Weekly Report #12 (11/16-11/20)

Bible- Even though we incorporate the Bible into our daily lives, we didn't do anything in "school" this week. I am not crazy about the progression of the Horizons PreK Bible lessons for some reason. I've been praying about what to do and I think I know what we are going to do in future. Now I just need to find some resources. Right now, I rather learn a Bible story then make a project/craft about the story.

Math- We were suppose to finish subtraction today but I ended it early. Wednesday night, Squeak worked 2 or 3 problems pretty much on her own: she read the subtraction sentence then counted the little pictures above it and crossed out the ones "taken away" then counted the remainder. Then she calculated 6-6= in her head and that's when I figured she is good for now! She is also demonstrating an understanding of addition and subtraction during the day - today, we played "hide the animals"...I hide 5 animals and she finds them. So she was looking and found 2 and I asked "since I hid 5 and you found 2, how many are left to find?" After a couple seconds of thought, Squeak said "3". See, this is a nice relief because I never realized the burden placed on the parent's shoulders who are home educating. You don't think about it because in regular school, someone else is teaching your kids and the responsibility is on their shoulders! Yeah, she's young...yada, yada but it's still nice to know the stuff I'm teaching her is clicking!

After Thanksgiving break, we are going to start Unit 17 in Singapore EB B (counting to 30) then go back to the combined addition and subtraction unit (16). Counting to 30 isn't a NEW concept for Squeak but seeing what the quantity of 30 looks like will be new.

Moving Beyond the Page - Squeak made a Woolly Bear Caterpillar for her forest habitat. Those are the little orange and black guys you see during the fall! We also talked about all the other animals and plants we can find in the woods.

Literature Pockets - Friday, Squeak completed a "Little Miss Muffet" Literature Pocket. Then we acted out the nursery rhyme a couple of times. She enjoyed bouncing the little spider she made around. If they had BIBLE Literature Pockets, I would be thrilled!!

Squeak also worked on readingeggs.com and starfall.com this week but she goes on those sites outside of "school" time.

So next week Squeak is off from official school. I'll still have projects for her when she wants to do one.