We read three more books at lunch today.
The amazing world of spider by Janet Craig
Jillian Jiggs to the rescue by Phoebe Gilman
The grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The amazing world of spider by Janet Craig
Jillian Jiggs to the rescue by Phoebe Gilman
The grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Amazing world of spiders taught us new things about spiders. The fact that they have an oil on their skin that keeps them from sticking to their web. And that there are two main kinds of spiders...hunting and web-building, and we discovered a new type of web we didn't know before called a dome web.
click on picture to go to source of image. Spider Web images.
The Jillian Jiggs book made us laugh out lough. It was fun, filled with rhymes, and had a surprise ending. The lad says "this one is a keep book mom".
The grouchy ladybug was okay to read. It wasn't great, it wasn't horrid either. It would be excellent in a teaching situation to learn about sizes and also as a remind that being nice is not a bad thing to be. Grouchy doesn't really get you anywhere except perhaps wet, tired and hungry.
The grouchy ladybug was okay to read. It wasn't great, it wasn't horrid either. It would be excellent in a teaching situation to learn about sizes and also as a remind that being nice is not a bad thing to be. Grouchy doesn't really get you anywhere except perhaps wet, tired and hungry.
What else have we been doing lately?
We continue to do some math drills... no more than 10 minutes, so far the lad is beating most of the drills easily. It is giving me a good sense of what he knows and what I need to work on a bit with him. Good to do now before we get to set on what we are doing.
We're are working on Time4Learning. This is a review that we are doing. He was happy today to very much improve on his reading speed for a piece that he needed to do. :) It helped him to see that practicing does help when it comes to reading. I'm happy that he's gotten a boost of confidence.
We continue to work our way through Bible study guide for all ages. This is a product we reviewed a bit back. It is a good fit for our family...and has gotten my boy willing to sing. :) The only issue I have with it, is that it is geared for groups and sometimes working around the group aspect is beyond me.
Beyond that, we are just getting into the swing of things again on a more formal basis. After not doing much official homeschooling while we had our international student here it's been good to be a bit more organized again. :)
We're are working on Time4Learning. This is a review that we are doing. He was happy today to very much improve on his reading speed for a piece that he needed to do. :) It helped him to see that practicing does help when it comes to reading. I'm happy that he's gotten a boost of confidence.
We continue to work our way through Bible study guide for all ages. This is a product we reviewed a bit back. It is a good fit for our family...and has gotten my boy willing to sing. :) The only issue I have with it, is that it is geared for groups and sometimes working around the group aspect is beyond me.
Beyond that, we are just getting into the swing of things again on a more formal basis. After not doing much official homeschooling while we had our international student here it's been good to be a bit more organized again. :)
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