OK.. I cant believe it but we FINALLY finished Story of the World Vol ONE.. I am so happy.. its almost unbelievable! .. It has taken sooo long for us to get through.. not because we didnt like it.. mostly because we spent WAY to much time in each section.. (like what 3 months.. in Egypt..) .. we found it all so interesting that it was always hard to move on!.. But we got through it.. and today I will order Vol TWO.. (I want to do a major review until the next book comes so we have book one .. the major parts.. in our brains :) .. BUT for now.. a BIG HURRAH!
Heres what we did today:
Catherine worked on her memory work and book work.. she said her spelling words for the next week on the tape recorder.. she said she would listen to those each night to help her remember them.. She also finished (last night) her first Encyclopedia Brown book (#6).. and we will head to the library in a few minutes to find another for her to read.. She spent a few hours reading and rereading books into the tape recorder.. reading VERY dramatic.. she's just doing it for "fun" but I just LOVE it!
Joseph is trudging through his bookwork.. although he seems to dread it.. his reading level is improving.. and he LOVES listening to our History and his favorite book "My Side of the Mountain" which I hope to finish this weekend. He has been playing on starfall a bit and REALLY wants to read some of Dads old comic books. (hes hoping Dad will get those down tonight).. he is excited about going to the library so he can play on their computer.
Nathan read about 6 poems to me from Science Verse.. its funny to hear a 5 year old read "precipitation, evaporation" etc.. he has most of those poems memorized. Nathan also did his math, and handwriting.. which he is improving at everyday.
After we read our history today I started a little biography about Helen Keller.. so far it is really good.. the kids LOVED it .. but after 45 mins of reading i had to give my voice a rest..
Yesterday I started a new system.. This past week I had the kids stop watching TV during the week.. they have to read books to earn points (minutes) for the weekend.. they will use these minutes on the weekend to play video games or watch tv.. Well yesterday. while asking the kids to clean up one of the many messes they made.. i decided to come up with a chart with "chores" but they earn minutes for completing those..
heres an example:
reading a book to yourself: time=time.. (that means each minute of reading is a minute of TV viewing)
reading a book to someone else: your time PLUS 15 minutes for reading to someone else
listening to someone read: your time PLUS 10 minutes
putting your shoes where they go (all day): 10min
making your bed: 10min
doing your bookwork: 20mins..
(you get the idea)
so far so good.. walked into the hall this morning and ALL the beds were made and not a shoe in site! (woowho!)
Well I am hoping to find a good book or two at the library :) so I guess I better get going..
blessings
r
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2 comments:
You have some great ideas that I'm going to steal.
Here is something fun we did with Helen Keller. Find a book at the library on braille or just the alphabet on-line. Let them glue mustard seeds onto a paper as braille dots to write a note to each other.
we are still in vol. 1 for the same reason...it's just way interesting. I started it over this year to review quickly and because I bought the Sonlight curriculum guide that follows the story of the world. I'm getting the books that go with sonlight at the library. Gracyn is loving her book she is reading independently to go with it.
Sounds good!
Mario the Motivator!
Love the mustard seed idea, Josha!
Keep up the good work.
Have a fun day!
m-
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