapters of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel.
Car Schooling - We continued to listen to The Rainbow People - 20 Chinese tales and fables
Homework - Doubles worksheet from Saxon Math and subtraction word problems from Modern Curriculum Press
I was made aware of a wonderful language site http://www.mangolanguages.com/. You can learn several languages free. Last night we listened to Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. Click & Clack seem to prefer Japanese. I think we'll stick with that for now.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Moon Walking
This morning Clack entertained herself by walking backwards. It's not the first time, but today she walked down the entire hallway backwards. My little moon walker.... watch out Michael Jackson!
Click's Day
Last night I determined that we would take today off too. That was until my husband informed me that Click was asking if tomorrow was Monday and if he'd get to have school. My husband, not yet knowing my plan, replied 'yes' and sent the eager Click to bed. Since I don't have a substitute teacher, I prepared my mind for school.
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - meeting book, reviewed doubles (1-9), reviewed tens & ones columns in Modern Curriculum Press
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 32 The Aryans of India
Reading - I read 5 chapters of Insects Do The Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow. This covered dragonflies, the walking stick, ants, and ladybugs. I also read 3 Middle Eastern tales from Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Davies.
Click read Iris and Walter - The Sleepover by Elissa Hadden Guest and 2 chapters of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. He also read One Giant Splash by Michael Dahl to his sister, Clack.
Free Time - Click painted using water colors today. He listened to The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars and The Trellis and the Seed by Jan Karon.
Nighttime Reading - I read the first 2 chapters of The Monitor - The Iron Warship That Changed the World by Gare Thompson.
Click's Day
Last night I determined that we would take today off too. That was until my husband informed me that Click was asking if tomorrow was Monday and if he'd get to have school. My husband, not yet knowing my plan, replied 'yes' and sent the eager Click to bed. Since I don't have a substitute teacher, I prepared my mind for school.
Classical Music - This week's composer is Johannes Brahms.
Saxon Math 1 - meeting book, reviewed doubles (1-9), reviewed tens & ones columns in Modern Curriculum Press
History - Story of the World 1 - Chapter 32 The Aryans of India
Reading - I read 5 chapters of Insects Do The Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow. This covered dragonflies, the walking stick, ants, and ladybugs. I also read 3 Middle Eastern tales from Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Davies.
Click read Iris and Walter - The Sleepover by Elissa Hadden Guest and 2 chapters of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. He also read One Giant Splash by Michael Dahl to his sister, Clack.
Free Time - Click painted using water colors today. He listened to The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars and The Trellis and the Seed by Jan Karon.
Nighttime Reading - I read the first 2 chapters of The Monitor - The Iron Warship That Changed the World by Gare Thompson.
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