Well this week was so hetic with husband on call that I totally forgot to write on the blog. The kids did good this week so here is how the week ended.
November 6, 2014. Today was a good day for the kids for school. I showed them today's lessons and tomorrow's lessons. E did All of today lessons and one of tomorrow lessons he completed 6 subjects when only 5 were required today. W completed 5 subjects today. W did not do AAR today and so will double up on that subject tomorrow, he however did double handwriting today so that will not be done tomorrow. Although it worked for the kids it is hard and taxing on the momma.
November 7, 2014. Today was long. Kids not having a good day since they went to bed a little late. I also think they do better school at 11 vs 10. We are working on the e as in (echo) sound. I can tell this is going to take some work for they both seem to get the i (itchy) and e (echo) sound confused on the e like in bed. W is a little worse on this than E but we will get it with work. School is over and I await the weekend.
Also on another note. I'm going to say this week, the week of 11/ 9-15/14, was on and off good. I mainly chose the order of the subjects and the kids seem to do better when they chose the order. This week we had Thursday off and schooled on Saturday. Thursday was a trip to the doctor's office as a follow up to husband's blood test results. The kids did wonderfully. We made up cards for each child on what to expect at each step. 1) car to building, 2) check in, 3) wait, 4) call back, 5) dad talks to nurse, 6)wait, 7)dad and mom talk to doctor, 8)possible wait, 9)check out, and 10)building to car. At the end of each step the kids received a ticket if they did good. Oh, I had an additional 3 cards 1)smiley face, 2) ok face, 3) frown face. 3=no ticket. So they did really well they did not get a ticket for step 7 but in all fairness it was long with us talking to the doctor, however they did earn enough tickets to stay up late. I think next time they will have to earn a different privilege. I do want to say for about 2 days before the doctor's visit we went over manners and how to act at each step and what was acceptable. It Worked. YEA!
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Halloween week
October 26, 2014. So today we did not do Science or Spanish but I feel that the kids getting to play is pretty important. We did cover the main stuff-Reading and Math with a little handwriting and sign thrown in. E is amazing himself when he reads the cards off and goes through 10 of them before asking how many did I do. For math is went over even and odd. E got it. W needed a little help but in the end got it. Yesterday we did place value and W got it and E needed a little help but got it. Day by day they are learning and getting it. It is wonderful to see something click and knowing I had a part to play in that. I would not change a thing.
October 27, 2014. Today the kids did good in school. For Science we learned a little bit about Halloween, compared some gourds, and drew in our science journal. Tomorrow we will see if they float or not. AAR we played bingo and went over words-both kids at once. I have made up a new bingo game for some sounds and one for words. Math was coins and how much do I have (Pennies and Nickels). Sign language was on the computer and they learned various words like Halloween and trick or treat. Spanish both kids reviewed "Can You Can What I am". Handwriting was the letter o. I showed W and he did good. E said he knew so I did not show him and he did fine. The letters a,d,g,q,b,p, and o are all one stroke letter. We are doing Italics. School today was good.
October 28, 2014. School today for E was aweful. Everything was a struggle. The only good thing was E did 2 lessons of AAR without realizing it and no hassel. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. E completed all of school today with that extra addition. W had a decent school day and completed everything. W was done first. For science today for both children we learned about density and learned that gourds float because they are less dense than water. E learned that density was how hollow or not hollow something was.
October 29, 2014. Today I tried something new. I wrote was was todays subjects and what is tomorrows subjects. Both had a choice as to what to do and how much. What does not get done today will be done tomorrow before playtime. Both E and W chose Science first. We cut one of the gourds opened and discovered that the bottom part was hollow with lots of seed and the top part was not hollow and had no seeds. E said that the bottom was less dense than the top. E also chose to do Sign language, which was a quick review. FLL will wait until tomorrow and then there will be 2 lessons to do with it. W decided in addition to Science to do sign language, which was a quick review, and Handwriting (which was tomorrows work). So 2 lessons of AAR tomorrow and 2 lessons of FLL tomorrow. I tried to encourage get as much done today and have a free day tomorrow but no go. School today was a very good day for all involved.
October 30, 2014. Today was a good day for all involved. We did a science experiment. We made a volcano in a jar so that we could see the reaction happen. The kids showed daddy when he got home. They wanted to repeat the experiment over and over again. I'm not going to write a lot about what each kid did today but I do want to say some of the subjects like FLL for E and AAR for W was doubled up and they did fine. This pick and choose worked. Tomorrow trick or treat. Also for Friday, since I am writing this on Sunday after the fact, we did art. They painted the gourds and had a great time doing so. Next month we will do some Thanksgiving art.
October 27, 2014. Today the kids did good in school. For Science we learned a little bit about Halloween, compared some gourds, and drew in our science journal. Tomorrow we will see if they float or not. AAR we played bingo and went over words-both kids at once. I have made up a new bingo game for some sounds and one for words. Math was coins and how much do I have (Pennies and Nickels). Sign language was on the computer and they learned various words like Halloween and trick or treat. Spanish both kids reviewed "Can You Can What I am". Handwriting was the letter o. I showed W and he did good. E said he knew so I did not show him and he did fine. The letters a,d,g,q,b,p, and o are all one stroke letter. We are doing Italics. School today was good.
October 28, 2014. School today for E was aweful. Everything was a struggle. The only good thing was E did 2 lessons of AAR without realizing it and no hassel. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. E completed all of school today with that extra addition. W had a decent school day and completed everything. W was done first. For science today for both children we learned about density and learned that gourds float because they are less dense than water. E learned that density was how hollow or not hollow something was.
October 29, 2014. Today I tried something new. I wrote was was todays subjects and what is tomorrows subjects. Both had a choice as to what to do and how much. What does not get done today will be done tomorrow before playtime. Both E and W chose Science first. We cut one of the gourds opened and discovered that the bottom part was hollow with lots of seed and the top part was not hollow and had no seeds. E said that the bottom was less dense than the top. E also chose to do Sign language, which was a quick review. FLL will wait until tomorrow and then there will be 2 lessons to do with it. W decided in addition to Science to do sign language, which was a quick review, and Handwriting (which was tomorrows work). So 2 lessons of AAR tomorrow and 2 lessons of FLL tomorrow. I tried to encourage get as much done today and have a free day tomorrow but no go. School today was a very good day for all involved.
October 30, 2014. Today was a good day for all involved. We did a science experiment. We made a volcano in a jar so that we could see the reaction happen. The kids showed daddy when he got home. They wanted to repeat the experiment over and over again. I'm not going to write a lot about what each kid did today but I do want to say some of the subjects like FLL for E and AAR for W was doubled up and they did fine. This pick and choose worked. Tomorrow trick or treat. Also for Friday, since I am writing this on Sunday after the fact, we did art. They painted the gourds and had a great time doing so. Next month we will do some Thanksgiving art.
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