I *completely* forgot to record anything from the week before last except for one day--Monday, I think! Oops! On Monday, April 28: Miquon--finished the book! Did a lesson from our phonics book (The Ordinary Parents' Guide to Teaching Reading). Read aloud 2 Mouse Tales. Read Pippi Longstocking (2 chapters). Looked at Thailand facts on Time for Kids website, then watched a short video on shark tagging and another one on tornadoes. Done for that day!
There was also a day that week that Finn decided he was going to do a ton of his Explode the Code book. I think he did something like 10-12 pages (almost 2 full lessons) before I stopped him and moved us on to something else!
Monday, May 5
Two pages of Miquon. Reviewed -ea- sounds. Then I made up a story using those sounds and had Finn read it. After that I put "eat" and "seat" in the corner of white board and had Finn write 2 sentences (using his own spelling) using those words. "I will eat ice cream, yum yum yum. I will reed in mi seat." He finished watching a numbers video with little sister, then we read two chapters of Pippi Longstocking, read the next chapter in Child's History of the World (and then we talked about it at length, and Finn illustrated it on an index card--I like "picture narrations" for this age). Finn narrated one Aesop's Fable and then the children begged to read more, so we spent some time flipping around reading Aesop today. We spent the afternoon enjoying the company of a friend who came over to play; Finn also worked on building the lake and dam he is designing in our flower bed. Bedtime story: Mr. Popper's Penguins. An easy, quiet day.
Tuesday, May 6
Two pages of Miquon. A little confused about how his mother knows that if I have 20,000 prs of socks I have an even number of socks....we'll get there! Two pages of Explode the Code. Played at the park with friends for an hour (recess?). Art lesson, then the rest of the afternoon spent at farmers' market, Fresh Market and local Mennonite market! Lots of time in the car meant listening to the entire Disc 1 of The Story of the World....more than once. Fortunately Finn got in some good quality time working on his dam while I made dinner. He also decided to make a golden apple, inspired by the Greek tale of the origins of the Trojan War.* Bedtime story: ditto Monday.
Wednesday, May 7
Today we attended the schools of dam-building outside and planting liriope, lilies and columbine. Gardening! Lots of configuring, designing and trying to figure out how to use scrap wood to create a good dam for his lake.
Thursday, May 8
No formal school today, as we enjoyed a full-day field trip (left the house at 8:15, home around 4:15) to a different city to see a performance of Mary Poppins. The set was great, there was confetti blasting out of a cannon at the end (those in the know will know what this means to Finn--he's a confetti maniac), and the children were enchanted for three straight hours (with one 15-minute intermission). So fun! Back at home Finn worked very hard on creating his own set--he's also an obsessed, interested set-designer and has designed backdrops for fairy movies, the Swan Lake ballet, and many variations of Andre Rieu's orchestra. He also worked on making confetti--an ongoing project. We also read copious quantities of Beatrix Potter--my 3 year old daughter Annie is addicted. Bedtime story: we finished Mr. Popper's Penguins!
Friday, May 9
Three pages Miquon. Worked on phonics (I create my own lessons at times). Finn had to write 2 sentences using the words "clean" and "great". We started reading The Little House in the Big Woods. (Finn was really impressed by the smokehouse idea. "Wow, that was smart!") We read two chapters of Life of Fred: Butterflies, we sang our hymns and learned the next verse of our current hymn ("For the Beauty of the Earth").
On Monday the 12th we left home and traveled to Charleston, South Carolina for the week. My father and stepmother live there and we wanted to get some sunshine. So we swam in the pool, went to the beach twice, celebrated my father's birthday and spent a lot of quality time together. We also did school while we were there--but just Miquon and Explode the Code. Very simple, basic and easy.
We are back at it now!
*The Golden Apple was supposed to go to the most beautiful goddess. I can't wait to see whether Finn decides his mother is The Most Beautiful Goddess. Stay tuned. {UPDATE: He says his sister should get it. You know....I agree.}
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