Home Schooling Summary for the Last 2 Weeks

First major activity of the last 2 weeks: Playing with the new ribbon baton that big sis A got from her friends party.

We continue to follow our schedule (flexibly):

Monday - Reading and Math

Tuesday - Science class with friends and Drawing class for daughter A.

Wednesday - Reading and Math

Thursday - History and Gymnastics

Friday - Reading and Math

 

We are using The Great Big Book of Fun Phonics Activities most days for reading. Daughter A likes the games and is working on consonant blends. I photocopy a few pages at a time and then when they are done we add them to her portfolio. She has also been doing dictation (short vowel word lists) from the Phonics Pathways book. That allows her to practice her writing and spelling. 

For history class we continue to study Native Americans. Last week we used the book If You Lived With the Sioux Indians and practiced harvesting like the Native American Indian women. 

We had a great class at our local nature center on animal noises. It included a campfire and roasting marshmallows. I forgot to bring my camera so these are "after" pics of the campfire craft that they made there. 

 Little brother S is deliciously cute. I am so glad that his Button Lover sweater still fits too.

He took his first steps a few days ago and here is what he has been practicing this week - Ride 'em cowboy! He is getting into everything and climbing up the furniture now.