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Second Grade Earth Science: Our first topic of 2015 was Plate Tectonics.</div>
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Robert read all about plates and our changing Earth in his World of Science book.<br />
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He then shifted craft foam "plates" on colored water to see how they bump into and slide under one another.<br />
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He recorded his observations on his lab report. (See below for free printable lab report.)<br />
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A week full of Islam, Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Jackpots! Our second week of 2015 was a pretty good one...<br />
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Grammar became internet worksheets on the 8 parts of speech this week with some Mad Libs. Robert's stress levels have plummeted since we stopped Rod & Staff. It wasn't hard in any way, just dry and repetitive. We may pick it back up in higher levels, who knows?<br />
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He is doing a lot of reading through his other subjects (without complaint), and that makes this mama happy.<br />
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He also does copywork for history, science and spelling. Speaking of.... spelling is going well. I am trying to get him to a point where he doesn't intuitively understand the rule being covered. <br />
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He is really starting to like cursive. <br />
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Not really much to say here. He probably won't finish 5/4 by the end of the school year, but that's just fine with me. He is thriving with Saxon (and my days contain far fewer meltdowns).<br />
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He still does the daily five-minute drills right before his math lesson. He has learned to expect to begin his day that way. I have learned that keeping his routine really helps us both.<br />
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This week was all about the rise and spread of Islam. He learned about Muhammad and the importance of Mecca to Muslims.<br />
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We also read some tales of Sinbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba.<br />
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Continuing our Earth Science studies this year, he learned about volcanoes...<br />
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In his spare time, he built with his Snap Circuits!<br />
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Still working through <i>Hey, Andrew! Level 2</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He drew the JACKPOT card on Friday, so no school!!!</td></tr>
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The first week back after our holiday break went surprisingly well. It was quirky, interesting, frustrating and wonderful. Here are some of the highlights...<br />
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Robbie read about Christopher Columbus and he begged for extra chapters from our read-aloud (which surprised me, considering the archaic vocabulary). He was disrespectful to his basketball coach, so he had to write 50 sentences. We are switching grammar programs. I'll write more about that later. Cursive is going slowly, but well.<br />
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I am checking out a few grammar programs, but suggestions are welcome. Until I find something new, I am simply going over parts of speech and giving him copywork.<br />
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Math is always a challenge. He doesn't find the concepts difficult, he'd just rather be doing anything else. After one day of dawdling-induced "homework", he managed to finish his Saxon lessons in the allotted time. Life of Fred is still a breeze (and something he enjoys). We've changed up our Fridays.... they're much more fun (and include tons of math).<br />
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He seems to "see" numbers in a non-traditional way. He grasps concepts easily, but making him do things any way but the one he prefers isn't easy. Sometimes, I have to give him examples of things he will do in years to come to make him understand how cumbersome his methods would become with extremely large numbers.<br />
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History was a blast. I wish I'd taken more photos. <br />
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We studied the Byzantine empire and read about Justinian and Theodora. I didn't have anything to use as mosaic tiles, so I handed him some 1cm graph paper (usually for cuisenaire rods) and let him color his own mosaic. He loved it!! (Dig the "birth control" glasses!)</div>
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Next, we studied about the Gupta rule in India. Robbie loved the book about Buddha (and so did his Grandma, who is staying with us for a while).<br />
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Science was fun and Robbie finally used one of my <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2014/07/free-printable-lab-report-forms.html" target="_blank">Free Lab Report</a> printables.<br />
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The plate tectonics experiment was less of an "experiment" and more of a hands-on demonstration. It was simply foam continental "plates" floating on a small amount of water in a pan. It was a hit, though!<br />
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We did manage to make the rock cycle less boring than I had feared. He watched a Bill Nye video (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vh1Uwg1ESA" target="_blank">Rocks and Soil</a>) on YouTube, examined his rocks and sorted them by type, and observed as coffee grounds (sediment) settled to the bottom of a glass.</div>
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Seriously... there's not much to say about learning ancient Greek, is there? We're still reviewing letter formation and sounds. <br />
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We should be doing vocabulary soon. I don't know that it will make for more interesting posts, but it will certainly be more interesting for us.<br />
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I wish I had taken more photos. He is Manga crazy!! He has written and illustrated several over the past few months.<br />
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Oh... he's also decided that he wants an electric guitar.<br />
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We had a huge gap in our art lessons due, in part, to his obsessive artistic leanings, but we're getting back on track.</div>
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Our new rule is: If Robbie completes his schoolwork and chores with a good attitude Monday through Thursday, then Friday becomes "Fun Friday". The tin of fun cards (math games and such) is technically only used for the first hour, but last Friday was so much fun. <br />
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Yep.. he drew a card that had him playing math bingo with (clean) undies on his head. <br />
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Well, that was a peek at our first week of 2015. How was yours??<br />
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<a href="http://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/category/weekly-wrap-up/" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_F98CVc_eu54GQ35CrhxNAiLeKSnlEpeA2kbT1ASxlO-7SatfyNGMSaEC6zHpnXh5DVo3IxoWcBn4in67m7B_aBzIFtjErAJw3LZh3ZNU6MWdiTB4WGVVRTL31-qFx6ghejX2xVGLvk/s1600/WW125.jpg" height="100" width="90" /></a>
<a href="http://homeschooljournal-bergblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/history-and-geography-meme-introduction.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLi_bAVL8aKZFQP0i9Oz1CndocltQGR75HkC3HkzzGz8xilibJPkVYymH_tX5TzhCvoGzP_OWL_mXX8epoL_QIaGNGaQG0rMZupTHlG4tB5uuhZbJyx1Ud1cfc525OWolUrttKD307A/s1600/History+and+Geography+Button.jpg" height="100" width="100" /></a>
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As I mentioned in <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-faceless-ones.html" target="_blank">my last post</a>, Cub Scouts has been Robert's major extracurricular activity so far in second grade. Since I have tons of pics of THAT stuff, I thought I'd post a bit about what he's been up to. Oh!! I forgot to mention that RockerDad and I have become den leaders this year. It's a lot of work, but it's more rewarding than I ever imagined. The boys in our den are all amazing kids. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cub Scouts having fun between helping out and cheering the runners at a 5K for charity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He caught one fish at the District Fishing Derby.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four new members of our den as they received their Bobcat Rank. We were so proud.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert and another Scout from his den had a blast camping at our Council's Cub & Partner Weekend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They all learned how to properly retire a flag. Robert placed the field of my late brother's flag into the fire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Pack had a skating party with pizza and cupcakes. Robert earned his roller skating belt loop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert won this Coleman LED lantern in the Pack popcorn sales drawing. He was chuffed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to ride on the Pack float in our local Christmas parade.</td></tr>
