Draw, Write, Now! Books 1, 2, 3
We haven’t looked at this for a few weeks now. They are more interested in coloring with M at this point and learning about what she is learning about.
ACSI Mathematics 1 & 2
CJ’s new book is still not here. K is on Chapter 5 right now, I think.
Canada, My Country
I looked through this book and I love it! I bought some of the recommended titles – books on Canada – and am waiting for those to come in. I think this may be something we’ll work on after baby arrives.
Haven’t played this in a long time. Maybe when we start the above unit and when my parents come to visit. (That’s when they played it the most before.)
Haven’t played since my last update.
The girls are still loving to get the mail! And they love sending it too. We are running into issues with them wanting to print their own letters, but they have so much to say to their new friends and so little patience to get the words on the paper. I’ll probably help more by having them dictate to me and drawing pictures and such. We are still using cool pens and stickers from the dollar store. And a few other treats – including post cards of Canada.
Various Unit Studies
We never did get back to the Bee Unit. But have moved on to a couple of other things. We learned about the 10 Commandments and have started a lapbook about the Beatitudes. It seems to be going over well.
Lapbooking
Copywork, as needed (using penpal letters for most of their writing stuff)
Internet and computer programs / games
We are slowly introducing this back into our schooling. One way I’ve got them back into this is visits to the library and having them use the computers there. The desks are clear – no extra papers. They get earphones so it’s quiet. And doing so keeps the older girls busy while M and W are in their library class.
UB David + I’ll B Jonathan (Mailbox Club type program)
We have a couple little sheets waiting for us to do. Maybe in the next day or two.
BOB Books for learning to read
I printed off the list for Grade One and posted it, but that’s as far as it got. Because they don’t seem to be interested in printing or anything, I’m not pushing these things. Soon they’ll just pick it up and run with it.
How To Teach Science
They are asking to learn more about the periodic table again. We only ever did Hydrogen but we’ll get into that too. I found a new cool site with YouTube videos that explain the elements in greater detail. I can’t wait to get into them. They look very well done.
Come Sit By Me
This is mainly for the younger ones but K likes to listen to a story too. I don’t know that I’ll do all or any of the activities but it gives us a good list of books to check out and read and talk about.
I’ve found another way to introduce new books and new content into our home. We are using the Prepatory Program from Letter of the Week. Every week has a new theme and new books and new letters, numbers, shapes/colors, poems, songs. It’s fun for them. We’ve really modified it though as I was having trouble keeping caught up with the planning. Right now I order the recommended books and read them when they come in. I print off sheets to do with the theme and letters etc each week and they color and cut and paste those. I make sure we read the poem or get a book from the library with that poem in it.
Also we are working on the holidays as they come up. Just recently was Thanksgiving. Halloween is coming up and also we have a couple birthdays so I’ll see about books for that too!
