Mae has been counting all the way to 115, counts backwards from 100, by 2s, 5s, 10s with a 100s numbers with the chart. She can also count by 2s to 18 without looking at the chart. She can also count by 5s to 30 without looking at the chart. She can count by 10s to 100 without looking at the chart.
In MUS Alpha she is up to lesson 13 c working on shapes, adding single digits. Mae is doing much better this year and enjoys using the manipulatives.
Henry
Can count by 2s to 20, can count by 5s to 100, and can count by 10s to 200. In MUS Beta Lesson 16F. Working on perimeter measurements, word problems (we read them to him) and is working on reading out # in 100 000 range.
Hen & Mae
Calendar
Calender has been completed up to November 15th. In October they kept charts whether it was a shirt, sweater or coat day, and in November we are keeping track dew, frost or dry
Language Arts
Henry has been working on HOP orange work book he's up to page 41 and has been working on initial consonant sounds fl,gl. He has also been reading We Explore from Christian Light primer series book 2. He's on page 7. And has finished reading the primer one in that series. Henry has been getting better and better with his reading and confidence.
Mae has also been working in HOP orange work book up to page 44/45 initial consonant sounds cl & bl. She has also been reading Cat in the Hat. Both the children have also been reading the Sword & The Stone Hello reader level 2.
They have also been reviewing sight words previously done as well as initial consonant sounds. ch, tr, th, qu, sh, dr, wh, pr, cr, sm, br, sn, fr, sp, gr, sl, pl, sc, bl, sk, cl, sw, gl, st, and fl.
First Language Lessons up to lesson 53 pronouns and action verbs both children are doing very well with this program. The children have been making lists of all the new pronouns they are learning: I, me, mine, my, you, your, yours, he, she, him, he, it, his, hers, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs. They have also been keeping list of action verbs: jumps, skip, run, play and swim.
Mae has been showing a lot of interest in free writing and gets a bit frustrated when I can’t read something she’s written. I’m very encouraging and give her lots of hugs and tell her how great she is doing because she is showing a lot initiative by writing these little stories. Henry too has been copying pictures and writing out of comics he’s really been enjoying Stone Rabbit. This is great because he’s also doing this on his own free will! And enjoying it.
For read alouds we have been going between to books Bambi and Wind and the Willows both chapter books.
Evamae is working on her cursive writing and Henry is doing excellent in HWT cursive writing and is on page 22.
Yesterday the kids went to Windsor House for a visit and got to take part in a simulation game. A gold rush that takes place in 1858 in Yale. The school gym is transformed into store fronts from that time period. The kids even got to go gold panning. Along the creek near the school the children have made claims. They have spray painted rocks gold that the kids can find and exchange for cash.
Hen has been having a lot of fun with his Wolf Cub groups they went camping up on Mt Seymour learned about fire safety and cooking on a oil stove. He’s also been doing well in swimming lessons and was moved up to level 2.
Mae loves brownies and does a lot of arts n crafts there. She is also doing well in her swimming lessons.
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