Start of a New Week..9/29

So this week school will be M-F.  Yesterday was our first day of official Handwriting.  We are using Gettysburg Italics.  The program is a little difficult to follow for level C.  So I have devised a way that I will use it.  My oldest E does not want to write.  He wants everything perfect, so we are starting with 1 letter, the letter a.  This is also the letter I started with W who is on level B.  Level B seems to be easier to follow.  All went well with Handwriting. 

We also did ALL About Reading Level 1.  Today was the first day that the kids needed to read a "chapter in book".  The book is All About Bugs and the first "chapter" was JAM!.  Although E did not want to read he finally did so.  He did pretty good.  Both E and W are still in the sounding out phase but this book will help.  The book covered y sounds and also repeated some words.  We will read the next "chapter" tomorrow.  My motto is Slow and Steady and maybe they will be an avid reader like Daddy. 

For Sign Language we went over some signs that they should know.  I plan to test them on those here soon.

For Math we use Right-Start Mathematics level B 1st edition.  The children learned about thousands, how to read, write, and recognize.  We also briefly hit on patterns but the children know all about pattern.

Now for Science.  I found a website called NeoK12.com.  They have short videos about different topics.  W chose How Dinosaurs Fed and What If Dinosaurs Hadn't Been Wiped Out.  I asked him to tell me about the second one.  He was able to tell me that Dinosaurs were wiped out by a comet but they exist on another planet.  E chose Inside The Head Of A T-Rex, Dinosauar Egg Fossils, The Smell Of Prey Dinosaurs, and Carnitorus VS Iguanadon.  I asked E to tell me about the 2nd one and he said that one dinosuar stole the other dinosuars egg.  He actually stated the names of the dinousars but I forget what those names are.