Weekly Report 24/7 - 30/7

TUESDAY

Together -

Read aloud The Little Rabbit

Read aloud The Complete Stories of Peter Rabbit

Read aloud Detectives in Togas C2

Flossy -

Read The Little Mermaid, Andersons Fairy Tales

Completed MO X-2, X-3, X-4

Completed Kumon WP1 15 Q2&3

Completed WWE1 W19 D1&2

Worked on AAS3 S4

Read, discussed, narrated SOTW1 The Nazca Drawings

Completed SL Sci W13 D1&2

Bugsy -

Completed L52 100EZ

Worked on MO E-15

Worked on AAS1 S10

Completed Kumon 1-20 21

Chicky -

Shapes & Colours book

Playschool Activity draws 1

WEDNESDAY

Together -

Read aloud The Little Rabbit

Read aloud from The Complete Stories of Peter Rabbit

Read aloud Detectives in Togas C3

Flossy -

Read The Wild Swan, Andersons Tales

Completed MO X-5, X-6, X-7

Completed Kumon WP1 15 Q4&5

Completed WWE W19 D3&4

Worked on AAS3 S4

Read, narrated and drew Paddle to the Sea C6

Bugsy -

Worked on L53 100EZ

Worked on MO E-15

Worked on AAS1 S10

Completed Kumon 1-20 22

Chicky -

Shapes & Colours book

Playschool Activity draws 1

THURSDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO X-8, X-9, X-10

MO book completed, yay!

Violin lesson

Busgy -

Violin lesson

FRIDAY

Together -

Read aloud The Little Rabbit

Read aloud from The Completed Stories of Peter Rabbit

Read aloud Detectives in Togas C4

Flossy -

Read The Wild Swan, Andersons Tales

Read The Flying Trunk, Andersons Tales

MR B-1, B-2, B-3

Completed Kumon WP1 15 Q6&7

Outlined and wrote a letter to penpal

Read, discussed and narrated SOTW1 The Heads of the Olmecs

Bugsy -

Completed L53 100EZ

Worked on MO E-15

Completed Kumon 1-20 23

Worked on AAS1 S10

Chicky -

Shapes & Colours book

Playschool Activity draws 1

Growing Up

Flossy has just turned 6 and over the last few months she has been growing up fast, hitting someone of those all important childhood milestones.

- She had her first adult tooth erupt (behind the baby ones!)

- She learnt to ride her bike without training wheels

- She lost her first baby tooth

- Both her drawing and handwriting have had very dramatic improvement

Playschool Activities

Whilst planning out school for next year I have been seriously thinking about Chicky and where she is at. I can see that she is going to require some one on one instruction (soon) in the same way the Bugsy did when he was ready to step up from toddler to little scholar :p Something seems to happen in my house right around birthday 3!

Whilst pondering all of this someone posted a thread on TWTM looking for manipulatives to keep their toddler happy/busy whilst they did school. I took a gander at that thread and found a link to this blog post, a blog I used to follow when Bugsy was smaller.

So I was inspired! And here is what I have set up for school on Monday for Chicky. It only took a few minutes.

This is the Ikea Trofast draws I chose to set up in.

Draw 1 has pattern blocks. There are plenty more designs under the fish.

Draw 2 has a little art & craft. 1 sheet of paper, 3 block crayons, 1 glue stock, 10 pre-punched hearts & 10 pre-punched flowers.

Draw 3 has bead threading.

Draw 4 has Wedgits.

Draw 5 has a motor skills activity. You use the spoon to transfer the pompoms from the container to the ice-cube tray and back again. To take it one step further you can colour match as you go. Chicky wouldn't leave this one alone when I set it up. Obviously tickled her fancy.

Draw 6 Play-doh with geometric shapes and a small cutting knife.

I will leave her to choose which activities she would like to do and for how long. The only one she will need supervision for is the art & craft. Can't wait to see how it goes!

Weekly Report 17/7 - 23/7

Chicky has been unwell over the weekend which resulted in an overnight hospital stay. She is on the mend now. I have a head cold so am not at my best either.

This week we did things a little differently trying to catch up a bit on our content areas which have slipped behind over the past few weeks where we have been out and about so much. Hopefully things will settle down a bit for us now!

TUESDAY

Flossy -

Completed SL Sci W10

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Greece's War with Persia

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 The Greek's fight each other

WEDNESDAY

Flossy -

Read, narrated, drew Paddle-to-the-Sea C5

Completed SL Sci W11 D1&2

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Philip & his son

THURSDAY

Flossy -

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Alexander's Invasions

Completed SL Sci W11 D3&4

Completed MO T-5, T-6, T-7

Completed letter to penpal

FRIDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO T-7a, T-8, T-8a

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 The Death of Alexander

Completed SL Sci W12

Weekly Report 10/7 - 16/7

MONDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO S-4, T-1, T-1a

Completed AAS3 S3

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 The Golden Apple

Bugsy -

Completed MO E-13

Read aloud a reader

Completed AAS1 S9

WEDNESDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO T-2, T-2a, T-3, T-4

Completed letter to penpal

Bugsy -

Completed MO E-14

Worked on L52 100EZ

More new materials arrive

This week we received -

Story of the World 2 : The Middle Ages

Story of the World 2 Activity Guide

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding

So now that I have these in my hot little hands I will be pre-reading and planning for next year. A somewhat mammoth task as I plan out our go-alongs and materials at the same time. Flossy has also requested a more exciting notebook so I will be searching for some pre-made goodies or going the whole hog and making up some pages myself.

Weekly Report 3/7 - 9/7

We spent a fair amount of this week travelling so school was light on.

THURSDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO H-6, L-2, L-3, L-4, N-1

Completed AAS3 S2

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Life in Sparta

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Life in Athens

Bugsy -

Completed Muggins K geometric sample

Read aloud a reader

Chicky -

Lines up crayons

Drawing

FRIDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO N-2 to S-3

Worked on AAS3 S3

Bugsy -

Completed MO E-12

Completed L51 100EZ

Worked on AAS1 S9

New Puppy Jasper

We picked up our new puppy Jasper yesterday. He is a 7 week old whippet. Here are a few snaps of his first night with us. Our other dog is Indy. She is a 10 month old whippet.

Weekly Report 26/6 - 2/7

Gosh, I have got really behind with my weekly reporting so I am going to try get down the academics today for the last few weeks.

TUESDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO G-7 & G-8

Read aloud The Runaway Bunny to Chicky

Completed WWE W18 D1&2

Worked on AAS3 S2

Read, discussed & narrated SOTW1 Cyrus the Great

Bugsy -

Completed MO E-10

Worked on Websters

Chicky -

Drawing

WEDNESDAY

Flossy -

Completed MO H-1 to H-5

Violin practice

Completed WWE1 W18 D3&4

Worked on AAS3 S2

Bugsy -

Completed MO E-11

Violin practice

Worked on Websters

Read aloud a reader

Chicky -

Drawing

Homeschooler Conference

This weekend I am going to my very first Homeschooler Conference, yay! Rusty will be home with the kids while I head off to the city for two nights to attend. Hopefully I will come away having learned something new. Very excited!