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I have movedMeet me over at www.mlpinky.blogspot.com *** Mini Offices ***This week I learned something new and exciting at the HIVE! (The Well-Trained Mind Forum) Someone mentioned "mini offices" so I googled it to investigate further. Squidoo has an excellent resource on how to make your own mini office. http://www.squidoo.com/miniofficeMy three youngest (dd10, ds9, ds6) work on their language and math lessons in the kitchen with me. This had always caused problems with distractions, comments on siblings work, impatience, etc. Even with two tables set up in the kitchen I would have to send two dc to play while I worked with the other. Sadly, this dragged out our school day. Now with the help of three mini offices each child has their own personal, private space. Hoorah!!! I went to the dollar store and bought science fair project boards for $4. I cut them in half to make a large mini office. Then I added lists, maps, and pictures. I made smaller file folder size mini offices on specific topics and for ds12 who works alone in the den. Ds6 : alphabet in upper case and lower case phonic chart from ACE Canadian coin chart map of Canada color-coded by province/territory left and right hands number line color words Ds9: calendar list of months map of Canada flag of Canada list of provinces and territories penmanship model monthly spelling words family names SOTW3 timeline number words skip counting strips Dd10: calendar list of months map of Canada list of provinces and territories penmanship model monthly spelling words names of family, friends, and pen pals SOTW3 timeline number words phonics charts (digraphs, blends, etc) Dd10: Specialized Language Mini Office blends and digraphs with picture cues .....still adding to this one :) Ds12: pronoun chart for verb conjugation parts of speech list of prepositions Greek alphabet months in French and Latin penmanship model Dewey Decimal system map of Canada with provinces and capital cities O Canada in English and French 3 levels of government 7 wonders of ancient world 5 kingdoms of living things human body systems periodic table books of Bible Romans road major wars (1600-1850) rulers of England (1600-1850) rulers of France (1600-1850) What are you listening to?artist: Fernando Ortegaalbum: This Bright Hour song: O Thou, In Whose Presence words: Joseph Swaim Beautiful and Powerful! Enjoy! O Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight, On whom in affliction I call, My comfort by day, and my song in the night, My hope, my salvation, my all. Where dost Thou, dear Shepherd, resort with Thy sheep To feed them in pastures of love? Say, why in the valley of death should I weep, Or alone in this wilderness rove? Oh why should I wander, an alien from Thee, Or cry in the desert for bread? Thy foes will rejoice when my sorrows they see, And smile at the tears I have shed. He looks, and ten thousands of angels rejoice, And myriads wait for His word; He speaks, and eternity, filled with His voice, Re-echoes the praise of the LORD. Dear Shepherd, I hear, and will follow Thy call I know the sweet sound of Thy voice. Restore and defend me, for Thou art my all, and in Thee I will ever rejoice. A Nature Field Trip...Blanding's Turtles and Explora On Wednesday, Ds12 and I traveled with my parents and five local high school students to a national park. It was a three hour drive, but well worth it. First Day of SchoolOur first day of school went well! We stuck to our schedule and the new idea of individual loop schedules worked wonderfully.Countdown to SchoolWe are in Week Nine of our ten week summer break.This summer we visited two local living history events that correlated with our history study of SOTW3. We went to various museums. The children played baseball, basketball, and swimming. The children attended DVBS and summer camp. We visited the beach, went on nature walks, and raised tadpoles into frogs (two species!) I think we had a very busy and educational summer. Now it is time to get ready for serious, classical study. I also need to plan some Charlotte Mason activities, esp. character training. I am trying to learn French and Latin. I would like to excel past the logic stage into rhetoric. My writing and speaking skills leave much to be desired. My intention was to learn along with ds12, but now I am thinking that I would like to be a few steps ahead!! Book Wish List...Mom's ReadingFamily:Created To Be His Help Meet (Debi Pearl) Seduction of Our Children (Neil Anderson, Steve Russo) Calm My Anxious Heart (Linda Dillo) Beautiful Girlhood Homeschool: Everything You Need to Know About Homeschool Unit Studies (Jennifer Steward) Everything You need to Build a Unit Study Notebook (Jennifer Steward) The Relaxed Homeschool (Mary Hood) Brain Gym Ultimate Lapbook Handbook (Cyndy Regeling, Tammy Duby) Signing Made Easy Noah Webster's Reading Handbook Say What You Mean (Art of Eloquence) Charlotte Mason Research and Supply Company...Karen Andreola Canada: The Big Book of Canada (Christopher Moore) Canada Map Book 3, 4 Canada My Country (Donna Ward) Read-Aloud The King Without a Shadow (RC Sproul) The Priest With Dirty Clothes (RC Sproul) Planning the Summer and 2008-2009!!!!!Summer 2008Family Time: 1. Theme Park 2. Baseball 3. Swimming Lessons 4. Summer Camp and Family Camp 5. Museum Crawl 6. Family Devotion...Scripture, memory verse, praise, prayer, character-building read-aloud (Lamplighters) 7. History...Story Of the World 3... 8. Science...chemistry ds12..finish work in Math, Vocabulary, Latin, Grammar, Handwriting dd10..continue Spelling, Grammar, Handwriting, Reader, Workbook, Math ds8...continue Spelling, Grammar, Handwriting, Reader, Workbook, Math ds6...finish phonics program The Harp and Laurel Wreath Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum (Laura Berquist) Birding...Day TwoWe spent Sunday afternoon exploring the beach. We found a few birds...1. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) 2. Black-throated Green Warbler 3. Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla) We learned about SOOO many plants. 1. Goldenthread 2. Sasspirilla...rootbeer from the root..and not the Smurfs:-) 3. Star Flower (Trientalis borealis) 4. Alder 5. Violet 6. Rhodora (Rhododendron canadense) 7. Horsetail 8. Plantains 9. Wild Lily of the Valley 10.Wild Sweet Pea 11. Blue-Bead Lily...aka Clintonia (Clintonia borealis) 12. Bayberry 13. Twinflower 14. Foxberry 15. Lance-leaf Violet 16. Meadowsweet 17. Spirea 18. Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) 19. Pyrola 20. Red Choke Berry 21. Sweet Gale 22. Bearberry...aka kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) 23. Juniper 24. British Soldiers lichen 25. Three-tooth Cinqfoil 26. Sheep Laurel 27. Fly Honeysuckle WOW!!! Nice photos at www.plantwatch.ca. Birding...Day OneMy mother took me birding this weekend. Dd10 came along. This is a list of what we found on Saturday, May 31st.1...at a river...two Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2... at an apple orchard...Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 3...at an old homestead...Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) 4...at a beach...Yellow Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Parula Warbler (Parula americana), Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), and Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia); and we heard Common Raven (Corvus corax), American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) , and White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 5...in a small village...Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) and Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 6...at an old fort...Willet, Black-bellied Plover (Squatarola squatarola), and Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) 7...at a beach...Willet, Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Sanderling (Crocethia alba), and Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plovers are at risk. We had a guardian give us a tour of the beach. We had to say clear of the nesting area and watch with binoculars and a scope. One cute little guy ran out in front of dd10 and myself!! He shook his little red foot in the sand to get bugs/worms. They sure do run fast!! 8...at a lighthouse...Shearwater..I don't know which kind! { Last Page } { Page 1 of 4 } { Next Page } 
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