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Oct. 10, 2008

The Three P's

Posted in Around the Home

Pencil grip,

Paper position, and

Posture.

This is all new to my Kindergartener!

I was able to pick up this little table at a garage sale, to help us out!

(p.s. It's a Pottery Barn set that I scored for $10.00!

I just applied some Minwax Polyshades to it!)

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Oct. 8, 2008

Artist...

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Study?Artist Fun!

2 to 3 days a week 15-20 minutes.

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Oct. 6, 2008

Family Movies

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Shop Around the Corner.I like anything with Jimmy Stewart!You've Got Mail was a remake based on this original move.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.We all agree that this could have been a better movie. The last 20 minutes has time passing very quickly with nothing much happening, and without the Ghost of Capt. Daniel Gregg until the very ending!

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Oct. 2, 2008

Twins?

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Only two years apart! (ha!ha!)

Meet Miss who has read most everywhere, from Beach Shore to Library Square. But Mister who has only read... after dark and in his bed.One reads fiction and the other non fiction.(I'm a non fiction reader myself.)But, I would like Mister to read more books with stories from cover to cover.Miss is here to help!She picked up my book by the Bluedorns...

and picked out...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 The Bad Beginning

They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike.and NOW they even read alike!Thanks Miss!

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Oct. 1, 2008

Poetry

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WHO?This month our poet is William WordsworthWHAT?We read his biography and his poems from the Poetry for Young People series.WHERE?At the table together.WHEN?It gets squeezed in, right at break time.WHY?First for enjoyment.For appreciation of the language and vocabulary.For an insight of what the poet is saying to us.To provoke thought.

HOW?Simply read!I don't use poetry to study and analyze.I present it to the kids and I'll ask them what they thought of it.Sometimes I get a quick answer and other times a short discussion.Do we memorize?A bit.Usually one poem for the month.Just enough to make it enjoyable!

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Sep. 28, 2008

Family Movie

Posted in Family Movies

Fun to watch! Based on the 1963 movie.Flipper - The Original Series: Season One

Here's a pretty indepth reveiw.I like what they say here: A widower (a handy plot device, because a 1964 TV mother would never allow the boys to do some of the things they do here.)yep...these boys have a pretty cool life!

Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn!I loved the 'escape from the galley' scene.Also some great sword fighting to be seen!

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Sep. 28, 2008

Bible

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We've made a change with our Bible time.I ordered The Golden Children’s Bible and Christian Studies Bible Course from Memoria Press.This Bible is beautifully written with King James text and has lovely pictures.Here's how we use it:One Lesson a week.Mon. Read aloud from the BibleTue. Read aloud from the Bible and read Facts to KnowWed. Read Memory Verse and answer questions togetherThur. Answer aloud and write Comprehensive QuestionsFri. Vocabulary, Memory Verse, Map.We do all of this together and aloud. I want our Bible time to be an enjoyable time...And it is!

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