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Angel's Blog - Homeschooling ISN'T complicated!
Reading List
Prudence and the Millers, Acts, Psalms
Our Curriculum:
Horizons Math Grade 4 and K,The Reading Lesson, Sequential Spelling, Lifepac Language Arts 4, Apologia Astronomy, Veritas Press New Testament/Greeks/Romans
Prima Latina, Contenders for the Faith and various Winters Promise books, Live Mocha Spanish, Plants Grown Up
Peter has needed some motivation on his math. He was complaining that in real life we wont need to add a list of numbers up and then make change so why does he have to do it every day on his math sheet? So I replied" What happens when you want to buy things at the store?" and he said" The register does all that for you!" So we made a play store. He lined up his items (Abigail's play food) and I made a price list for how much each cost, some play dollars and gave him a pad of paper and a pencil.We all took turns purchasing a basket of items, and he added up the totals and told us how much change we would get. When we had more than one of an item (stawberries for example), he'd have to multiply the price by how many I was buying before writing it down as well. A lot more fun than his daily worksheet!
And I have to throw in this picture of Abigail. We made cupcakes yesterday and she was enthralled watching, so she's been using one of my cupcake pans, one of my measuring cups and "making cupcakes" since then. She amazes me how adorably smart she is, and how she already tries to be just like mama. This morning the boys realized her play cupcakes fit in the tin too!
