It seems that I am better at doing bi-weekly wrap-ups than weekly ones…hmmm.
Well, last week {the one beginning 10/18} began normal enough. We were just coming off a two-week break and we were all ready to get back into a regular routine.
Monday went well…but Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday were marked down as sick days on my calendar.
This week we were all healthy, and we were able to get a lot done…
Bible Study
I think we have finally found a rhythm that works for us with our Bible study program {Bible Study Guide for All Ages}. We’ve been studying the life of Joseph…this week we read about Joseph’s brothers bowing down to him when they arrived in Egypt to buy grain during the famine.
Reading & Spelling
Dd6 is moving along in All About Spelling {this is her spelling and reading program}. This week she completed Step 10 in her Level One book. I got her new AAS reader in mail {Runt Pig}. It looks fabulous, we can’t wait to start reading it :)
Ds8 just completed lesson 7 in his Rod & Staff spelling program…I am still procrastinating about transitioning him to All About Spelling, and our Rod & Staff spelling is just so easy to implement.
I’ve also added God’s World News to his daily reading assignment…each day I choose two to three pages for him to read {in addition to his other assigned reading}. This has worked out really well so far.
Geography
We’ve been having a blast learning about India with Sonlight’s My Passport to India program. The kiddos and I are really enjoying the on-line videos. We usually watch the short video clips after lunch while we’re all still gathered around the table.
History
We’ve been reading a lot about castles and knights in our history program {Sonlight Core 2}. Our current read-aloud is Castle Diary…I’ve been reading from a small paperback copy that we received with our curriculum, but yesterday I discovered a huge hardback copy of this book at our library. This version has large, colorful illustrations that I knew my kiddos would love. Last night when I read from the paperback chapter book, ds8 and dd6 looked at the corresponding illustrations in the large hardback book.
Carrie at Live, Learn and Love Together provided a wonderful list of books about knights and castles in her wrap-up post yesterday…I requested some of the books from our library…I hope to add them into the mix next week.
I also picked up a box of Kix cereal and a bag a marshmallows so we can try our hand at making our own castle :)
Science
This week we began learning about Venus…the hottest planet {even though it’s not the closest planet to the sun}. We had fun learning about lava {Venus has lots of volcanoes} with a simple little experiment suggested in our science text {Exploring Creation with Astronomy}.
In addition to all of the book learning we’ve been doing, we’ve also had plenty of real-life learning taking place around here…sick days, apple orchard stops, doctor appointments, library visits, and much more!
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1 comments:
Sounds like a good week! Glad you're feeling better! We really enjoy BSG for All Ages too. And we LOVED Castle Diary.
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