We had a busy week. Wednesday we left for the beach so I just let him do as much as he wanted Monday and Tuesday. He finished everything except Math and a few stories! I'm amazed the handwriting books got done, especially when I was intentionally not pushing anything.
We pulled out a new science book "What's Under the Sea?" to try to prepare for our trip to the beach. It was kind of a dry book and he didn't really get into it so we only read a couple of pages and then just talked about it more on his level. It was fun.
In the car on the way to the beach (the one we went to was about 6 hours away) the kids were all watching Blue's Clues and he pulled out his drawing board and wanted to draw all of the clues. I saw a big improvement in his artwork from before we started working on handwriting. I could tell what each picture was. That was encouraging to me.
Today's impromptu science lesson was the internal workings of the toilet as we had to replace one of ours. He was fascinated and wanted to keep flushing it ;-) It's fun to watch them learn "naturally."
This week we'll just be attempting to finish the math and reading from last week and recover from being gone. If he asks for the other books we'll do them, but otherwise we'll just attempt to have a restful week. If today is any indication... we'll need it!!
About Me
- Tina
- 30-something mother of 5 - Matthew (11/04), my twins Ashlyn and Jessica (10/06), Andrew (2/09) and Kaitlyn (5/12). I enjoy ministering on the church praise team, staying home with my cuties, and trying to keep them out of trouble!
We are currently using Sonlight Cores A and C, Readers 1 and 4, Science K and 2, Math U See Alpha and Beta and Financial Peace, Jr. We use Seeds Family Worship for our memory verses and music (and add vigorous motions to get in some exercise!)
The preschooler listens in on some of the read alouds, does lacing cards, coloring letter worksheets, various busy bags and file folder games and participates in the memory verses.
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