Jan. 10, 2007
Humpty Dumpty, numbers, and Pirates
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Today was a better day. We had a family meeting and reorganized chores. I talked with the older children to re-emphasize what their course of study was, see how everyone's progression was,and made future plans. I think they are doing well. They are starting "A Midsummer Night's Dream". By the end of the month, they will be done with Grammar and the Constitution and will start Composition and Current Affairs. I want to do a family course in Chemistry over the summer. Samantha and I talked yesterday about this being her last year of homeschooling. She is seventeen, next year would be her Senior year but I think she is ready for college. So of course, we have to start thinking about the tests and filling in the gaps of her knowledge. A bit frustrating since she knows so much more about so many things than the average teenager, but her body of knowledge is not going to be represented on the tests. Just a few things. I think she will do amazingly well. She is going to read through our "Science Encyclopedia", some American History books and finish up her Geometry. I wish she had finished more math, but all in all, she is well educated, articulate and thoughtful. Thomas and Joshua did phonics today, some math exercises(I had been going easy on math lately to allow more work on reading, but I don't want them to fall behind), and we played with their anatomy model they received for Christmas. Almost could not put the darn thing back together! The liver and the stomach would not fit back tightly. Samantha of course was able to fix it. They also played chess. When I finish with this, each of them are also going to read to me from "The Cat in the Hat". It will be very easy for Thomas but I want him to practise not sounding out every word. It is right about Joshua's level though and will be good practise for him. I did read all the library books to Jessica and Sarah! Including a very cute one about pirates "Edward and the Pirates". I was pleased in finding that one because Jessica has been wanting to play pirates every day lately. She loved it. We had also checked out "The Snowy Day" but she was not ready to turn that one back in. She did a little bit of preschool math off edhelper .com After reading with Thomas and Joshua, I will play Battleship with Jessica.....good practice in recognizing letters and numbers. |
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