This week we worked on science and science projects everyday. We finished up N. America by learning about the Florida Everglades. The children also did a science experiment with their Dad; they learned about electric circuits, different strengths of batteries, and how if you keep adding more batteries the stronger the circuit is. Next week they are making an electric circuit with a can of cola, a penny and two pieces of tinfoil. I can't wait to watch it sounds so exciting!
We are now learning about Africa which is exciting for the kids to learn about about all the great animals there; elephants, giraffes, and lions. The Namibia desert is in South Western Africa animals that live there are very specialized to be able to survive the heat. We learned about this fascinating insect called the Fog Basking Beetle. Here is a video about this little bug.
LittleE finished her letter to Auntie Yvonne she finished it in two sittings. She dictated to me the contents then copied it out in her own printing. It's darling and we are e-mailing a copy of it to our Distributed Learning mentor. LittleE has much neater printing then I had at her age. She also loves to write notes and little letters so maybe she will become an author like her great great aunt Olive or like her grandpa Jim. Olive wrote some charming children's books.
BigH has a new pen pal a 8 year old boy from N. Carolina. He's very excited about it and has included a hockey card picture of himself in the letter. He also sent away for some ants for his ant farm which he got for Christmas.
In language lessons we've been going over our memory verses and learning more about common nouns and proper nouns for family. And working on common nouns of household items such as chair, curtain, china cabinet, table, etc.
We started to work on HOP 1 this week. we are working on Ch words: Chad, chap, chat, chin, chill, chip, chick, chop, chug, chum, Chuck, chess, and check. We also worked on Th words: thin, thick, and thud. We are still reviewing the sight words from HOP K and the initial consonant sounds from HOP 1Both BigH and LittleE worked on these this week.
BigH has moved on to Math U See lesson 11 he is learning about rounding numbers to the nearest 100 and is adding/caring over three digit numbers. Slowly he got the hang of rounding numbers to the nearest hundred I think in a few days he will master it. LittleE is still working on lesson 9 but next week should be able to move on to 10.
This week we did an artist study using Garden Of Praise art appreciation section. We learned about the American folk painter Grandma Moses she did not start painting until she was 70 years old and her paintings where selling between $8000-$10,000 by the time she was 80 yrs old; she lived to be 101 yrs. We studied several of her paintings. The children had fun pointing out all the different animals and details in the pictures. We talked about what season was depicted, what was the picture of, landscape, architecture or indoor pictures and what the people were doing in the pictures. At the end of each lesson there is an activity to choose from. Both kids decided to do the online puzzle of "A Beautiful World" they loved this activities and asked for Garden Of Praises to be saved to their favorites.
We are now learning about Africa which is exciting for the kids to learn about about all the great animals there; elephants, giraffes, and lions. The Namibia desert is in South Western Africa animals that live there are very specialized to be able to survive the heat. We learned about this fascinating insect called the Fog Basking Beetle. Here is a video about this little bug.
LittleE finished her letter to Auntie Yvonne she finished it in two sittings. She dictated to me the contents then copied it out in her own printing. It's darling and we are e-mailing a copy of it to our Distributed Learning mentor. LittleE has much neater printing then I had at her age. She also loves to write notes and little letters so maybe she will become an author like her great great aunt Olive or like her grandpa Jim. Olive wrote some charming children's books.
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| LittleE's drawing she sent a long with her letter to Auntie Yvonne. |
BigH has a new pen pal a 8 year old boy from N. Carolina. He's very excited about it and has included a hockey card picture of himself in the letter. He also sent away for some ants for his ant farm which he got for Christmas.
In language lessons we've been going over our memory verses and learning more about common nouns and proper nouns for family. And working on common nouns of household items such as chair, curtain, china cabinet, table, etc.
We started to work on HOP 1 this week. we are working on Ch words: Chad, chap, chat, chin, chill, chip, chick, chop, chug, chum, Chuck, chess, and check. We also worked on Th words: thin, thick, and thud. We are still reviewing the sight words from HOP K and the initial consonant sounds from HOP 1Both BigH and LittleE worked on these this week.
BigH has moved on to Math U See lesson 11 he is learning about rounding numbers to the nearest 100 and is adding/caring over three digit numbers. Slowly he got the hang of rounding numbers to the nearest hundred I think in a few days he will master it. LittleE is still working on lesson 9 but next week should be able to move on to 10.
This week we did an artist study using Garden Of Praise art appreciation section. We learned about the American folk painter Grandma Moses she did not start painting until she was 70 years old and her paintings where selling between $8000-$10,000 by the time she was 80 yrs old; she lived to be 101 yrs. We studied several of her paintings. The children had fun pointing out all the different animals and details in the pictures. We talked about what season was depicted, what was the picture of, landscape, architecture or indoor pictures and what the people were doing in the pictures. At the end of each lesson there is an activity to choose from. Both kids decided to do the online puzzle of "A Beautiful World" they loved this activities and asked for Garden Of Praises to be saved to their favorites.
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| Beautiful World by Grandma Moses |
“That work which is of most importance to society is the
bringing-up and instruction of the children” ~ Charlotte Mason
“That work which is of most importance to society is the
bringing-up and instruction of the children” ~ Charlotte Mason
