Bible - We covered the first 5 days of Creation in BJU Bible Truths. Squeak also has been painting in a "Creation Book" that I made. I took pages from our large sketch book, folded them in half and hole punched them. I used some string to tie it all together and labeled each day and what God created. Squeak paints out each day as to what she thinks it all looks like! Very cute!
Math - Math is exactly why I don't lesson plan. What I thought was going to take about a week, took less than 2 minutes. I explained what addition with re-grouping was and set up a problem and Squeak completed it rather effortlessly. We went through it again the next night (just to be sure) and she was already saying she knew what to do and was bored!
Next week, we go back into Singapore Math. I just received my backorder textbook for 2a. I regret not continuing 2a last spring because the material looks really easy. I decided to just work in the textbook and not use the workbook unless it's needed. Squeak informed me that I burned her out with workbook work in SM 1b because it was too much repetition. I just get worried about retention so I have her complete pages in the workbook. For 2a, we'll just sip through the textbook and stop and use the workbook if needed. I won't be "OCD" about completing workbook pages with this book.
Science - We are reading a book about Marie Curie and her radium discovery. Not doing much with it, just reading through it.
Phonics - Squeak is continuing with BJU English and using JumpStart and had been reading a loud to me. We are working towards our Applebee's Bookworm goal and will begin Pizza Hut BOOK IT! when the materials arrive.
Handwriting - Squeak has been working more with writing and I've been using a generic workbook for letter practice right now.
Art - Squeak has been doing A LOT of painting. I also just ordered and received the summer curriculum from Carol's Affordable Curriculum. I bought it for two students - Squeak and Packy. It's pretty much 36 fairly easy crafts to complete, 3 per week. Originally I had just Packy in mind for this but I knew Squeak would want to join in. We start next week and the theme is "dairy" so they are making cow puppets, coloring a cow page and maze then working on a sheet with stickers.
Packy is gluing
Squeak is reading
Hi there. I have a pretty advanced math learner that hates repetition and writing. Have you looked into "math for a gifted student" books to complement your curriculum? They might work out better than usual math worksheet-based books, since they usually require using more high-order reasoning skills before bringing a problem to a math sentence.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful that your daughter does so well with math.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great week. I love the pictures of the girls!
Ha! We had the same math experience! Glad I'm nt the only one. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way with workbooks which is why we don't do them often! I did find a way for our daughter to complete the pages she did not want to do...I just timed her and she loved the challenge! I wish I wasn't so OCD...
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