Weekly Report 1/25 -1/29 2010

I've been trying to get the boys to do more school work on their own. We tried the list approach but it just didn't seem to work well. So here's what I came up with...


Each child picked a color to represent themselves. The blue is Jo Bean's, red is Moca's, green is Z-trains, and yellow is Sugar Plum's (because she has to have what the boys have). Each has 3 smaller boards containing their "agenda's".

• The Agenda boards are made from card-stock.
• I folded up one end slightly smaller then my Bible card
• Stapled twice on each side and adhered it to a larger poster board
• I used sticker tabs (what I had on hand) to make the list.
• This way they stand out better.

This board has 8 assignments:
Bible, Math, Latin-Logic, Seat Work, Music- Art,
Memory Work, Reading and History.
Which corresponds with...

A Bag with a tag.

This is Jo Bean's 4 Seat Work bag.

This is Jo Bean's Agenda Book.

• I used 8 foam crowns
  
• hole punch
• three pieces of twine
• velcro dots and
• bulletin board decorations

(in retrospect I think laminated card-stock would have been a better choice the glue tends to not stick as well on the foam)

The Lamb is our Chore Chart.
I switch them up each day
so that they are doing them
in a different order each day
and of course the dove
really helps them want to do their
Lambs quickly...

Because the doves are fun time...

sort of directed play time.

Things I want the children to learn and do
but often find
slipping through the cracks
because of the academics.

Things like:

• beading
• sewing
• sand play
• lego construction

We even have...
some fun art
crafts and
our lapbooking stuff
tucked in these small boxes...



As for the weekly report, here's how it played out...
Jo Bean 9yo hrs
Bible: Mat. 10-14 He also read the entire book of Genesis for fun
Story of the World III Has been completed (Yeah!)
Gamma (Finished Chapter 26 and is working of 27)
Write Source (He didn't do much here... he's only got 33pgs left and I think he's sick of it. It's hard to get excited about a book that is completely review.)
Sequential Spelling List #84 -#88
Age of Fable He's on Ch. 3 (the print is so small it's taking him more time to finish)
Poor Richard He's about halfway through the book
Italics Handwriting pg. 20-25
Child-sized Masterpieces 10 works & artist
Memory Work: Has memorized the Preamble

Moca 8yo 3.42 hrs
Bible: Mat.10-20
Story of the World II completed (Yeah!) Began book III
Gamma Ch. Completed Chapter 19
First Language Lessons 169-1173 (writing practice)
Outer Space Completed (working on lapbook now)
Runaway Ralph Finished
Child-sized Masterpieces 10 works & artist

Z-boy 5yo 1 hr
Phonics Pathways: He finished pg. 67. He now has his Eager Beaver Badge!
Primer: Ch. 14-15 (half way whoo hoo)
Bob Books: Up, Pup, Mac, The Sad Cat, Lad and the Fat Cat
Brand New Readers: Worm is Stuck, Worm Smells, Good Night Dinah
Star Fall: Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, The Big Hit, Mox's Shop, Gus the Duck
Star Fall Online 15min.

Memory work:
Memorize Mat. 5: 1-2

1 And seeing the multitudes,
he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set,
his disciples came unto him:
2 And He opened his mouth,
and taught them saying,

Memorize Elements Song:

There's Antimony Arsenic, Aluminum, Selenium,
and Hydrogen and Oxygen and Nitrogen and Rhenium,
and Nickel, Neodymium, Neptunium, Germanium,
and Iron, Americium, Ruthenium, Uranium,
Europium, Zirconium, Lutetium, Vanadium,
and Lanthanum and Osmium and Astatine and Radium,
and Gold and Protactinium, and Indium and Gallium,
Breath!

Memorize States:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa so 35 to go.

Memorize Preamble:
We the people,
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish
this constitution
for the United States of America