Home school week and organization

  It was a pretty good week.  We still worked on the basic math, but ventured into some three dimensional shapes.  We went around the house pointing out different cubes, spheres, cuboids, cones and cylinders.  Then Superman started thinking of things outside the house that matched the shapes.  He enjoys doing shapes and they're easy enough.  I think we'll incorporate some of the shape learning into arts/crafts.  On Valentines day the math was an add and color the correct sums, to form a picture of a heart.  The Batman had his own paper that was color matching to the number, instead of adding.
                                                    Math home work from co op

                                      
  We officially covered compound words this week.  He knew what they were already, but phonics road covers it and we finally reached it.  Just a sheet that has one word + one word = combined word.  I pulled some sentence worksheets out to do, to break up making up one each day.  The comprehension story was about pets, which Superman seemed to enjoy illustrating.
                                                  
                                           Week 16 words, some sentences and a worksheet

                                       An illustrated sheet from the story and some compound words

   I found some very cool science workbooks, by accident.  I checked one out of the library, intending to flip through, check it out, and copy anything I liked.  It turns out there is a small series.  Gifted and Talented Science workbooks.  They seem like a nice addition to any science curriculum.  We also found some nature series books at Target.  They are a level 2, so grade 1-3.  We of course got 3 bug ones.  A few of the words are a little above my guy, but I'm amazed he knows most of them, as well as comprehends the material.  He excitedly was telling me that yellow jackets live underground, and some type of caterpillar had stingers.  I am so happy he enjoys reading.
                                                     Reading a super hero book.

 

   This week I also started to tackle the extra home school supplies that I have.  I don't know how I ended up with so much.

                                    
   And that's only some of it.  I have some curriculum on the office bookshelf that I'd like to resell.  I took all these workbooks and papers, and ended up with this-
        

    Two piles for the Batman-a prek/k one and a first grade one.  A current pile of various things for Superman, and a third grade pile.  Another pile got the trash, and the final pile is going to a friend-extras that I had.  I'm actually glad I have these extra workbooks.  Now I just have to file away the extra books in the file cabinet.  I spent a long time looking for the curriculum I wanted to use, and actually changed a few.  But on days I'm looking for something extra, or we're having a light day, I can pull a worksheet or two from one of these books for my guy to do.  They also work for summer work, since I believe in year round schooling.  Especially for the lower grades.  Too much information is forgotten over the summer.  We school a few weeks on and a week off.  I admit, I was a bit more scattered until I read Susan Wise, "Well Trained Mind".  It makes sense to me, so we are following the path, until/unless it doesn't work out for us.