October 23, 2006

We read Winnie-The-Pooh this morning. Then we did stretches and water drinking. Then it was Spelling Test Time.

K had a lot of trouble with his spelling today. I knew he probably would. Not only did he have trouble spelling, but he had trouble with his dyspraxia (muscle fatigue and jerky muscle movement). I had a feeling he would have trouble with the spelling because he did not have spelling lessons on Saturday or Sunday- he has a short term memory type thing. He can not remember things like this if he goes a couple days without doing them (and for things he has been doing and practicing for awhile, he can only go a couple weeks-like for vacation- which is why we do yr round school). I wondered about the SID/Dyspraxia because I let him have a couple things with artificial colors over the weekend. (He is also having trouble with extreme oversensitivity to sounds and smells today)  So, I am considering having him doing spelling on both Saturday and Sunday as well.  Now, to decide if I should have the other two have Sat/Sun schoolwork too…. I’d hate to just tell Ki that he is the only one that is required to do spelling 7 days a week.

Ki actually did start to do pretty good on the last 3 words. If he is back to being the great speller tomorrow, then I might just let it go and just keep Mondays as more of a review day.

After that we went for a walk and found crickets on a tree. They looked like they were hibernating or something. They were squooshed into the folds of the bark. Connor plucked 4 of them off the tree and gave them to his cat. Soksey enjoyed eating them.

Then we had game time. Today we played “State the Facts”. It’s a US Geography Game. You move your piece across the states and answer questions and collect souvenir cards. Connor actually won. (I had limitations because I knew almost all the answers.)  All the boys did really well and seemed to have fun.

Next was lunch.

After lunch was some house cleaning and then Gavin’s Computer class.

Connor, Ki and I went to Boonshoft Museum while Gavin had his class. Now they are watching an old black and white film on WW2.