We didn't do anything this week except chapter book read alouds and "snack/story time".
Squeak is obsessed with her Legos and has been building things for hours at a time! Next, I'm going to invest in Snap Circuit sets.
Next week we are going to begin our new stuff - BJU Math, Horizons 2 and American History. We are also going to start building a tepee village for history! Squeak is very excited to get back to school and work on her new things. She told me that she is sick of "whale math" (HM 1) and that I can throw it out! LOL!!
I have also decided to detour to Noeo Chemistry I when we complete Sonlight Science K. Squeak is also excited about this too (especially when I told her it includes a molecular building kit!).
May the LORD reign in your heart this coming year!!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Weekly Report 12/20 - 12/24
"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Matthew 1:23
Just a few highlights of this light week. (When I said we were taking the week off and that we NEED to take time off, Squeak screams "NO! NEVER!!")
Squeak met her reading goal for BOOK IT and we went to Pizza Hut today to celebrate. She is getting more and more confident in her reading and I even taped her reading a book all by herself.
We made cookies and crafts this week. Read the stories in the Bible about Jesus' birth.
I printed some fun worksheets for math fact practice. We are not going to start anything in math until January 3rd. We are also starting American History at this time too. Squeak is VERY excited about American History!
Here are some pictures from the week!
Making cookies:
Crafts:
Packy making a block train and counting them in English and Spanish:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
And praise to our LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!
Just a few highlights of this light week. (When I said we were taking the week off and that we NEED to take time off, Squeak screams "NO! NEVER!!")
Squeak met her reading goal for BOOK IT and we went to Pizza Hut today to celebrate. She is getting more and more confident in her reading and I even taped her reading a book all by herself.
We made cookies and crafts this week. Read the stories in the Bible about Jesus' birth.
I printed some fun worksheets for math fact practice. We are not going to start anything in math until January 3rd. We are also starting American History at this time too. Squeak is VERY excited about American History!
Here are some pictures from the week!
Making cookies:
Crafts:
Packy making a block train and counting them in English and Spanish:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
And praise to our LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Weekly Report 12/13 - 12/17
"And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them." Luke 2:20
Bible - We took a break from reading our 101 Bible Stories today and read about Jesus' birth and painted some pictures:
We talked about how the shepherds TOLD everyone about what they had seen and that we are to tell everyone about JESUS!!
Math - Monday night, Squeak completed Horizons Math 1 and we haven't worked on math since! We are not going to begin Horizons Math 2 or BJU Math 2 until January so we have two weeks of "whatever". She can work in Singapore Math or the skipped lessons in HM 1.
Science - Today, we completed Week 26 of Sonlight Science and worked some pages in Singapore Science. We covered topics like light/color and electricity and magnets. Here Squeak is working with magnets:
Monday, we went to the science museum:
The girls were digging in the "dino dig" exhibit! And we bought Squeak a little dino digging kit and she spent about 1.5 hours trying to get her little bones dino out:
Other - The girls made some projects and we have almost completed our second read through of the Peak with Books booklist. We finished The Magic School Bus chapter book and have been reading The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling.
I discovered that Packy LOVES using a glue stick too:
Bible - We took a break from reading our 101 Bible Stories today and read about Jesus' birth and painted some pictures:
We talked about how the shepherds TOLD everyone about what they had seen and that we are to tell everyone about JESUS!!
Math - Monday night, Squeak completed Horizons Math 1 and we haven't worked on math since! We are not going to begin Horizons Math 2 or BJU Math 2 until January so we have two weeks of "whatever". She can work in Singapore Math or the skipped lessons in HM 1.
Science - Today, we completed Week 26 of Sonlight Science and worked some pages in Singapore Science. We covered topics like light/color and electricity and magnets. Here Squeak is working with magnets:
Monday, we went to the science museum:
The girls were digging in the "dino dig" exhibit! And we bought Squeak a little dino digging kit and she spent about 1.5 hours trying to get her little bones dino out:
Other - The girls made some projects and we have almost completed our second read through of the Peak with Books booklist. We finished The Magic School Bus chapter book and have been reading The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling.
I discovered that Packy LOVES using a glue stick too:
Friday, December 10, 2010
Weekly Report 12/6 - 12/10
A rather productive week...again! LOL! We will probably have another "normal" week next week then on light duty the week of the 20th. Next Monday, we are going to head to the Science Museum. Squeak has been asking to go and Daddy is going to be able to come as well.
Bible - Jesus has ascended to heaven leaving His Holy Spirit and Stephen has been martyred.
Math - I looked through the last three sections I have clipped in Horizons 1 and there is really nothing new except for addition with re-grouping. So my plan is to let Squeak work what she wants within those last three sections then introduce re-grouping. That way, we can stretch out Horizons 1 until the end of the month because I don't want to start Horizons 2 until January. So I'm just going to let her piddle through with what she wants to do then intro into re-grouping the last week of this month.