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Well, that covers the major points for the first half of the Cub Scout year. Do any of your kids participate in Scouting?RockerMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543179627497952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789010692601154000.post-72194474977142781802015-01-04T08:56:00.000-05:002015-01-04T21:09:02.602-05:00The Faceless Ones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow... it's really been a long time since my last post. New year, or not, I don't think it would be wise (considering my track record) to say that I plan to post more regularly. :) I have been terrible at taking school photos this fall/winter, but I'll share a bit of what we've been up to school-wise. This will mostly be images, since many of these photos are months old, now.<br />
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There has been more art (both spontaneous and planned) than I can mention in this post. Unfortunately, I didn't take photos. Robert has created several manga and other types of books over the past months. He also likes to create his own 3-D paper... thingies. LOL... I don't know what to call them. ;)</div>
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<br />RockerMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543179627497952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789010692601154000.post-25818407251874834342014-08-17T10:18:00.003-04:002014-08-25T11:46:29.627-04:00A Peek at Our Homeschool<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is the part of the NOT Back to School Blog Hop that I usually don't do. The main reason is that I simply can't take pics or keep a play-by-play of a school day. This post will actually be more like a "Week in the Life," since it covers our first week of school. Don't run away, yet! I won't give a detailed account of each day. I've divided it up into time chunks. What I've decided to do this year is tell you what <i>should</i> be happening at a given point (per my schedule) vs. what <i>actually</i> happened. </div>
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I wake Robbie up at 8:00 am and we have breakfast together. Some mornings he helps prepare the food. We go over memory work during breakfast and discuss anything special or out-of-the-ordinary on the schedule for that day.<br />
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b>Robbie begins his school time with a 5 minute drill sheet (+, -, x. /). I go over the lesson and we work problems together. He then does the problems I assign. <br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>I was worried about this curriculum choice, because I've heard that Saxon is dry, repetitive and slow. I was also concerned about his placement (he tested into level 5/4). After a week, it's one of his favorite parts of his school days. We will go at his pace and slow down, if and when necessary... as we would with any subject.</li>
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b><br /><u><br />Spelling</u>... Mondays and Wednesdays we will do any review portions of the lesson (reviewing the cards is done with memory work at breakfast), followed by going over new material introduced in the step he's currently on. We end with a simple dictation (ten words on Monday and five phrases/sentences on Wednesday). We do this until the step has been mastered<br /><br /><u>Penmanship</u>... Tuesdays and Thursdays he simply does two pages in his D'Nealian Cursive book. (Neatly, of course.)<br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>These subjects went as planned all week (except for when he did an extra page of cursive because it was fun). I am trying to be more consistent with spelling this year. Robbie is a natural speller, so I've been pretty lax about our spelling lessons. I've backed him up a bit to make sure that he can apply the rules he learned last year and hope to move quickly through the easier material.</li>
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b><br /><u><br />History</u>... Mondays and Tuesdays - I read from Story of the World 2 while he listens and checks out the pictures on the relevant pages in his Usborne World History book. We pause for questions and for him to read about things he finds interesting in the Usborne book. He sometimes does one or more pages from the Story of the World Activity Guide. Extra books on the topic(s) are either read-alouds or assigned reading. Hands-on projects are included when possible (and affordable).<br /><br /><u>Geography</u>... Mondays and Tuesdays - Robbie completes his map work for his history lesson. When history is over, he spends a few minutes working on a sheet for the current state he's studying.<br /><br /><u>Science</u>... Wednesdays and Thursdays - We read the two-page spread in his World of Science book, read books, watch videos and do experiments.<br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>Again, these went well. We established this sort of routine for these subjects in first grade, so he knows what to expect and what is expected from him. We did drop a history project this week. I didn't Pin the project and couldn't find it anywhere. Robert didn't mind. Speaking of projects, we're being more choosy with ours this year. Finances and space are very tight. Hopefully, we'll find our groove with these. Many books are read-aloud at bedtime.</li>
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b>Robbie should read the comic portion (the guide) with me ready to help him with understanding. He should then do the assigned pages in his practice book. (... and he should ADORE it... it's a comic-based math book, after all.... right??? Right??)<br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>This is the math I was so certain he would love. He is liking it better than the first day, but it's still not his favorite thing to do. Mid-week, I realized that I had scheduled this a bit too rigidly and quick. On Thursday, I had some homemade manipulatives for him to use. This started with exploration before application. He was much happier and had a greater understanding of the geometry concepts introduced in the beginning of the 3A books. <br /><br />I think that part of the issue is that all math has been super-easy for him since the beginning. This program makes him really think, and he's unaccustomed to having to reason out his math. (Singapore never made him truly think like this does). He's very excited, however, when that bulb lights up and he figures things out. <br /><br />The jury is still out on this one, but we'll continue to use it for a bit to see if it is workable for Robbie.</li>
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b>This one should be simple. Go over the lesson together. Do examples together. He finishes up by doing the assignment.<br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>Oh, my! This is his LEAST favorite part of the day (and it's his only Monday-through-Friday subject). He doesn't mind the lessons or how they're presented. He grasps the material.... but, MAN, does he hate the written portion! This is my fault. I've allowed him to get away with minimal writing until now, so I'm having to deal with his poor attitude, now that I expect him to *gasp* write 6 sentences. <br /><br />Everything in life isn't fun. He'll get over it. ;)</li>
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<li><b>What Should Happen: </b> <br /><u>Greek</u>... Mondays and Wednesdays - We do this together. No, I really do mean "together". I have my own composition book for my lessons. I don't know Greek. Robbie wanted to learn Greek, so we're learning it together. It's a straightforward program with flash cards and workbook pages. We do two pages per day. We play our Greek alphabet dice game on Friday.<br /><br /><u>Life of Fred</u>... Tuesdays and Thursdays - Robbie reads a chapter in his Life of Fred book and does the "Your Turn to Play" section in his notebook.<br /> </li>
<li><b>What Actually Happened: </b>These went pretty much by the book. Life of Fred is probably his only "independent" work (aside from reading). I think independent work can be easy to overlook with only one child in the house, so I'm glad we have this. </li>
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We didn't have to use this time to complete unfinished work this week, but I've set it aside in case he dawdles during a subject. In which case, I can simply pack it up and move on (per our schedule). He is required to finish it at the end of the school day before he can do anything else. <br />
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This is a short post, since it's really just for the Not Back to School Blog Hop Student Photo Week. It's never easy getting him to act normal in a staged photo. Well... I say, "normal"... but I truly mean by someone else's standards. The goofy pics are normal for him (and I wouldn't have it any other way). <br />
