Whew, I really have no idea where the time goes. Last week we started on week 20 of Phonics Road. I realize now that I skipped a review of week 19, not sure what happened there. We did it though, because the complete sheet and book is in the Apprentice binder.
Nothing new to introduce, just spelling words and the illustrating of a book. The same actually goes for this week as well. So we reviewed a little of the days of the week, worked in some categorizing and then a worksheet on observation. I know some weeks may not seem like much, but don't forget, we do a lot of reading- I read to the boys and Superman reads his share.
For math I introduced some telling time. Hours, half hours and minutes. We reviewed number placement on a number line. And of course the norm of addition/subtraction drill. I also tossed in a page of word problems.
I don't have a photo of our complete science week, but we went over flowers and some types of flowers. Our experiment was to see how water travels through the stem. We placed four white Carnations in four glasses of dyed water. After a few days, the flowers in the blue dye looked like this. They and the red ones are now quite pretty and colorful. There will be a follow up photo at the end of this week.
Let us walk together and explore. Let us learn to live, laugh and love. Freely, and without the constraints of the world.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Time
Well, I'm actually finding it hard, to find time, to blog daily. I do so much research, that by the end of the day, I haven't composed what I would like to say, if it's about something I'm working on. So, by this time, I have fragments dancing around, for the most part. Or, we've just been busy, and I'm tired by the end of the day, and do not want to turn on my pc.
Take today. I'm wondering why if people do something, they seem to automatically assume, that I will too. It can be a little annoying. I'm not of the herd, mindset. I'm trying to change the world we live in. No matter how small a step we create, perhaps it will cause waves.
Or, take the whole Christmas season. Why are we telling our children that there is a Santa? And yes, again, I do believe in Santa, just not the guy in the red suit, but as a Christmas Spirit. It's something that even as my kids color pictures of Santa, and watch a holiday cartoon, I try to instill why we as a family celebrate Christmas. But, aren't we still lying by telling them there is a guy flying around with reindeer? Is it a harmless lie?
So what do I do? I mainly just brush off the comments on what people do, unless it's going to pertain directly to me, or I feel a bit strongly about something, and then will proceed to comment. For Christmas, I'm going to enjoy my family, like every year.
Take today. I'm wondering why if people do something, they seem to automatically assume, that I will too. It can be a little annoying. I'm not of the herd, mindset. I'm trying to change the world we live in. No matter how small a step we create, perhaps it will cause waves.
Or, take the whole Christmas season. Why are we telling our children that there is a Santa? And yes, again, I do believe in Santa, just not the guy in the red suit, but as a Christmas Spirit. It's something that even as my kids color pictures of Santa, and watch a holiday cartoon, I try to instill why we as a family celebrate Christmas. But, aren't we still lying by telling them there is a guy flying around with reindeer? Is it a harmless lie?
So what do I do? I mainly just brush off the comments on what people do, unless it's going to pertain directly to me, or I feel a bit strongly about something, and then will proceed to comment. For Christmas, I'm going to enjoy my family, like every year.
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