After our lessons yesterday we went to Plainfield R & R. Puddin met up with my friends children in the PlayWorld and I did a 'spin'. I am thankful for my 2 new friends that have invited me to work-out with them. I have to admit I would never have thought to do a spinning class. I figured it would be impossible; but I actually managed it. Of course, I didn't have the tension very high on my bike; but I did keep moving forward. After, Eric met up with us in the pool. Puddin really loved swimming around and playing with him. She always gets to play with me; so this was extra special. We all had a great time. This morning, to my surprise, only my 'seat' hurts. I figured I would be sore.
Yesterday we continued learning about the Aztecs, Incans, and Mayans. Our focus was the Mayans. We also got through some WWE, Writing With Ease, and ETC, Explode The Code, and AAS, All About Spelling. We finished The Sign of the Beaver last week and will probably start The Witch of Blackbird Pond next. She is enjoying TT, Teaching Textbooks so far. I hope we can get into some harder chapters in her math to truly see how it teaches before our 30 day trial is over. So far it is only review; and easy review at that!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
March 20, 2011
We have finished Week 6 of the IG for Core 3. I saw on the SL forum site that the names of the cores are going to be changed very soon; so 'Core 3' will soon be outdated.
We have been working our IG one week following the IG and one week to do our electives. We zoom through our IG each year; but needed extra help doing our science, LA, math, spelling, ETC, handwriting.
We enjoyed Core K, 1, and 2 without doing many "left-over's weeks". We had about 1 Left-Over Week(LOW) per every 3 or 4 weeks. Now we are alternating between the IG and Electives. We are usually still in a SL book during our LOW and will keep on reading that. This way, we can also read more historical books that go along with our time period. For example, we read "The Birchbark House" during a LOW.
We have been enjoying some audio books this last 2 weeks. First we started "The Secret Garden" in the van; and brought it inside to listen to while we worked in the kitchen making cookies for our Lighthouse Home Educators Co-op. Then when we got back in the van; we needed a new story since our current disc was inside. So, we started "Matilda" by Roald Dahl. I can't imagine how many time we have listened to this story.....many!
This week is our final all-out-effort of a week. Mon. we have a playdate/exercise date at the Plainfield Rec. Tue. we have "Aqua Athlete's" at Plainfield Rec. Wed. We have a 9 am Science -Blast-Fundamentals class at BPL. Then on Thu. I have a dentist appt AT 8 am!! Eek! that's early. Then our LHE Co-op from 9-1. Then on Fri. we have HBHE Gym class. We use to rarely have one activity a week. This week we have SIX!
Eric, Puddin, and I spent a few hours today playing Lego's. Now Eric and Puddin are planting spring seeds (spinach, I believe).
I am trying to prepare myself for this busy week!
We have been working our IG one week following the IG and one week to do our electives. We zoom through our IG each year; but needed extra help doing our science, LA, math, spelling, ETC, handwriting.
We enjoyed Core K, 1, and 2 without doing many "left-over's weeks". We had about 1 Left-Over Week(LOW) per every 3 or 4 weeks. Now we are alternating between the IG and Electives. We are usually still in a SL book during our LOW and will keep on reading that. This way, we can also read more historical books that go along with our time period. For example, we read "The Birchbark House" during a LOW.
We have been enjoying some audio books this last 2 weeks. First we started "The Secret Garden" in the van; and brought it inside to listen to while we worked in the kitchen making cookies for our Lighthouse Home Educators Co-op. Then when we got back in the van; we needed a new story since our current disc was inside. So, we started "Matilda" by Roald Dahl. I can't imagine how many time we have listened to this story.....many!
This week is our final all-out-effort of a week. Mon. we have a playdate/exercise date at the Plainfield Rec. Tue. we have "Aqua Athlete's" at Plainfield Rec. Wed. We have a 9 am Science -Blast-Fundamentals class at BPL. Then on Thu. I have a dentist appt AT 8 am!! Eek! that's early. Then our LHE Co-op from 9-1. Then on Fri. we have HBHE Gym class. We use to rarely have one activity a week. This week we have SIX!
Eric, Puddin, and I spent a few hours today playing Lego's. Now Eric and Puddin are planting spring seeds (spinach, I believe).
I am trying to prepare myself for this busy week!
March 3, 2011
We are enjoying our slow and steady pace at Core 3. Here are more pictures of our library/hs room.
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