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We're all set to begin this second grade journey. I've finally finished our school area (which is obviously in our kitchen, since our house is less than 800 sq. ft.). I believe we're finding our groove and discovering what works and what is superfluous as far as our school space. I'm sure some things will be tweaked as we go, but I'm excited about it.</div>
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Robbie does his schoolwork at the kitchen table. I'd love for him to have a properly-sized desk, but we have yet to find a spot for one. I'm thinking of following some advice I saw on <a href="http://www.managingyourblessings.com/2014/08/07/5-tips-for-homeschooling-in-a-small-space/" target="_blank">this blog</a> about placing a stool at his feet so that they can rest comfortably, instead of dangling. I'm not sure if it will work, though, since Robbie likes to sit on his feet and in other odd positions (like his mom)... but I'm willing to give it a try.</div>
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The corkboard holds his current work. This makes it easy for RockerDad to see what Robbie has done. You can also see his "Word Jail", his Greek alphabet cards he colored in first grade, his All About Spelling board and our simple <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2012/10/our-calendar-and-free-printables.html" target="_blank">calendar</a>. He starts cursive this year, so the strips below the corkboard have his D'Nealian cursive letters.</div>
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The tall shelf holds most everything we'll be using regularly. Memory work box is on top (along with some sidewalk chalk and our Play-Doh bin... simply for lack of another place to put them). There is also a shelf for science as well as one for history/geography. The middle holds most other subjects and our file box (which holds our daily folders, printables, current reader, etc.). The bottom shelves are for art things (most of our supplies are in my bedroom, just the basics are here) and basic supplies (on the very bottom).</div>
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The smaller shelf holds our math manipulatives and is in our little math corner (which I'm very proud to have been able to fit into this tiny space).</div>
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History and science readers, read-alouds and literature are kept on our main bookcases in the living room. There simply isn't space in the school area. These will be brought into the area as they are needed.</div>
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The previous owner of our home had an abundance of old clipboards, which we inherited upon moving in. I decided to spray paint them white and use them to display Robbie's art projects throughout the year. I used a tiny clipboard to create a sort of header for the area. I did a (very quick) zen-doodle-esque drawing and placed it on that clipboard. (My husband, a life-long Chicago Cubs fan.. as am I.. claims that I drew an Atlanta Braves "A" because I'm a closet fan. I swear, it was totally accidental.)</div>
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I've turned the two exposed sides of our refrigerator into extra wall space. The doors are technically for our earth science things, but conveniently double for a bit of geography. The side of the fridge is part of our math area. Both sections include a few magnetic clips to hold current materials or work of which Robbie may be particularly proud.</div>
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Well, that's a tour of our basic setup. I always love seeing how other homeschoolers utilize their space. Feel free to leave a link to your own schoolroom post in a comment below!</div>
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This worksheet is a Lab Report form we'll be using for science. I can't take full credit, since they're a mish-mash of a few sheets I found through Google image searches (which I further tweaked to fit our needs). There is a ruled version and one with empty boxes. Both are included in the download below.<br />
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It's that time of year, again. I've been (lazily) busy making lesson plans, downloading and creating worksheets and notebooking pages and weeding through the second grade projects I've been Pinning for years. As I near the end (and as our first day draws near), I thought it would be a good time to share the big plan with you.</div>
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*I have included links to everything. Some of these are Amazon Associate links, some lead directly to the product site (non-affiliate), Pinterest boards and book lists link to Listmania lists. Even though I am an Amazon Associate, I feel that it's only fair to say that many of these can be purchased for better prices through sites like <a href="http://www.rainbowresource.com/" target="_blank">Rainbow Resource</a> or <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/" target="_blank">Christian Books</a>. I actually got several of ours used through <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/" target="_blank">Abe Books</a>. I have no affiliation with any of these sites, except as a customer.</div>
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Language arts is pretty straightforward. We are switching to Rod & Staff for grammar, since neither of us were enjoying First Language Lessons. While the majority of his writing will be cross-curricular, I believe he will benefit from the written portions in the R&S text. He will continue with All About Spelling and D'Nealian handwriting. Reading will be from books I've pre-selected. He will be doing simple book reports as an expansion of his narrations. </div>
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We will be following Story of the World much more closely this year for Middle Ages than we did with Ancients in first grade. Robbie's not keen on coloring pages, so we'll skip most of those in favor of as many hands-on projects as we are able and willing to do. He will be doing more in-depth notebooking than last year, as well. </div>
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He will also begin a study of the states. We'll cover one state per week using sheets I've made as well as those available for free from <a href="http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/history-and-social-studies/social-studies-coloring-pages/" target="_blank">Crayola</a>. He adores his Stack the States app and it has sparked an interest in learning more. Stack the States is available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DZYXTRY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DZYXTRY&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20&linkId=WJEY7UEYUCUK3ZH4">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00DZYXTRY" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freecloud.StackTheStates" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-the-states/id381342267?mt=8" target="_blank">iTunes</a> for $0.99. </div>
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Our World of Science book will be the spine for Earth Science and Astronomy. It has large sections on each of these sciences. I have to be honest, I'm not very impressed with the "... for Every Kid" experiment books, now that I have them. We will probably do very few of those and mostly pull our experiments, demonstrations and projects from Pinterest. YouTube videos from the BBC, NASA, Bill Nye and more are also a big part of this year's science plan. I'm sure our Magic School Bus box set will make a few appearances, as well.</div>
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Robbie will continue his Greek language studies, but we chose to try the Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek! series. He loved the Greek Alphabet Code Cracker, but was not impressed when I showed him samples of Greek for Children. I'm hoping this is a good fit... after all, he helped to pick it out. </div>
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Guitar lessons will be on-demand, since his interest is waning. Music appreciation will be bi-weekly composer/band/artist studies chosen by RockerDad and myself. This will mainly consist of reading a short bio, listening to music and (when appropriate) watching live footage.</div>
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I'm really excited about art, though. I have chosen 36 lessons from the free Art Projects for Kids website. I really think he'll enjoy them.</div>
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P.E. will be two daily recesses during school time along with daily stretching and general exercises. He will also be playing seasonal sports, doing long bike rides and physical Cub Scout activities. We will be using various drills from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalAlliance4YS" target="_blank">NAYS</a> (National Alliance for Youth Sports) as structured outdoor sports time.</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed the peek at our plan. I love to read posts about curriculum choices, so feel free to link to yours in the comments section! </div>
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<ul>If you'd like to see what we've used in previous years, just click below!
