This week went really well. Still more flexibility, which was pretty nice. We finally got our history timeline on the wall. I put the post-it notes of the key events from last week's & this week's planned lessons on our timeline & we read stories about each of the events. The boys loved it! We still have a few more stories to read before we're completely caught up, but I am very happy with our progress.
Jimmy begged me to read more from the "atom book" (aka Chemistry). He really loves it! We read this week's chapter while the boys took their bath. We didn't do the experiment yet. Again, flexibility. The experiment should be a lot of fun - making "molecules" using marshmellows & toothpicks. =)
We did the catechism lesson (aka the story around a few of the catechism Q&A's) at bedtime Monday night. Beginning around Thursday afternoon, Jimmy has been asking for another catechism story. Guess he likes this, too!
For handwriting, Jimmy is working with his math handwriting sheets (the optional work from Saxon Math K - handwriting practice for numbers plus a short & easy activity like "color two pennies" that has the side benefit of teaching him to read directions). This week, I added copywork - copying some of his easy early readers into his kindergarten-lined notebook. He copied all of the book "I See" and several lines from one of his Berenstein Bear books. He liked both activities a lot, but copying an entire book seemed like a little too much for the hyper little guy to sit through.
We added a German review to the lesson plan, a la BBC's Muzzy. Watching an educational movie is a great way to do school in the summer, isn't it?
This week, the boys & I are at our church's VBS (vacation Bible school). We might catch up on some of the unfinished school stuff from this week, but I think we'll mostly just veg. VBS week is always a little rough on this mama, since I'm also teaching one of the classes.
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