OUR WEEK IN REVIEW ::: SEPTEMBER 7-10

Spelling- We are still plugging along with All About Spelling. I can't help but mention it because it has changed our school day! I am usually suspicious of someone who claims to have "built a better mouse trap"- most of the time, the old one did the job.  But, this program works for us in a way that no other program has. Part of it is that all I have to do is get out my card box, open my book, and go! This program is teacher intensive, but all the brain work is done for me. Plus, it works for my boys!! :)

James loves his reader that goes with AAS.

FIAR-  Because it is a short week, we did not begin another FIAR book. We finished the few lessons in Wee Gillis that we did not complete last week- this book is pretty light (not too many lessons), so we did all the lessons under all of the subjects. That does not happen all that often.
                      
Calendar Time-  We usually keep those calendars that arrive in the mail to cut up for school projects, but I decided to have each of the boys choose one for himself. We are using them to learn about the calendar- yes, my boys read ours on the wall and have done "calendar" lessons in their math books, but this is a bit more hands on.

We looked at this month:
-what number do we use for this month?
-what is the writing in each box for?
(holidays, moon phases, change of season from summer to fall)
-highlight all the information given on this month's calendar page
-what are our special days this month?
-how days until___?

Each of the boys is keeping his calendar in one of his boxes- I hope to pick it up and work with it a few times a week.


Up For A Challenge- I love these challenges posted at Delightful Learning. The boys love them too! A funny thing- I have put this challenge together 3 times already!! Each time, the boys came along and took the materials to make something else. Exasperated, I told them to please ask me before taking... I realized, as I put this challenge together for the 4th time, that I should have smiled, said good job, and taken pictures!!  I did, however, hide the materials box on the tippety top shelf this time to be sure that we were ready to go. (pics of challenge to come :)) Our previous "challenges" are here.

The challenge ready to go!

Geography Class- For a long time, I have wanted to teach Rea Berg's Geography- A Literature Approach in a group setting. I finally found some victims- or students- depending on how you look at it. ;) Some dear friends joined us today for our first day of this study and I am super excited that we finally really started!

I have to confess to being a bit out of my element- I was surprised how much juggling it took to work with 9 kids all on the same project at the same time. I feel confident that next session will be smooth sailing! Fortunately, the students were models of patience!

Map from "Paddle-to-the-Sea" by Michelle (circa 1996)
James and Ky drawing their own "Paddle-to-the-Sea"
This post is linked to the "Weekly Wrap Up" at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    We are huge fans of All About Spelling, too. Well, maybe not my kids so much -- it *is* schoolwork, after all -- but I love it.

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