One plus-side to the time change has been that I’ve actually been getting up early enough to get a lot done before we have to leave for the afternoon’s activities. It’s been a refreshing change.
I am wondering, though: How is it possibly Friday already? This is our Big Week O’ Birthdays — Rockford’s sister’s was Sunday; mine was Monday; my dad’s was Tuesday; and Pete’s was yesterday — and it always goes by in a flash.
The kids don’t “do school” on their birthdays, so we’re having a four-day week. I’m almost certain we got some schoolwork done this week, but I didn’t take any notes. So come along with me as I try to recreate the Week in Homeschooling from memory. (Fun for everyone!)
Math
Poppy has been concentrating on getting to the end of Teaching Textbooks 3, and she was very excited this week to finally get to division.
Pete was most disappointed not to have any graphing or charts to work on this week, so he lined up his Halloween candy in a hands-on graphing experience. We learned that his trick-or-treating resulted in a lot of Kit-Kats.
Reading
Poppy read a “Judy Moody” book, a “Magic Treehouse” book and two issues of the “My Little Pony” comic book this week. She’s a reading machine. I didn’t do a great job of doing reading with Pete this week, but he did read a lot of signs while we were driving hither and yon!
History
We read about Shakespeare this week, and Pete was super into the story of “Macbeth.” Witches and war are always exciting!
Possibly less exciting was our US History reading, which was about education in the 1800s. Oh well. We can’t all be a classic tragedy.
Memorization
Rather than memorizing a poem every week, I challenged Poppy to memorize one long poem. She’s been working on “The Walrus and The Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll, and this week she finished up the first Eldest Oyster stanza. Pete has been mainly concentrated on the short poems in “First Language Lessons,” but he’s been picking up parts of “The Walrus and The Carpenter,” too.
Extracurricular
Monday: Poppy’s “Nutcracker” rehearsal
Tuesday: Tae kwon do
Wednesday: Poppy’s piano lesson and two dance classes
Thursday: Tae kwon do and Poppy’s the last day of supplemental soccer practice
Friday: Nothing! Woohoo!
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It’s interesting that you’ve written about your homeschooling schedule because a blog friend of mine just spent the whole week discussing alternative education. I love the idea of the education fitting the child.