Here is what we did today :)
Bible- I read to the kids Gen. 42 through Gen. 45:24
The kids and I laughed as we finished our reading with this:
"And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way!"
We thought it was funny that he told them "Dont fuss with each other on your trip!"
While I was reading today the kids colored pictures from a Bible Coloring book we have. They had three pictures from this story they could color if they wanted too. I think they enjoyed that.
-One thing that strikes me when I am reading the Bible to them .. the kids ALWAYS ask me to keep reading. Is it that they really like it? or is it that they dont want to move on to math? hum? :)
For Math the kids worked in their books.. while they did this I sat in my round chair and begain work on my "Common Place book" taking down notes from The Well Educated Mind and from Pride and Prejudice. It worked out well because I was able to get a little bit of study done for myself while at the time able to answer any questions the kids had on math.
Handwriting was next.. each child worked on the letters they have going to different friends. Nate did a page in his handwriting book.
Latin: we moved on to Chapter 8 and focused on our second poster Voc. words. .. we are getting better and better :)
Memory work: States and Capitols songs, Nations of the world, we also watched the video for Elements and went over the months of the year poem.
Reading time- Aloud with mom.. we read the following books:
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter (Math Adventures)
by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan (Illustrator)
A Particular Cow (Hardcover)
by Mem Fox, Terry Denton
The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book) (Hardcover)
by Hans Christian Andersen, Jerry Pinkney
The kids helped with the reading of these.. I must say I LOVED the math adventure book.. such a great series!
We then had alone reading time.. (Joseph read with me)
Math flash card time was moved until later today.. so we did our addition facts.. the kids are really improving :) .. Then the boys went off by themselves to work together on flash-cards while I worked with Cat to see which mult. facts she was having "issues" with.. .. happy to find out.. not many. :)
Also today I had Cat start her "common place book" and explained all that I wanted her to do with it. I think she is excited about it. Basically it is a journal.. but more of an educational one than a "this is what my heart, soul feels today" .. definitely not a "dear diary" type journal. She will summarize chapters in her book as she reads them.. list the main characters and jot down any lines from the book she thinks is interesting etc.. I got this idea from the book: The Well Educated Mind.. the author explains it better than I :)
here are some funny things that happened today:
While doing math flash-cards.. Nate answered the card "8+6" the quickest.. FOURTEEN!! he shouted.. Joseph sighed.. and said.. "I AM SMMMMMMAAARRRTT!!! .. I Knew that.. I just didnt say it fast enough!" We all laughed and said.. Yes, Joseph you ARE smart!!! .. it was great!
Today it seemed every-time I turned around the kids wanted to go jump on the trampoline( "Can we go jump?" .. "Mom, can we have a break?".. "What do we have to do until we can go jump?".. I guess the sunny weather is calling them outside! (after so many days of clouds) ... Mind you.. every spare minute they had.. our breaks in between working was filled with trampoline time! .. I think.. what great memories for them!
Blessings
R
1 comment:
You have such a fun school! What a great idea to have Cat have her own common place book. I need to read TWEM! And, how sweet for a brother to get such a boost from siblings--that's what it's all about!
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