Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna;
*Finished making her clay Viking people/trading goods
*She got to go out with her parents (and Lorelei) at night while Grammy watched her brothers-I had her keep a running total in her head of how much we were spending. This gave her practice with mental math and practice with rounding and helps give her a real life idea of how much things really cost.
*She did some drawing and made some batons she intends to sell with Q-tips (so arts/crafts)
*Silent Reading: It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons ed. by A. Buchanan
Friday, April 13, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:
*Silent Reading: The Long Winter
*Viking people made out of clay, along with supplies, weapons, trading goods. She made warriors and women and children.
*She attended a Cadette troop's meeting as part of the requirements for bridging to Cadettes herself.
*Color wonder art.
Leanna:
*Silent Reading: The Long Winter
*Viking people made out of clay, along with supplies, weapons, trading goods. She made warriors and women and children.
*She attended a Cadette troop's meeting as part of the requirements for bridging to Cadettes herself.
*Color wonder art.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:
*Made a model Viking Longship!! This was fun. And we talked a lot about why the ships were made certain ways (this was made light so they could carry the boat ashore, the head has to look scary so it would inspire fear in their enemies)
*She even went on Poptropica a bit to compare the Vikings on Poptropic with what we knew about Vikings.
*Silent Reading: Mr. Popper's Penguins again.
*We read about what the vikings made to trade and what they traded for.
*We did some blizt cleaning together and she mopped the kitchen floor and cleaned counters all on her own.
The boys played outside all afternoon and had a blast. These have been light school days because it's kind of the Easter break, but we're still doing school.
Leanna:
*Made a model Viking Longship!! This was fun. And we talked a lot about why the ships were made certain ways (this was made light so they could carry the boat ashore, the head has to look scary so it would inspire fear in their enemies)
*She even went on Poptropica a bit to compare the Vikings on Poptropic with what we knew about Vikings.
*Silent Reading: Mr. Popper's Penguins again.
*We read about what the vikings made to trade and what they traded for.
*We did some blizt cleaning together and she mopped the kitchen floor and cleaned counters all on her own.
The boys played outside all afternoon and had a blast. These have been light school days because it's kind of the Easter break, but we're still doing school.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9. 2012
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Mission US-history games
*Silent Reading- The Mystery of the Rocky Mountain by Carole Marsh and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nymh and Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual by the editors of Klutz Press.
*Discussion about table manners, eating in public, and how to be a good friend. (Inspired by the book Lifeskills for Kids by Feild) It was a good discussion too with the kids all participating.
*She crafted some popsicle houses for her and Jacob
We went to the store and to wait for Daddy to do a small estimate tonight, which cut a big chunk of time out of our day.
*Justin and Timothy and Jacob played outside all afternoon. They participated in the lifeskills discussion mentioned above. And I read Richard Scarry's Busiest Fire Fighters Ever! book, Dr. Seuss's ABC book, I Am NOT Going To Get Up Today! by Dr. Suess, Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Suess,
Over the weekend we went to an Easter Egg hunt, visited Christine, ate pizza at a restaurant, went to the grocery store, dyed Easter Eggs, had Maree' stay over overnight, celebrated Easter with Maree and Harry-and other relatives after the meal-, watched religious movies on tv, and partially cleaned the basement as a family!!
*Mission US-history games
*Silent Reading- The Mystery of the Rocky Mountain by Carole Marsh and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nymh and Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual by the editors of Klutz Press.
*Discussion about table manners, eating in public, and how to be a good friend. (Inspired by the book Lifeskills for Kids by Feild) It was a good discussion too with the kids all participating.
*She crafted some popsicle houses for her and Jacob
We went to the store and to wait for Daddy to do a small estimate tonight, which cut a big chunk of time out of our day.
*Justin and Timothy and Jacob played outside all afternoon. They participated in the lifeskills discussion mentioned above. And I read Richard Scarry's Busiest Fire Fighters Ever! book, Dr. Seuss's ABC book, I Am NOT Going To Get Up Today! by Dr. Suess, Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Suess,
Over the weekend we went to an Easter Egg hunt, visited Christine, ate pizza at a restaurant, went to the grocery store, dyed Easter Eggs, had Maree' stay over overnight, celebrated Easter with Maree and Harry-and other relatives after the meal-, watched religious movies on tv, and partially cleaned the basement as a family!!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Silent Reading: Harry Potter again
*Mission US online history game.
*Outdoor play at the playground and a walk to the bank first
*Outdoor yardwork
*Computer play on several sites
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*Silent Reading: Harry Potter again
*Mission US online history game.
*Outdoor play at the playground and a walk to the bank first
*Outdoor yardwork
*Computer play on several sites
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:
*We reviewed Viking info and talked about the lapbook we will be making. We also discussed her doing some ocean and rainforest lapbooks on her own.
*She began taking notes from a book on oceans.
*Loooong discussion on where we are with homeschooling and where we want to be.
*Silent Reading-Greek Myths
******Leanna got sick and threw up so she also stayed home from Girl Scouts*******
*Justin- We read Beatrix Potter's Jemima Puddle Duck and did two pages of questions on the story.
*Timothy-We did a small unit on how adding E to a word changes it (mad becomes made) he didn't do that great though. We watched the Electric Company's video for "Silent E is a ninja" before doing the unit. There was a review sheet too but I skipped it since I don't think he is fully understanding yet. When he gets it more, then we'll finish the review too.
Leanna:
*We reviewed Viking info and talked about the lapbook we will be making. We also discussed her doing some ocean and rainforest lapbooks on her own.
*She began taking notes from a book on oceans.
*Loooong discussion on where we are with homeschooling and where we want to be.
*Silent Reading-Greek Myths
******Leanna got sick and threw up so she also stayed home from Girl Scouts*******
*Justin- We read Beatrix Potter's Jemima Puddle Duck and did two pages of questions on the story.
*Timothy-We did a small unit on how adding E to a word changes it (mad becomes made) he didn't do that great though. We watched the Electric Company's video for "Silent E is a ninja" before doing the unit. There was a review sheet too but I skipped it since I don't think he is fully understanding yet. When he gets it more, then we'll finish the review too.
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