<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-grade-curriculum-2013-2014.html" target="_blank">2013 - 2014 First Grade</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2012/07/kindergarten-curriculum-2012-2013.html" target="_blank">2012 - 2013 Kindergarten</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2011/07/pre-k-plans-fall-2011.html" target="_blank">2011 - 2012 Pre-K</a></li>
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I can't believe how fast this summer is flying by... can you?</div>
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Well, here's a short update on the past few weeks of fun and summer (home)school.</div>
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HISTORY: finishing up the two big civilizations we didn't get to in our Ancient History studies, starting with Greece. </div>
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READING: a chapter (give or take) each day from his current literature selection.</div>
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MATH: 2 pages in his Singapore workbook and a Life of Fred Chapter</div>
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GREEK: 1 page in his Greek workbook</div>
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SPELLING: 2 words, 2 phrases and 1 sentence from dictation</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robbie and a few cousins at the lake house on the 4th.</td></tr>
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... and a bit more fun from after the 4th ...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RockerDad throwing Robbie in the pool and Robbie doing a pose as Link (from the Zelda games).</td></tr>
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<br />RockerMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543179627497952349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789010692601154000.post-49575393815721093002014-06-27T07:18:00.000-04:002014-07-18T09:22:10.909-04:00Summer Update... Getting Back To It<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well, baseball is finally over and we're back to our summer schedule. Here are some pics of what we've been doing since summer began.<br />
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Second grade will officially begin on August 11, but some intentional laid-back learning is still going on.<br />
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We're both solidifying our quick recall of the Greek alphabet... mostly through games.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greek Alphabet Dice Game</td></tr>
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We'll be moving away from Singapore Math this fall, but he's still using unfinished parts for review. He also started the Life of Fred Elementary Math series. He LOVES it! (I love that he does it independently, which is a fairly new thing for him.)<br />
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I'm using the summer to make sure that Robbie can apply the spelling rules he's learned. Below, he was using his knowledge to decide whether to use a "c" or a "k" in the middle of a word and identifying open/closed syllables.<br />
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The beginning of his summer was monopolized by practices and tournaments for the 5/6 year old all star team. They went out quickly in sub-district play, be had such a great time, learned a lot about the sport and made new friends. :)</div>
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He was excited to get his regular season trophy, but was stunned speechless by his huge all star trophy.<br />
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Robbie has decided not to play soccer this fall. He wants to try (American) football. I'm not sure if this mommy can handle the roughness, but he's asked for two years. We'll see how the football camp goes before final decisions are made.<br />
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I've been working on second grade lesson plans... I'm nearly finished. I'll post more about it soon.<br />
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Well, that's a glimpse of our early summer. I'm trying to get back into the swing of this blogging thing. <br />
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I know I haven't been the best at updating, but we've taken a bit of a break from heavy schoolwork lately. Here's what he HAS been up to.<br />
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Robbie's been reading <i>Stuart Little</i> and doing a bit of writing (and even less math), but the rest of his time has been free play time (i.e. "swimming") and baseball.... lots of baseball. (Five and six year olds playing baseball are so CUTE!)<br />
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For the past two weeks, he's been practicing with his 6 and under All Star team. I'm very proud of his hard work this season and that he was able to make this team.<br />
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They play in their first tournament tomorrow, but I thought I'd share a few photos from the regular season (since I have no school pics to post... I know. Shame on me!)<br />
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Once All Star season is over, we'll be back to normal and (hopefully) I'll start updating with educational stuff again. :)<br />
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Oh!... and this is (apparently) my 600th post. Go me!<br />
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Today is our first day of our summer schedule. Things will be rather light (reading, finishing up a bit of math, writing - he really needs this - and Greek when he wants... with lots of breaks for summer fun), but I am confident that this will have him ready for his 2nd Grade curriculum this Fall. It will also help pass the time on those days when it's simply too hot to go outside.<br />
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I love having the freedom to decide.RockerMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543179627497952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789010692601154000.post-83762035582747151472014-02-21T09:29:00.001-05:002014-07-18T09:22:10.925-04:00The Week(s) of World War Three<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have a bit of catching up to do, so this post covers a few weeks. As you can see from the lines that RockerDad set Robbie (above), we have been facing some discipline issues. Things are progressing (albeit at a snail's pace) on that front, however, so let's move on to the educational bits.<br />
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All things on the wordy front are going as smoothly as they ever have. He is doing more spontaneous independent reading (but still not as much as I'd like). He's worked very hard and is on track to finish everything on time (which is saying something, considering how long we had to stay with my parents).<br />
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<b>Robbie's thoughts on Language Arts:</b><br />
Grammar... "dull"<br />
Reading... "I like to read, but not everything."<br />
Writing... "Why do I have to write?"<br />
Spelling... "Fun!"<br />
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It's interesting to hear what a six-year-old thinks. I am working to find ways to involve him (and let him own) his education, while still meeting my goals.<br />
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I thought things would slow down when we hit the regrouping and renaming for addition and subtraction, but he grasped both concepts immediately and wants to move on. I think I will do that, but give him a problem or two to solve each day as practice.<br />
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I'm trying to make sure that we play at LEAST two math games per week. Robbie likes to keep score when we play "Corners". He also likes to play "Go to the Dump" by making different numbers. (In the photo below, we were making 12's.)<br />
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Overall, I'm very happy with all he's learned. He's great with mental math and is getting better at showing his work when paper and pencil are required.<br />
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We've wrapped up our study of Ancient Egypt. It was a really fun few weeks. Here are a few more of the projects Robbie enjoyed...<br />
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Using an action figure from The Dollar Tree, some spices from the pantry, a paper towel, masking tape and a quickly drawn mask, we made a "mummy". The sarcophagus was made from a box (also from The Dollar Tree.. in the wedding/party section). This was a fun, easy-clean-up project and we discussed the steps in mummification (and acted out the ones which were not physically possible.. like removing the organs). He still remembers the steps, so I consider this one a success.<br />
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Robbie loves to dress up (as any regular reader will know), so we pieced together a simple Egyptian costume for him to wear. He loved it!!<br />
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For weeks, I've been wondering what to do with the <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-week-of-happiness-patrol.html" target="_blank">mud bricks</a> we made. I'm so happy to report that we found a way to re-purpose them in our history studies. They formed the "stone" blocks of Robbie's pyramid. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We used our mud bricks to construct a pyramid and covered it with a salt-dough clay.</td></tr>