Science - Next week, we will begin Week 26 in Sonlight Science. I may have a change in plans when we complete SL K. We are probably going to detour to Noeo Chemistry I before resuming with Sonlight Science 1. Squeak is showing strong interest in Chemistry so I figured it would be fun to detour now - before we have to report. Here is Squeak pointing out a planet that has MORE gravity than Earth:
Packy - I may have another "math geek" on my hands! This past week, Packy threw 21 checkers at Squeak and counted each and every one correctly while throwing them! She has also been counting the little pictures on the flash cards that we keep in the school drawers. She also counts basically anything including the little grooves on the printer! Very cute!
Read alouds - This past week, I've been reading the Peak With Books booklist mainly. And we read a few chapters in The Magic School Bus.
Crafts - All sorts of different things: Christmas trees, snowflakes, and the girls worked on an egg carton Menorah:
Bible - Jesus has ascended to heaven leaving His Holy Spirit and Stephen has been martyred.
Math - I looked through the last three sections I have clipped in Horizons 1 and there is really nothing new except for addition with re-grouping. So my plan is to let Squeak work what she wants within those last three sections then introduce re-grouping. That way, we can stretch out Horizons 1 until the end of the month because I don't want to start Horizons 2 until January. So I'm just going to let her piddle through with what she wants to do then intro into re-grouping the last week of this month.
Science - Next week, we will begin Week 26 in Sonlight Science. I may have a change in plans when we complete SL K. We are probably going to detour to Noeo Chemistry I before resuming with Sonlight Science 1. Squeak is showing strong interest in Chemistry so I figured it would be fun to detour now - before we have to report. Here is Squeak pointing out a planet that has MORE gravity than Earth:
Packy - I may have another "math geek" on my hands! This past week, Packy threw 21 checkers at Squeak and counted each and every one correctly while throwing them! She has also been counting the little pictures on the flash cards that we keep in the school drawers. She also counts basically anything including the little grooves on the printer! Very cute!
Read alouds - This past week, I've been reading the Peak With Books booklist mainly. And we read a few chapters in The Magic School Bus.
Crafts - All sorts of different things: Christmas trees, snowflakes, and the girls worked on an egg carton Menorah:
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Weekly Report 11/29 - 12/3
Our whole family has had colds this past week - Daddy, Mommy, Squeaky and Packy. Fortunately (PTL!), nothing that caused us to bed ridden or anything. And of course, nothing got in the way of Squeak wanting to do school! LOL! I admit though, we've been slacking in reading the Magic School Bus book at night because my voice was done by the evening!
Anyhoo-
Bible - We read about how after Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples and gave them "The Great Commission".
Packy also has been praying before meals! She will fold her hands, bow her head then mumble something and look up and say "Amen! Julie's turn!" It's really cute!!
Math - Squeak worked in Horizons this past week and worked through about 35 lessons. Of course, she didn't do everything single lesson. I have been compacting Horizons 1 by paper clipping the lessons into sections of 10 lessons. She will work on a section for a day or two then move on. She has easily been working on adding 3 2-digit numbers and 2 3-digit numbers as well as graphing, fractions, measurement and money. She hasn't had any problems working with numbers in the 100's.
We will start Horizons 2 in January. And we are also going to try Bob Jones University (BJU) Math in January. I just can't "feel the love" for Singapore Math. Squeak does fine with it but I just don't feel the love for it. Perhaps that will change but I don't know.
Science - We are on Week 25 of Sonlight Science K. Squeak has been learning about energy and force.
Other - The girls have been making various crafts:
Changes for January:
-We are going to start/try BJU Math 2
-We are going to start American History using Sonlight materials and various project items I have been gathering.
Anyhoo-
Bible - We read about how after Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples and gave them "The Great Commission".
Packy also has been praying before meals! She will fold her hands, bow her head then mumble something and look up and say "Amen! Julie's turn!" It's really cute!!
Math - Squeak worked in Horizons this past week and worked through about 35 lessons. Of course, she didn't do everything single lesson. I have been compacting Horizons 1 by paper clipping the lessons into sections of 10 lessons. She will work on a section for a day or two then move on. She has easily been working on adding 3 2-digit numbers and 2 3-digit numbers as well as graphing, fractions, measurement and money. She hasn't had any problems working with numbers in the 100's.
We will start Horizons 2 in January. And we are also going to try Bob Jones University (BJU) Math in January. I just can't "feel the love" for Singapore Math. Squeak does fine with it but I just don't feel the love for it. Perhaps that will change but I don't know.
Science - We are on Week 25 of Sonlight Science K. Squeak has been learning about energy and force.
Other - The girls have been making various crafts:
Changes for January:
-We are going to start/try BJU Math 2
-We are going to start American History using Sonlight materials and various project items I have been gathering.
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