What went well
- Finished planned composition, science, and history.
- Audrey has been more excited to read to herself.
- Continued reading the Iliad daily
- Started Rosetta Stone for Spanish and it went well.
- Started doing spelling bees and Audrey loves it.
- Audrey is really starting to grasp addition and the concept of counting on.
- Audrey's handwriting is really improving.
- Audrey's fluency is really nice when she is reading.
- Lorelei has begun asking for 'word games', i.e. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.
- Put up our new fairy calendar and marking off days, and writing in upcoming important events.
- Didn't finish planned grammar, math, and spelling.
- Had to do two composition lessons in one day in order to catch up.
- Over-planned morning homeschooling with guests in town, and we are now behind in math and spelling.
- Would like to spend a little more time having Audrey read to us.
- Keep memorization fun.
- Find daily activity for Lorelei and Daddy.
- Figure out when to practice Spanish.
- Pick a short fun poem to help Lorelei like memorizing again.
- Put all Audrey's new spelling words into a flash card deck.
- Put addition facts into a flash card deck.
- Find a flash card app for the Kindle.
- Decide if we should have scheduled times for spelling bees, math bees, and poetry practice that isn't at meal times.
- Return library books and get new library books for history and science.
- Download new audio books (check about The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairy Land, Lord of the Rings, Pinocchio)
- Show April the Spanish software
- Film poem recitation of all our poems.
- Monday
- 6:45a -7:30a
- math
- unit 14, activity 3 and 4, pages 45-52
- spelling
- page 112, finish lesson 27, blends with L
- 9:15a Leave for Swimming
- 10:30a - 11:30a Swimming Lessons
- 1:45p - 3:00p nap (fun reading, notebook page, handwriting)
- 3:00p - 4:30p
- grammar
- lesson 12, story narration "The Lion and The Mouse" pages 19, 20
- composition (2 lessons)
- week 4 days 1 and 2, copywork and narration from Alice's adventures in Wonderland pages 11-13
- history
- Chapter 3, section 1"Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform" pages 21-24
- review question and narration from activity book page 11
- spanish
- dinner time
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Tuesday:
- 6:45a -7:30a
- math
- unit 14, activity 5, pages 52-53
- lesson 15.1, pages 55-56
- spelling
- page 113-115, beging lesson 28, blends with S
- 7:30a drop off Lorelei at Aspen Grove (until 3:30p) and leave for Kinderheart
- 9a-3p Kinderheart
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Wednesday
- 6:45a -7:30a
- math
- lesson 15.2 and 15.3, pages 68-72
- spelling
- page 116, finish lesson 28, blends with S
- 8:30a- 2:30p
- Aquarium field trip (studying frogs and turtles)
- 2:30 - 4:30p Nap (notebook page, fun reading)
- 4:30p Audrey's dance
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, Spanish
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Thursday
- 6:45a -7:30a
- math
- lesson 15.4 and 15.5, pages 73-76
- spelling
- page 117-119, begin lesson 29, Y with a vowel, Y as a vowel
- 7:30a drop off Lorelei at Aspen Grove (until 3:30p) and leave for Kinderheart
- 9a-3p Kinderheart
- 3:30p-5:30p
- Fabricate Camp
- 4:45p Lorelei's dance class
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Friday
- 6:45a -7:30a
- math
- lesson 15.6 and 15.7, pages 77-80
- spelling
- page 120, finish lesson 29, Y with a vowel, Y as a vowel
- 8:30a - 11a
- grammar
- lesson 13, proper nouns, page 21
- composition
- week 4 day 3 (copywork page 13)
- Spanish
- science (turtles)
- 11a-1:30p
- either Shoshoni yoga or picnic at the park
- 1:30p - 3:30p Nap (notebook page)
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Saturday
- 8a-11a
- grammar
- lesson 14, proper nouns, page 22
- composition
- week 4 day 4 (narration pages 13-14)
- history
- map work
- coloring page, carving hieroglyphs student page 9
- write your name in Cuneiform
- Spanish
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
- Sunday
- bedtime
- Audrey: reading to us, Spanish
- Lorelei: reading aloud, including poetry
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