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The science topics were insects and arachnids. Robbie read many books and watched even more videos. We did a few projects... pollination demonstration with Cheet-os, a white glue and pastel spiderweb (art), etc.... but I was just lazy about pics, I guess.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creepy crawly science was fun for Robbie.. not so much for me (they have too many legs!!).</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Books Used:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890516170/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0890516170&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img alt="The World of Animals" border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0890516170&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thelinaca-20" title="The World of Animals" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0890516170" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0746019726/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0746019726&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img alt="Usborne Starting Point Science: Life on Earth" border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0746019726&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thelinaca-20" title="Usborne Starting Point Science: Life on Earth" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0746019726" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590476165/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590476165&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img alt="Armies of Ants" border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0590476165&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thelinaca-20" title="Armies of Ants" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545007380/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0545007380&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img alt="Busy Honeybees" border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0545007380&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thelinaca-20" title="Busy Honeybees" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0545007380" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689852894/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689852894&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img alt="The Spider and the Fly" border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0689852894&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thelinaca-20" title="The Spider and the Fly" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0689852894" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<li>Butterfly and the Bog Beast</li>
<li>Ants in its Pants</li>
<li>In a Beehive</li>
<li>Spins a Web</li>
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<li>Insects (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6L2x1Itv8" target="_blank">youtube</a>)</li>
<li>Spiders (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF-lEpEquGM" target="_blank">youtube</a>)</li>
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There's not much to say about Robbie's Greek Alphabet studies. He still loves them (and even requested his Code Cracker book last weekend... for fun!!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robbie is doing better at basketball, but he still only half pays attention.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had some REAL snow in TN. Robbie pelted RockerDad relentlessly.</td></tr>
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Robbie watched Bill Nye's <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAkhhN30AHHs&ei=byoGU5iROe7J0AGInYCACA&usg=AFQjCNHAe4YD4Tez3ijbsbFhzu1IC4YTXw&sig2=KIse6_GnykAGfSV0xJaIJw&bvm=bv.61725948,d.dmQ" target="_blank">Do It Yourself Science</a> on youtube the other evening and got inspired to investigate. These are not all of the experiments he conducted, but they are the ones I where I managed to snap a photo.<br />
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While waiting for another experiment, RockerDad placed a crumpled paper towel into the bottom of a glass. He then had Robbie guess what would happen if he pushed the upside down glass straight into the water. When he pulled the glass out, the paper towel was dry. Robbie learned that the air in the cup didn't allow the water to enter.<br />
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This is one that Robbie chose from the video. He was very excited about it. He ran hot water into the plastic bottle and let it sit for a few minutes, then poured it out. He capped it immediately. He then placed it into a bowl of ice water. As the water vapor inside the bottle cooled, it turned to water and took up less space in the bottle. The air pressure outside of the bottle crushed it. He loved this one.<br />
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This was an investigation of Robbie's own making. He wondered if cooking oil could be frozen, and how it would be different from frozen water. We filled one cup of an ice cube tray with water and one with vegetable oil. The next morning, both were frozen. He noted that the frozen oil was slicker, softer and melted faster than the frozen water.<br />
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Robbie first guess with this one was that the water would float on the oil, since the oil "felt denser" than the water. He was surprised when the opposite happened. We also discussed why the food coloring only stays with the water.<br />
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He has plans for more experiments, and I hope that this recent spark of scientific curiosity flares into an inferno (not literally... not even for the sake of science). Our study of life science this year has been educational, but it's lacking the hands-on and investigative aspect that all science should incorporate. I may be making a change in our science in the near future.<br />
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This was a week of changes for us. No, we didn't move, again (thank goodness!!). We simply tried out an actual daily schedule.. you know, with times and all that. ;) We weren't total sticklers, but having it as a guide really helped us with our time management skills.<br />
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Actually, this schedule worked brilliantly! I might post more about it once we've had a bit more time with it under our belts. <br />
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It seems to be difficult to snap photos of most of Robbie's language arts work. It occurred to me that I actually DO get pics most weeks, but they're cross-curricular. He does reading, copywork, narrations and even handwriting as part of his history and science. Spelling naturally carries over to every written subject, as well.<br />
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We covered so many topics this week in math (through Singapore, with our skip counting and simply during Robbie's "free math" explorations). The image above shows a small sampling. Right now, I'm simply trying to gently build his stamina. His mind is ready for so much more than we're doing, but he simply needs to be able to write a bit more without whining.<br />
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We began our study of Ancient Egypt with some reading and fun, hands-on activities. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robbie's double crown of Ancient Egypt was a long and messy project, but we both enjoyed it. </td></tr>
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We still have a few weeks of Ancient Egypt, so I hope to put together a post of all of it when we're through.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933339004/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1933339004&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img border="0" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/412I44TOmNL._SL110_.jpg" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1933339004" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698114019/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0698114019&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20"><img border="0" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QFfwXBtML._SL110_.jpg" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0698114019" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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In his second week of mollusk study, he learned about cephalopods. I found a short octopus reading comprehension sheet online (can't remember where.. if I do, I'll post the link). He did his vocabulary/copywork sheet, ate some octopus hot dogs and read some books.<br />
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As a family, we really enjoyed the short artist study and art project we chose (Hendrick Avercamp) from our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OZAQYU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006OZAQYU&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20">Usborne Art Treasury</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B006OZAQYU" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> book.
