This week went alright. I don't know why, but by Thursday I was feeling done for the week. I think it may have had to do with the fact that I didn't have a printer to print out my plans for the week. Sad that I need that, but I think it may have helped with my motivation. I really hate when there is a box I can't check off!
READING
My daughter does not like OPGTTR. I can't say that I really do either. I want to, but I'm not sure it is going to work for us. She is much more of a worksheet girl then a listening girl. I was hoping it would improve her listening skills, but I think she is just bored. I decided on Friday to skip ahead to lesson 27 where the reading actually begins. She was a little more interested, but still resistant. I think we may be taking a little break from this and then try again in a few weeks.
MATH
This week she started counting to 20. She is doing pretty good, but will sometimes mix up numbers 14 - 16. We continued review of number 7, and did some fun games that are in the Abeka K4 numbers curriculum.
PHONICS
She started the Get Set for the Code B book on Monday and finished the first letter (P) on Friday. She loves doing this book, and I usually have to make her stop. This is why I am thinking I may need a reading program that is a little more hands on and worksheet oriented. I may give Abeka a try, since I already have the workbook (the numbers one included the LA as well). I just need to get the teachers manual.
SCIENCE
This week we continued learning about forests, and focused on the forest floor. K made a page in her notebook about hedgehogs. We looked them up in our animal encyclopedia, and read a few books from the library about hedgehogs.
ART
We didn't do anything this week. :O
SONLIGHT
We read one book a day from Sonlight P3/4, and then read books from the library and our own library. This week we only read our Monday and Tuesday books (Baby Looks from Eloise Wilkin's Stories and A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog), and of course lots of fairy books!
Hopefully, next week I will get some more of the fun stuff done. I have a new printer, so I will have a better chance!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Weeks 2 - 7
My intention was to post at least once a week about what we were doing, but life got in the way...again! Everything is starting to return to normal, so hopefully I will get myself to do a weekly summary.
School has been going great! K is learning so much, and she is really enjoying it. She told me the other day that she was a genius. Of course she is! ;)
This last week I started a new schedule, because I was having a hard time getting going in the morning. So far what we are doing now is working really well. Usually we are all up by 6:30 or 7, so we eat and hang out down stairs for awhile (ie. watch Curious George while I have coffee). At 8 we go upstairs and have calendar time. She puts the number on the calendar for the day and we count up to that number. We then sing the days of the week song, and talk about the weather. So far it has only been sunny, so that hasn't been too exciting. We then play a game or I just turn on music and let them dance around.
Reading
We are using The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. We finished lesson 15 this week, and will finish reviewing the letter sounds in the next couple of weeks. Once we reach lesson 27, she will start putting the sounds together and actually reading! Once she is reading, we will use BOB and Hooked on Phonics books for practice. (about 10 minutes)
Math
We are using Abeka K4 Numbers curriculum. So far it has just been review for her, but she loves it. Every week or so you learn about a new number, and we just got to number 7. There are a lot of hands on activities along with the workbook. It's definitely more work for me then some other programs would be, but I feel like she will be very prepared for arithmetic after going through this curriculum. We will probably finish it before the year is over, so we will start Singapore Math at that point. (10-15 minutes)
Well, I have run out of time (baby is awake), so I will summarize phonics, science, art, and Sonlight in my next post. Ok, it may take more than one!
School has been going great! K is learning so much, and she is really enjoying it. She told me the other day that she was a genius. Of course she is! ;)
This last week I started a new schedule, because I was having a hard time getting going in the morning. So far what we are doing now is working really well. Usually we are all up by 6:30 or 7, so we eat and hang out down stairs for awhile (ie. watch Curious George while I have coffee). At 8 we go upstairs and have calendar time. She puts the number on the calendar for the day and we count up to that number. We then sing the days of the week song, and talk about the weather. So far it has only been sunny, so that hasn't been too exciting. We then play a game or I just turn on music and let them dance around.
Reading
We are using The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. We finished lesson 15 this week, and will finish reviewing the letter sounds in the next couple of weeks. Once we reach lesson 27, she will start putting the sounds together and actually reading! Once she is reading, we will use BOB and Hooked on Phonics books for practice. (about 10 minutes)
Math
We are using Abeka K4 Numbers curriculum. So far it has just been review for her, but she loves it. Every week or so you learn about a new number, and we just got to number 7. There are a lot of hands on activities along with the workbook. It's definitely more work for me then some other programs would be, but I feel like she will be very prepared for arithmetic after going through this curriculum. We will probably finish it before the year is over, so we will start Singapore Math at that point. (10-15 minutes)
Well, I have run out of time (baby is awake), so I will summarize phonics, science, art, and Sonlight in my next post. Ok, it may take more than one!
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