Our Week in Review

I got this idea from Lighthouse Academy Homeschool Blog and thought it was a nifty one. I'm sure it will be tailored as we move along. We'll see how long it lasts. :o)


Around the House: Organized the school closet(it was getting unbearable), made 5 loaves of bread, rearranged my bedroom(I must do this once a year, but I think this time it's just right.) Went through the girl's toybox and finally took a large bag and misc. to the thrift store. I wasted a lot of time on my blog. Hubby has been working a lot of hours/days for several weeks and it seems that I miss him a lot, so what do I do?- Blog. Is this even good for me?



In School:

Bible- The Walls of Jericho and Talking to God.

With 5 yr. old-

• L.A - reviewed these phonograms, which includes all their sounds a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,qu,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z, or, ar, ow, oo, ck, wh, er(her)ir(first)ur(church)wor(worships) ear(learns) our(courage), sh, ch, ee, ai, ay, th. (I'll only cover the ones she's learning next time. )She's learning some new ones.. igh, oa, ea, ng.


• Social Studies- Looked at the book Castle by David Macaulay. We are learning about why there were or are walls around a city or castle. Learned about Handel and his Messiah from books and Classical Kids.


• Science- She told me what Lava is in our conversations about rocks. We were talking about Igneous rocks and she was describing to me how they are made.


• Math- Covered a concept from MathUSee with her, Decimal Street. How to know whether 20 is written like 20 or 02 from a Kindergartner's point of view? Tell me how many tens live in the tens house. How many live in the units house? (Because only up to 9 can live there.)


• Music- Though I'm really torn whether to even go there because I've been there(started my first at 5) and done that(learned I should have waiting till 7). She taught herself Ode the Joy by herself and is now learning Long, Long Ago with a little help from me. Right hand only. What am I going to do???

With 8 and 10 yr old-

• Social Studies- Learned about the Berlin Wall, The Great Wall of China. Discussed why we have walls. Began study on music with Handel. I've included on the sidebar a Classics for Kids Podcast. I tried to teach the concept that most have the ability to enjoy music, but some are given the gift to make it. (5yr. seems to have been case in point) 8yr. old was shocked that she could play Ode the Joy so quickly and now was starting on Long,Long Ago)


• Science-They researched rocks and made a chart to describe. Went looking for rocks to classify outdoors.


• Math- Good grief..... 10 yr. old has geometry terms like isosceles, equilaterals, translation...


• L.A- 8 yr. old wrote his first thank you letter to our neighbor. An official letter with opening, greeting, body, closing, and signature. He also addressed the envelope. This was to thank her for the nice goodies she brought to them during Christmas. 10yr. decided he would do the same. He's been reading a lot of Shel Sylverstein and writing different types of poetry.

The children played in the snow twice this week. We actually got snow and enough cold weather to cancel church and co-op. But it didn't last long.(I'm so glad.) The crocuses in my front yard have peaked their pretty color. Could it be that Spring will soon be here? I hope so.

Maybe the weekly review shouldn't be this thorough.