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!
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