If you haven't see the Complete Canadian Curriculum books yet, you aught to check them out. They are fairly handy for teaching youngsters a variety of subjects. We were working in this book today because the lad has been struggling to understand a math concept taught by A+Tutorsoft Math so I thought I'd give him a gander at a simpler version of it and give him a boost in confidence that he too can do this (and he can he just needs to KNOW he can).
if you want a chance to win your own copy of it as well.. head on over to The Canadian Homeschooler and check out her give away.
Anyways, working in that book we came across a flowers poem that taught about how flowers have meanings attached to them. So the lad asked. MOM, what flower says I'm sorry? I did a quick google search and found EasyFlowers which told me that the Purple Hyacinth is the "I'm sorry" flower. isn't that interesting to learn? You can make whole bouquets up to express your thoughts to someone else (as long as they are also conversant in the meaning of flowers).
if you want a chance to win your own copy of it as well.. head on over to The Canadian Homeschooler and check out her give away.
Anyways, working in that book we came across a flowers poem that taught about how flowers have meanings attached to them. So the lad asked. MOM, what flower says I'm sorry? I did a quick google search and found EasyFlowers which told me that the Purple Hyacinth is the "I'm sorry" flower. isn't that interesting to learn? You can make whole bouquets up to express your thoughts to someone else (as long as they are also conversant in the meaning of flowers).
Yesterday we started our work with Adventus, and this morning continued it. I thought it was interesting this morning how the lad came and asked.. Mom, why do they call it bird notes and whale notes? Why couldn't they call the bottom one pig notes? Then the angry birds and the pigs could have fun playing with each other.
So far the lad is enjoying the music program. It's starting very slow and easy and is a bit "below him" mentally, but since he doesn't really know music terminology at all, I figured it was okay to start him lower and he can get up to speed fairly quickly. Should be good. Can't quite figure out why the high notes aren't picking up at times...so I've sent off an email asking about that.
What else did we do today? um.. We did Target the question. This weeks questions are significantly too easy for him, so I think we'll be skipping ahead a bit. See if they are harder down the road..but I'll do that this week. Once started a week we need to finish it or the lad gets annoyed. :)
He read a BOB book fairly independently. I think soon I'll have to start challenging his reading a bit more as he's really coming along here. We also worked on some CVC words. He got these fairly easily, though I did confuse him with A.C.T.
m -Can you make a word?
TL - yes.. CAT.
m - can you make another word?
TL - NO.. CAT is all you can make from those.
m - So I said what about TAC?
TL - TAC???
m - Yes, TAC, as in I will TAC that to your head.
TL - What does that mean momma?
m- well... it means I'll take something sticky and TAC it to your forehead.
TL - Oh... Not like a TACK for the bulletin board?
m - NO.. that would just hurt you I laughed...wouldn't it? I wouldn't do that to you. :) You are a silly lad.
TL - Giggles and then tacs something to MY head. :)
Oh....I annoyed him to no end today. He's been struggling with his math facts so I made flash cards for him and had him go through the whole works today. That's alot of cards to go through and he was not impressed with the amount of time it took. BUT he knows about half of them which means tomorrow it's less work. That didn't make his efforts any more satisfactory to him though, just resented it he did. The biggest thing is he doesn't get the point of it. Why memorize when I can just add it up in my head. He doesn't quite get the speed factor aspect and how much easier it makes it to have your facts memorized. The two pictured he knows full well, harder higher ones (such as 8 + 7 he struggles with).
What else did we do today? um.. We did Target the question. This weeks questions are significantly too easy for him, so I think we'll be skipping ahead a bit. See if they are harder down the road..but I'll do that this week. Once started a week we need to finish it or the lad gets annoyed. :)
He read a BOB book fairly independently. I think soon I'll have to start challenging his reading a bit more as he's really coming along here. We also worked on some CVC words. He got these fairly easily, though I did confuse him with A.C.T.
m -Can you make a word?
TL - yes.. CAT.
m - can you make another word?
TL - NO.. CAT is all you can make from those.
m - So I said what about TAC?
TL - TAC???
m - Yes, TAC, as in I will TAC that to your head.
TL - What does that mean momma?
m- well... it means I'll take something sticky and TAC it to your forehead.
TL - Oh... Not like a TACK for the bulletin board?
m - NO.. that would just hurt you I laughed...wouldn't it? I wouldn't do that to you. :) You are a silly lad.
TL - Giggles and then tacs something to MY head. :)
Oh....I annoyed him to no end today. He's been struggling with his math facts so I made flash cards for him and had him go through the whole works today. That's alot of cards to go through and he was not impressed with the amount of time it took. BUT he knows about half of them which means tomorrow it's less work. That didn't make his efforts any more satisfactory to him though, just resented it he did. The biggest thing is he doesn't get the point of it. Why memorize when I can just add it up in my head. He doesn't quite get the speed factor aspect and how much easier it makes it to have your facts memorized. The two pictured he knows full well, harder higher ones (such as 8 + 7 he struggles with).
OH! I almost forgot.
We wasted some fun time today looking over the Quirkology videos. Boy.. are they FUN to watch. Some we had to watch a couple of times before the lad figured them out. The lad was most intrigued by: 10 more amazing bets you will always win.
We wasted some fun time today looking over the Quirkology videos. Boy.. are they FUN to watch. Some we had to watch a couple of times before the lad figured them out. The lad was most intrigued by: 10 more amazing bets you will always win.
So that overall was our homeschooling day. I did some clean up/tidy up in the book room today, not as much as I wanted to, but some anyways.
But if you have any ideas on how I can encourage sheer memorization that would be lovely. Thanks! :)
But if you have any ideas on how I can encourage sheer memorization that would be lovely. Thanks! :)
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