Poetry week

We did very light school last week (read a few poems), so this week is all about getting us back into our routine. We didn't get the next book from the library yet (should be in very soon), so we're focusing on poetry again to follow the theme after Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

Today, we read more poems from my favorite poetry book. We re-read some of Jimmy's favorites from last week as well as some new ones. The boys liked the different rhythms & rhyming of the different poetry structures.

After the poetry, which I read while the boys ate their lunch, we re-read the Bible verse story for the letter P. We read it early last week, but I didn't reinforce it over the week. I decided to start anew with our work on the letter P. We re-read the story, which Jimmy seemed to understand much better this time (even though he understood quite a lot last week; it seemed to sink even deeper this week). We reviewed the actual memory verse 3 times, but I haven't yet tested Jimmy to see if he has any of it memorized yet. No handwriting, either - both of those things will start tomorrow.

Next, we did math. We updated our workbook calendar. We hadn't done calendar work in a few weeks, but Jimmy remembered everything very well. For the formal lesson, we worked with dimes. Jimmy told me the name of the coin and how much it was worth. Then we counted by tens to one hundred (which Jimmy reminded me could also be one dollar if we were counting money). I gave him 5 dimes & he counted them - 10 cents, 20 cents, 30 cents, 40 cents, and 50 cents. I asked him to show me 10 cents (1 dime), 20 cents (2 dimes), 30 cents, 40 cents, 50 cents, and 60 cents (trick question, since he didn't have 6 dimes... but he figured it out right away).

As a bonus today, Jimmy & Randy practiced tying shoes. Randy sat on the ottoman with Jimmy in his lap. Jimmy sat on Randy's lap with Elmo in his lap. It was really cute... Randy showed Jimmy how to tie Elmo's shoe & Jimmy practiced (with a LOT of help). Jimmy got Elmo's shoe tied once, but he is having some trouble realizing that he needs a lot more practice. LOL!