Math: All the kids do work in their math books then we head to the living room for flash card work. The kids compete against each other to see who can get the most cards. We do Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication. The kids LOVE doing it!
Bible: Each day we start off our day (around 9am) with 30 or 40 mins of Bible reading. I am reading to them from
The Daily Bible.. The kids have really enjoyed it. Today we read of Isaac, the death of Abraham etc.. Latin: For Latin I made two posters of all the chants and vocabulary we are to remember. I have recorded the chants and vocabulary off the video and put in on cassett tape. We sit in the floor and sing/chant along with the recording. This week our goal it to have up to chapter 6 in our brains :) Next week we will move on to chapter seven :) Its nice to have it all on a poster so we can sit around it and read along with it as we sing. I think Latin is getting into my head because last night I went to sleep singing "-o, -st, -t, -mus, -tis, -ant" .. funny.
Reading: Joseph is making great progress in his reading! Today he read 309 words from his Magic Tree house book.. almost a complete chapter! He was soooo happy! I am so proud of him since his reading is a struggle because of his eye muscle problem! GO! Joseph GO!
Nathan reads quietly to himself while I read with Joseph. When it is Nathans turn he read I let him choose the book. This week and last he has been picking a 2nd grade Science Text book from Abeka that Aunt Jana gave us. Today he read to me the chapter about muscles.
Catherine is reading "Tuck Everlasting" and is liking it so far.. she is on chapter 5.
Handwriting: The boys practice their handwriting in their books while Cat writes letters .. Today she wrote one to Carroll.. (I will mail it tomorrow after she corrects some spelling and does a bit of artwork on it :)
History: We are in Middle Ages and last week learned about the Hogia Sophia here is a link to a picture if you are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aya_sofya.jpg
Today we learned about MLK Jr. I found this video on YOUTUBE and the kids watched almost all of his "I have a dream" speech. Before we watched it I had the kids look him up in the Encyclopedia and read about him. We also talked about the definition of the word CIVIL and what a "civil war" is and what the word "civil rights" mean.
Here is the link to the video of his speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk&eurl=
Memory time: We will go over our states and capitols song, nations of the world song (which we are learning just the first section, the Presidents song, and the Days in a Month poem. We will also do the Books of the Bible and others.
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I guess that is all for today.. With the cold weather here the kids want to go on another "Ice Adventure" in the backyard.. so after memory time they will do that. They are missing being able to jump on the trampoline so this morning they did jumping jacks, pickin cotton, and toe touches instead :)
What a fun day!
blessings
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