Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to lately in various subjects….
Literature–
- Reading “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” together
- Reading classic poetry to Jack and Anna at bedtime
- Victoria just finished a novel (can’t remember which one) and has been reading old magazines.
- We’ve been reading lots of books to Jack.
- Daryl is reading another Sadie Rose novel to Anna.
- Anna has been reading old Highlights magazines and various books and comics.
- Both girls enjoyed the “New Moon” magazine for girls that I printed out.
Math–
- Victoria and Anna have been doing workbook pages. I go over them with each girl afterwards.
- Victoria has been answering math questions I email to her.
- Victoria, Jack and Anna have all been playing Timez Attack on the computer.
- Jack is still playing his other math computer game, and still insists on keeping it at 3rd grade level and having his sisters help him.
- Victoria and Anna have done various math problems figuring out when birthdays are coming up and other calendar-related problems.
- Victoria, Anna and Jack have been solving money problems while running their play stores, selling art to each other and such.
- We all studied Fibonacci and talked some more about the Fibonacci sequence.
Writing–
- Victoria and Anna have been blogging and emailing friends.
- Anna has been writing lots of letters to friends and relatives. We have been working on her penmanship while she writes and it has led to lots of spelling improvements.
- All three kids have been making art projects that they title, label, etc.
- Victoria has been writing in her garden lapbook.
- Jack has been writing in his travel journal.
PE–
- All 3 kids roller skated in the grocery store parking lot while Daddy watched and I went grocery shopping.
- Anna and Victoria have been able to start riding their bikes now that the weather is nicer.
- Anna and Jack played floor ping-pong today. They also bowled for water bottles, played ball and were basically monkeys!
- Anna and Victoria have gone on walks.
- We have all danced inside.
- Anna, Victoria and Jack have all played outside.
Art–
- Victoria and Anna made ATC’s for our wonderful friend Barb, using oil pastels, markers, ribbon, glue and stickers.
- I made tanagram sandwiches for lunch today and everybody made designs and patterns before eating.
- Jack painted with his hands and feet.
- Victoria has been making really lovely computer art by copying images she finds in programs and incorporating them into her pictures as patterns and such.
- All 3 kids have been drawing billions of wonderful pictures, some of which they offer up for sale to each other.
Social Studies/languages–
- Victoria and Anna made sushi in Japanese class. They continue to learn new words and phrases. For next week I asked Kenai if the kids could each bring questions for her about her childhood and life in Japan, so they’ll do that next time.
- The girls and I played a geography game where we had to land a plane in various European cities (and know where to find them!).
- Daryl has been teaching the kids all about pirates and pirate history. Of course, this also meant that pirate games were invented and the dubloon (sp?) is our current household currency.
Science–
- Anna and I have been comparing temperatures and talking about what is typical for various kinds of weather.
- Victoria is planning her garden and working on her garden lapbook.
- All 3 kids have been playing Pet Vet on the computer and taking care of the daily needs and medical needs of horses, rabbits and more.
Computer–
- Victoria wrote her first programs on Scratch.
- Jack has been busy creating shortcuts, choosing backgrounds and arranging his desktop on the kid computer.
- All 3 kids have been playing educational (and fun and creative) computer games.
- Victoria has been making really cool computer art with Neopaint and ACDSee.
- The girls have been blogging, e-mailing, etc.
Coming Soon–
- We’re hosting a preschool night tomorrow night with a St. Patrick’s Day/green/spring theme.
- We’ll be having a spring theme all next week with fun spring projects.
- Anna and Jack are starting gymnastics.
- Victoria is signed up for a club called “Joyful Girls” in a nearby town.
- All 3 kids are taking a 2 hour ettiquette class at a historic mansion (once the home of the Dayton family who started Daytons and Target!).
- We’re going to get to work on our gardens and start some seeds.
- Victoria may spend a week up north with friends again.