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Robbie did much better at his second basketball game. He actually played!! This enabled me to pay attention to the game as a whole... and I was shocked by how good most of the players were. It was a very good game! <br />
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Valentine's Day is not a huge deal in our home, but we have enjoyed some fun learning activities over the years. Here are some of our favorites! (Most everything you'll see here is either a free printable or uses materials purchased at the Dollar Tree. Also, the stages listed are general guidelines... feel free to play fast and loose with the age ranges.)<br />
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Robbie enjoyed a printable name puzzle (ours was a modified version of <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.com/LoveTotPack.html" target="_blank">this one</a> at 1+1+1=1). <br />
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We used a pack of foam heart stickers in various sizes for several activities. Pictured below are sequencing by size/sorting by color as well as a set of numeracy cards I made for him. (Index cards, foam "love" bug stickers and foam hearts.) <br />
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Robbie has always loved baking, no matter what the occasion.<br />
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A few years ago, I created some Free Valentine's Math printables:<br />
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<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-valentines-math-printables.html" target="_blank">Pieces of My Heart Fraction Puzzles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2011/01/ordinal-numbers-printables-valentines.html" target="_blank">Ordinal Number Hearts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-valentines-math-printables.html" target="_blank">Hugs and Kisses Pattern Strips</a></li>
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Make a Valentine's Day themed Play Doh bin. Ours included dough in shades of red, pink and purple, along with cutters and laminated hearts and flowers. (If memory serves me, I believe that Robbie mostly made Transformers out of any and all Play-Doh at that time, LOL.)<br />
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Ahh.. the sensory bin. Robbie showed more interest in this one than most others (probably because of the rocks.. he's always loved rocks). Again, these were all Dollar Tree materials. Some items were from the Valentine's section and others were from the wedding area.<br />
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Robbie's favorite... the Lego Bin! For Valentine's Day, I simply put his red and white bricks into a bin and placed them on a school shelf. It was always interesting to see what he'd create when faced with limited colors. (He still had access to his other colors, but seeing a bin of these would generally make him want to build with just those bricks.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red and white Lego Bin for Valentine's Day</td></tr>
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The original post showing these three bins in action: <br />
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RockerMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543179627497952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789010692601154000.post-77273073674045477722014-01-24T05:00:00.000-05:002014-07-18T09:22:10.922-04:00The Day... erm... Week? of the Daleks <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week saw a huge improvement in Robbie's attitude. I don't really have a lot to say to set this up, so let's just dive in... <br />
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He is still choosing to read a few times per week as entertainment. I'm usually off to the side like a wildlife film maker... keeping very still and quiet, so I don't spook him into putting the book down. (If that statement totally confused you, it will make more sense if you read my post. "<a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2013/11/have-i-failed-my-young-reader.html" target="_blank">Have I Failed My Young Reader?</a>"<br />
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He completes a page per day from his D'Nealian 2 book. All writing from First Language Lessons is required. I also create vocabulary and copywork sheets for science, history and our "Notable Names" studies.<br />
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After school one day, he decided that he really wanted to make a movie. I told him that I'd film it and edit it if he wrote the script..... so he did. RockerDad added the sound effects. (No Oscars coming his way, but I thought it was cute for a six-year-old's first actor/writer/director credit.)<br />
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We're still plugging along daily with these. They aren't the most exciting parts of our day, but neither of us really mind them, either. </div>
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This may be a first... I don't have any math pictures from this particular week. Huh. Well, we have stuck to doing multiple condensed lessons each day and rounding out our week with games and mental math activities. It's working, so far.<br />
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Manipulating numbers into the thousands was the focus of our actual lessons and our "play" math was adding and subtracting mentally within 1,000. Skip counting review sheets were by fours. <br />
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We finished up our study of Ancient Sumer this week. Robbie really seemed to enjoy it!<br />
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Science this week was all about gastropods and bivalves mollusks... until Robbie took a sudden and unexpected left turn on me...<br />
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We only had two actual shells for him, but that was enough. He used the conch to make a home for a hermit crab (actually a squishy, light-up spider), handled some pearls (my mom's bracelet), and looked back at pictures of him with a giant clam shell (Field Museum, July 2013).<br />
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His shirt was wet because another scout shoved Robbie into the water fountain while he was getting a drink.<br />
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Eta, Theta, Iota... these were the letters of the week. Robbie is really surprising me. He rarely uses his Cypher Wheel for most letters (even the ones we haven't covered, yet). He still thinks the Cypher Wheel is cool (and uses it to check his own work), but he is challenging himself to see what he remembers on his own.<br />
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Robbie is loving the free drawing time with his Boys' Doodle Book. We will be doing an actual art project next week, I believe. Guitar lessons are where I'm slacking a bit. I really need to sit down this weekend and figure out a workable way to teach him.<br />
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Robbie is playing basketball for the first time this winter. He's loving it, even if he is one of the smallest/youngest/least-skilled on the team. (The league here starts at 4 years old and most of his team started years ago.) Our neighbor just gave us a basketball goal, since his son got a new one, and Robbie LOVES to go out and practice daily.<br />
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We are just beginning our study of Ancient Egypt, but I've (naturally) been collecting fun projects, games, activities, etc. to enhance our time spent learning about this amazing civilization. One of the main things I wanted to do was have a Senet game for us to play. <br />
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I knew we couldn't splurge and purchase one, and I wanted something a bit more sturdy (and attractive) than a simple printout... so I decided to make my own.<br />
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Okay, so a D.I.Y. Senet game is not really a novel idea. There are tons of them floating around if you do a simple search. Still, I thought I'd share how I made ours on the cheap. <br />
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We purchased a chess set at the Dollar Tree. I thought it would be a great starting point for the game board, plus we could use the pawns as.. well.. <i>pawns</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A white gel pen, a black sharpie and a dollar chess set were our main materials.</td></tr>
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The first thing I did was draw the images on the special squares. I used a white gel pen and a sharpie, but printed images could easily be glued onto the squares. I then cut the board. Since a chess board is 8x8, and I needed 10x3, I first cut an 8x3 strip along with a 2x3 one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The board as it was being decorated and assembled.</td></tr>
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I then glued the entire thing onto a strip of card stock. For the sticks (used to know how many spaces to move the pawns), I simply colored one side of 4 craft sticks red, and the other side black.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our finished Senet board and game sticks.</td></tr>
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Since the rules of the original game have been lost to history, we chose the ones we liked best from a google search and have been having a blast playing!<br />
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<a href="http://whatwillwedotoday.com/2011/07/19/camp-grandmama-and-grampy-campy-ancient-egypt-day-how-to-make-the-game-of-senet/" target="_blank">What Will We Do Today?</a><br />
