Note to self:

A new puppy throws the best laid plans to the winds. Housebreaking + homeschooling= this should be interesting!

Daily Report

We skipped Miquon today to instead work more on Singapore. Lesson 15 is now 1/2 way done. We could have done it all today but I'd rather give it a little more time to sink in.
Spelling Workout- we did the first part of Lesson 6. Sweet Pea has her first 6 spelling words! Let's hope that this goes well.
Writing With Ease- day 3 of week 3 done. Story this time was about Rumpelstiltskin.
History and science tomorrow or this afternoon? We'll see.

Daily report

Today we finished Spelling Workout Lesson 5.
We did First Language Lessons lesson (that looks weird) 7.
We finished Singapore Lesson 15- Sweet Pea was very excited to color in the areas- coloring lessons are her favorite.
We did Writing With Ease Week three day 2.
The gist of all this is we were behind after our trip last week and Labor day, but we are now caught up!
I'm planning extra science and history this week or weekend to get caught up there as well.
I'm so happy with how this year has begun and I can't wait to go through all my plans with my darlings!

Art work!

This is the inside of Sweet Pea's mouth. Or so she says.



Our new car.


I saw this and pointed out that it's inaccurate as a clock- and Sweet Pea informed me that's how clocks in Strawberry Land look. Backwards numbers and all. I stand corrected.


I just liked this one.

Labor day

Will be a normal school day for us. Dad has to work, so we'll make up for some of the missed time last week.
Fun!
I have a bunch of new drawings from Sweet Pea that I will post, probably tomorrow.

Curricula review time!

Now that we're getting a feel for what we're using, how it fits, and what we like.

For Math: we're continuing with our tangrams- still a win! Singapore- still a win. Miquon- Sweet Pea is enjoying this a little less right now, although I'm not sure why. Some of it the way that they are introducing addition- sliding the blocks and then sliding numbers. We'll see.
For Reading: I have to admit that we are in a McGuffey slump. We are doing the Ordinary Parent's Guide regularly, and while I can't say that Sweet Pea really LIKES it, it's short and effective. We are not using Hooked on Phonics any longer, unless I feel like Sweet Pea needs reinforcing or if she wants to read one of the stories.
For Language Arts: I like Spelling Power. It's pretty independent and so far all review. Sweet Pea enjoys it and is working steadily. Writing With Ease- this one is tougher. I like it, and I like it a lot. Sweet Pea on the other hand does not enjoy it quite so much, mostly because it's work. It's probably one of the more academically challenging things she's doing right now. We will continue to do it, and be grateful that it's short. First Language Lessons is a much bigger hit, on all sides.
For History: Story of the World is a hit. The activity guide is a bigger hit. I'm not sure how much is being retained- and that's the big benefit is the history rotation. There's no pressure to pund all the finer points of ancient history into my little one's head- it's just an introduction.
Latin and all others: I must confess that we are not yet doing any extras. So far we are doing our core, and regularly. Once we're more settled we'll add in the electives.

Week 2

Week 2 is going very well.
We are on Lesson 2 of Writing with Ease, Lesson 14 of Singapore 2A (Earlybird), Lesson 95 of the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, and lesson 4 in Spelling Workout. Today we began the first chapter in Story of the world- we learned about nomads.
Tomorrow we are going on a field trip all the way down to the Twin Cities, so we may do some car-schooling.
I'll try to post some pics of Sweet Pea's work later!