It is Friday again and so it’s time for a review of homeschool. All in all it was a nice, even week and I even took a few pictures, so those will be sprinkled throughout this post. My children did their work with more (or less) enthusiasm. The less was mostly on Makayla’s part for math, but she’s got those 7’s multiplication facts down now I think. We will keep reviewing those while adding the 8’s next week. 
Joseph and Emma’s reading is moving along nicely. I need to pick a new vowel team to practice next week, I’m not sure which yet. I also think it is about time to officially start Joseph on All About Spelling, and maybe Emma. I have the materials for them already, it is just a matter of getting the habit down. 
Makayla wrote a few stories and a poem this week while her younger siblings did copywork. Emma seems to be reversing fewer letters, which is progress. Daniel has worked more with air writing. 
We have also spent time enjoying the many flowers we planted last fall. Daffodils and tulips are up, as are one other kind of flower (can’t remember what it is called) and all are in several colors. The trees have baby leaves growing and plenty of rain to make everything green. Of course, that means the grass needs mowed but it has been too wet to do it. 
Our garden still lies covered in last year’s dead plants. I hope to corral the children this weekend or next (depending on rain) to clear it out. Then the plan is to let them plant it all this year and see how it goes. We’ve also got berry vines spreading along the fence that we need to trim and redirect so they stay beside the fence. 
Art and music have been easy. We’re still looking at Van Gogh’s works and listening to Tchaikovsky. Makayla is doing really well in piano lessons and the other children are beginning to ask for lessons.
Okay, my time on the computer is up! How was your week?
This post is linked to the Weekly Wrap-Up.
3 comments:
We had a great week! All a bit of a blur though. If I didn't keep track of what we did day to day I would think we didn't get anything accomplished. :P
Just curious what you guys do to review math facts. I have my daughter who is in the division Math U See book reviewing her multiplication again and also my son and I just am not having good luck getting them to stick!
Brandi:
Each morning we have a few facts that are to be learned that day. We've been working on 7's, so on day one it was 7x0 through 7x4. She wrote them, read them, and recited them. Then every time I thought of it all day she had to recited those facts (before eating, playing, or even just when she was walking past).
Day 2 - we spent the day with me asking those same problems out of order all.day.long. She had them down by bedtime.
Day 3 = we added the next 3 problems (7x5 through 7x7). Wrote, read, recite. Plus random practice of the past problems.
Day 4 - random practice for all those facts.
Day 5 - add more facts.
Now she is doing 1 fact worksheet for those facts (I think we started on day 4 or 5). I just use the free worksheet generator on MUS's website and make it specific to those facts.
So far it is working really well. We are in multiple digit multiplication with carrying but found that because the basic multiplication facts were not automatic yet it was taking forever to do these bigger problems. So we've paused to really focus in on the difficult multiplication facts (7s, 8s, 9s).
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