This is a rather involved board, but one the kids got to decorate. It looks like so much fun!<br />
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The original link to this one is dead, but I've linked to it on Pinterest. I just want to touch it!<br />
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If you'd love to have one, but would rather not make it.. this one at Amazon looks gorgeous.<br />
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<a href="http://thiefontheflats.blogspot.com/2012/01/printable-senet-boards.html" target="_blank">Senet Printable</a><br />
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Oh... and I'm not linking to them, but there are dozens of Senet apps for both Android and Apple products. Once the kids have played the real thing, it might be a fun reward for them to have the app.<br />
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Have you or your children made a Senet game? If so, please give me a link in the comments. I'd love to see it (and add it to the list above).<br />
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His big brother was sick and unable to visit us when scheduled, so Robbie wrote him a get well letter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A letter to his big brother</td></tr>
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*sighs* Copywork.. it's a daily struggle. Here is a pic I snapped of a very upset Robbie who was refusing to do his copywork. He did do it, once he calmed down. (See first collage in this post... he still wasn't happy about it.)<br />
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On a more positive note, Robbie is now choosing (freely!) to read a few times per week. I snapped this photo of him reading from a Legend of Zelda manga book he received for Christmas. (It's still strange for me to see a book printed back to front.) Great literature? No. Inspired children's book? Nope. I suppose I'll just have to continue to read those sorts of things to him. Hopefully, he'll come around one day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dressed as Link, with his Link plushie and reading about Link</td></tr>
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If you read my post last week, you know that I have been struggling to have less ... well... struggles with our math lessons. RockerDad suggested that things were progressing too slowly for Robbie's abilities. I was afraid of moving too fast. I decided that my husband's fresh eyes might have noticed something that I have missed, so we switched things up a bit this week.<br />
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I didn't make Robbie write every answer (or even do every problem, if he showed proficiency and understanding), and he zoomed through our entire week's math lessons in one morning. I had to stop him. <br />
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Since I hadn't planned for our weekly math to be completed on Monday, we simply enjoyed whichever hands-on activities or math games Robbie chose on the other days. I will be condensing our plans, whenever possible to move at his pace. I'm thinking that I'll keep our math schedule very flexible, so that we can move forward when he understands and hang out a bit when he needs the practice. (Sounds a bit more like how I did math in Pre-K and K with Robbie, huh?)<br />
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Games pictured above: Corners (with our subtraction modification) and addition war. The corners cards were part of our <a href="http://store.rightstartmath.com/mathcardgames-3.aspx" target="_blank">Rightstart Math Card Games</a> and the ten frames cards can be downloaded for free <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2012/06/printable-ten-frame-cards.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Ancient Sumer was our history topic for this week (as well as for next). We read about the culture, daily life, slavery and other things. We built the Ziggurat of Ur out of Legos (yes, I helped, but the design and work was mostly Robbie's.. I really just helped with structural integrity.). He said that the temple on the top should be blue, so we made it so.<br />
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The Doctor (a mini figure he made of the 11th Doctor) and his Mario guys have had many adventures in Sumer this week. <br />
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He completed pages for his History notebook...<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This week, Robbie learned about worms (mostly earthworms). We didn't have much to do (and no project... we've had a worm farm before and he told me that he wasn't interested in having another), but we read a bit in books and online.</span></div>
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The "wormy" lunch pictured above was an enormous hit. He had cheese worms, cucumber worms, cashew grubs and wormsketti (I used food coloring in the water as I boiled the pasta. It looked pretty disgusting, but boys love that sort of thing, don't they?) Oh, and he drank "dirt juice" (iced tea).<br />
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I had planned for us to watch this video (Wild Kratts: Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy), but our internet won't be able to handle our Amazon Prime Videos for another month or so. It's no big deal here, since he's watched it before.<br />
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As I mentioned last week, Robbie learned the Greek alphabet on his own. Now, we're just working on immediate recognition and writing skills. I find it odd that he can't stand to do things he already knows when it comes to math, but he never complains about the seemingly tedious review work in his Greek book. (When I say "never complains", what I really mean is that he begs to do it first each day... and even on weekends.)<br />
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I'm so glad that I listened to him when he told me that he really wanted to learn Greek. It's the most enjoyable part of our school day. We'll still study Latin in the future, but I don't regret our last-minute curriculum change.<br />
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Snow isn't really common where we live. Even when it falls, it rarely sticks. When it sticks, it's usually about this much and it's gone by 10 AM. This tiny bit of snow stayed in our yard for a few days.<br />
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We all worked a bit on his first ever Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts. He's a Tiger Cub, so his adult partner(s) are expected to help. He wanted a TARDIS car, so RockerDad showed him various body profiles online and Robbie chose one. RockerDad cut it out, Robbie rough-sanded and his Daddy did the final sanding. Robbie painted it. I printed out the windows, signs and door panels and we glued them on together. It was a great project to work on as a family! <br />
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Oh, and the Derby was fun, too!<br />
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Well, that just about sums up our week. I look forward to seeing what others have been up to this week!<br />
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Way back in 2009, I posted about one of my first DIY educational projects... a tot-friendly (with supervision, of course) geoboard. (Original post can be found <a href="http://thelintonacademy.blogspot.com/2009/07/geoboard-for-my-tot.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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This was a big hit with Robbie (who was 25 months old, I believe). We used hair elastics with no metal bands to make it easier on his baby fingers. He used this geoboard (and loved it) until his chubby little fingers were ready for the real deal.<br />
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He continued to love playing with geoboards. We'd take turns duplicating what the other had created with the bands, he'd create beloved characters, see how far a band would stretch before snapping, see how many bands he could get to stay on a single peg, make harps and guitars... you name it! Oh!.. and of course, he made shapes... lots and lots of shapes. He turned this shape into that shape and back. He loved the shapes.<br />
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In recent years, our geoboards have been used while learning the basics of multiplication, perimeter, area and more.<br />
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I truly believe that all of that free exploration was one of the best early math activities we ever had. Our DIY Geoboard.. that rough hunk of scrap wood and push pins, was just the beginning. We now own (and love) several commercially available geoboards, both wooden and plastic with varying numbers of pegs, but I'm so glad we started here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.powerfulmothering.com/diy-geoboard-with-a-twist/" target="_blank">DIY Geoboard With a Twist</a> (Powerful Mothering)<br />
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<a href="http://fun-a-day.com/diy-foam-geoboard-tree/" target="_blank">DIY Foam Geoboard Tree</a> (Fun-A-Day)<br />
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<a href="http://mamajenn.com/blog/2009/08/make-your-own-geoboard.html" target="_blank">Make Your Own Geoboard</a> (Mama Jenn)<br />
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FINALLY!!!.. We have our books and our supplies and we have one week of full-on first grade under our belts in this new year! It has been quite a change for Robbie, who has had to go from "grandparents-will-make-sure-he's-not-unhappy-about-ANYTHING" mode back into school mode, but I think we're getting there. <br />
