Saturday, August 29, 2009

Week 8

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!

2 comments:

  1. My youngest is finishing up OPG, and there were times we had to take a break too. But overall I think it is a great program, and I'm glad we stuck with it. If the alphabet thing is too boring, try doing something fun -- I love the letter of the week crafts I saw on some other weekly reviews. For my daughter we made a cute bunny out of a shoe box to feed with letters.

    Kellie (WTM forums)

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  2. We had a hard time getting through our week, too. And I totally know what you mean about the printer!! I need my checklists too. :)

    That's too bad about OPG, hopefully taking a break will work and you can come back and make a fresh start. If I hear of any other workbook-based phonics curricula I will let you know!

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