We started off doing journals. The kids wrote answers to the question on the board. Alyssa wants to learn about weather and Casten wants to learn about numbers. Maizie said she wanted to learn about Scooby Doo :)
Next we did our weather chart. Casten guessed the number closest to the one I picked so he gets to be weather man this week :)
I think I need a new weather wheel or replace the brad in this one. The arrows won't stay in place!
Next we went on to Casten's computer time and Lyssi's Math time.
Then we switched. Casten did workbooks and Lys went to the computer. I need to remember to hook up the headphones tomorrow. It was a little distracting!
We did some reading with Lyssi. I'm so impressed with how well she reads! I'm pretty confident I'm going to have to get her some 2nd grade readers soon! I'm also sure Casten is going to moving on to 1st grade readers too and probably 1st grade math. He LOVES math! It'll be nice if I can teach math at the same time!
Maizie didn't cooperate too well today. I know it will be hit or miss with her. No need to do anything formal. Just some one on one mommy time :) She had a rough morning though. She's still in her jammies now!
Casten actually smiling nicely for a picture!!!!
Notice her funny smile? Her front tooth is SO loose and she won't let anyone take it out! It's super crooked and sticking out! Her adult tooth is almost half way in behind it!!!! I don't think we'll ever have a toothless smile with her, so far she's had her adult teeth in before she's lost her baby teeth!
Our Princess :)
Here is a picture of our bulletin board wall. Both Alyssa and Casten will get their Words to Remember put on there. Along with any special projects they want to show or certificates they earn!
We'll be teaching Lyssi cursive this year. I think it will help with her problem of not making her letters correctly. She makes a lot of her letters backwards. They look right but she makes the the opposite way. Like an A She goes \ then / and then - It's already helping her printing!
Science we will be doing unit studies on non-living items, life cycles, and space. Some things we'll cover is the different forms of water (gas, liquid, solid), experimenting with light, we'll do some studying of plant life, animal habitats, life cycle of frogs and/or butterflies (Lyssi did Butterflies last year, but they would be fun to do in the spring!). We'll also be studying the planets, and stars, learning some constellations, and about the moon.
Social Studies we'll be learning how everyone needs food, clothing and shelter. We'll discuss different cultures and how they meet these needs. This will coincide with our geography lessons. We'll be learning to find where we live on the map, to recognize the 7 continents, how to read a map and follow directions using a compass.
For history Jay and I decided to begin with Early America. We'll learn about Native Americans, on to Columbus and on to Colonial America. Alyssa has a lot of interest in Colonial America because we have the Felicity dolll from American Girl.
So that's it in a nutshell! They'll be getting music lessons, art, science and PE at our homeschool co-op. It meets every Friday from 12:30-4.
The rest of this week we'll continue reviewing what we already know and next week start with new lessons :)
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