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I was pretty dead-set against having a "word" for the new year, but I honestly feel that I've been slapped in the face with one. <br />
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No family is perfect. No matter how much that blogger we look up to seems to be a supermom.. she has her struggles. I have felt inferior so many times while reading other homeschooling blogs.. thinking that I could never measure up. Their house seems perfect, their children seem perfect, their lives seem perfect... but that's just an illusion in an online memory book. We all want to remember the good and shove the less-than-fun parts of everyday life in the closet where the company won't see them.<br />
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It's so easy to gloss over the difficult parts of a homeschooling day. It's sort of a knee-jerk reaction (for me, anyway) to want to plaster on a fake smile and show the world that things are perfect. They're not. Things go wrong.. life happens... attitudes/pouting/sulking/etc. happen. The lovely plans I made for the week (that I have been soooooo excited about for so long) go out the door for any number of reasons.<br />
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So, I'm thinking that I shall try to be more "real" in my posts. (I'm going to shut up now and simply try to be real.)<br />
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I've recently realized (i.e. had sense knocked into me by a wiser homeschool mom) that Robbie will not always enjoy his schoolwork. (Yes, yes, I already knew this, but that didn't stop me from constantly trying to make him "happy".. and adjusting things to stop the whining and complaining.) This weeks was about gritting my teeth and making him do the hard things, the boring things, the lengthy things.. even if I nearly went totally grey in the process.<br />
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By the end of the week, it was getting easier, but I know it will take quite some time for us to reach a "happy" point in our school weeks. Baby steps, right?<br />
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Okay, enough about that. How about a glimpse of school in our new home?<br />
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We still need to paint our kitchen and replace the flooring, but I have set up our temporary school area and it seems to function well for us.<br />
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Okay, enough of that... on to the nitty-gritty, eh? Much of our week was review, to help ease us into the new material next week.<br />
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Robbie continues to despise reading, but I am cracking down and making him do it. I can't force him to do it for pleasure, but he can no longer get out of reading the things I assign. I've also created a "First Grade Reading Challenge", which includes Read Alouds, Shared Readings and Independent Readings. This is for our family and I hope it will be encouraging to see what we've accomplished by the end of this school year.<br />
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*Jumps up and down like a fool.* He did pick up a book this week and read it on his own.. no prompting. It was no great piece of literature, but he CHOSE to read!!! <br />
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A close second to reading on <i>Robbie's List of Horrible Things</i> is writing. He's doing (most of) his copywork, but he's very vocal (and dramatic.. he could win awards!) about how awful it is. Seriously... copying a 5 word sentence can take 15-20 minutes. Of those, approximately 14-19 minutes are spent complaining, whining and bargaining.<br />
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Thankfully, spelling and grammar are going smoothly (except for the copywork). WOOHOO!! I'll take what I can get! ;)<br />
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Robbie does well with math. He doesn't like the length of the lessons (but.. let's face it, anything longer than a minute-and-a-half and he thinks it's too long.. he's got things to do, you see..). My husband thinks that Robbie puts up a fuss with math (a subject he used to adore) because the lessons are too easy. I'm afraid of glossing over or skipping things, though. I want him to have a strong foundation. This is an area where I'm unsure and I will be reevaluating soon.<br />
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We're taking a few minutes twice a week to review skip-counting by a particular number. One day, he does a <a href="http://www.currclick.com/product/22631/Skip-Counting-Drill-Sheets?it=1" target="_blank">Skip-Counting Drill Sheet</a> (found at CurrClick) and on the other, he does a <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/07/skip-counting-mazes.html" target="_blank">Skip-Counting Maze</a> (Confessions of a Homeschooler). His daily math was a review of adding and subtracting within one hundred.<br />
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We are almost studying ancient history in chronological order. Almost. While going through my <i>Usborne Book of World History</i> and <i>Story of the World, Vol. 1</i>, it occurred to me that it might make more sense to study the ancients by civilization (instead of constantly jumping from one to another and then back again). I know that's not quite how Story of the World is structured and it sometimes throws us a bit ahead in time when we see a civilization through to its decline (or logical stopping point), but we're okay with that. We use the Usborne book as our spine and Story as our main supplement.<br />
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The first cities of Jericho and Catal Huyuk were our history topics for the week. After learning about these ancient cities in our spine, we read about Jericho in a few of his Bible storybooks and made some mud bricks for a hands-on project. He was determined to bring down a wall with noise. <br />
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Our bricks got a bit "puffy" in the middle as we baked them in the sun (our oven), so we improvised some mortar (play-doh) and he was off on a building spree!!<br />
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For science, we simply finished up our jellyfish studies, which we started WAY back here. Ummm.. OOPS! I guess with our move last summer, I never got around to posting the beginning of this. Well, here is a bit of what we did THIS week.<br />
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Yep, below is a shining example of Robbie when he's stubborn. He did the bare (and I mean the barest) minimum on this sheet. I am hoping that this notebooking thing will get better/easier/more enjoyable as time passes... yes??<br />
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We were using a generic Animal notebooking page from <a href="http://notebookingfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Notebooking Fairy</a> (that's the one you see below), but it wasn't quite what we needed. So, I tweaked it a bit here and there (not much, actually) and made a version that I think will fit our needs and contain more relevant information for Robbie. (I may post more about this once it's been properly test-driven.)<br />
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I wish Robbie approached every subject like he does Greek. He is truly a smiling, happy boy when we're working on these lessons. We're taking things slow, since it would be too easy to zip very quickly through <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600510353/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1600510353&linkCode=as2&tag=thelinaca-20" target="_blank">The Greek Alphabet Code Cracker</a></i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thelinaca-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1600510353" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (he's already zipped ahead on his own time and can identify all letters, but he still needs work on writing and such), but I hope that the letters and sounds are nearly second nature to him when we're finished. Honestly, I fear that I'm going a bit too slow for him, but he's not complaining (and I don't have another level to move on to if we finish early), so I'll keep this pace until there is a problem.<br />
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He didn't do much electronic schooling this week, but that's just fine with me. ;)<br />
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I'm ashamed to admit that we forgot to bring his guitar down from my parents' house, so he was working on theory in music this week. He didn't seem to mind, though. He is working through his Doodle Book during art time (since we both found our spirits dashed whenever I brought out "Drawing With Children', which was no fun for us at all). I plan to add some artist studies in, but I'm not sure when or how (since I'm not very well-versed in this area). We're an artistic and musical family (hubby plays guitar, draws and inks comics for an independent company; I draw for fun and used to play bass guitar for a living and play many other instruments), but I seem to get a bit overwhelmed in this area, at times. My main goal is to show him the beauty in art and music.<br />
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It wasn't all whining, meltdowns and academics this week. When even the longest days last only three hours, there's plenty of time for fun. <br />
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Well, that was a peek into our first week of 2014. Sorry if this post got a bit wordy. I guess stepping back in after doing the bare minimum gave me a new perspective.<br />
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