A figuring out his decimals and fractions. Simplifying too.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Math discussions in decimals
J&A working on Singapore Math 4B in the evening. 
Today our schooling went so well. The sun was shining and the children were accommodating. Baby fell asleep at noon and we were able to take a bite out of our studies. Mary did her TTextbooks and Aidan and \I| worked through finishing his first Lesson in French. Not surprisingly he is very good at recollecting the words and we had some good conversations in answering the questions and sorting out the vous and tu of it!
There was even a lovely song to listen to on the CD that comes with the manuals. We will be doing some quizzes in the near future. .dun, dun, dun, dun !
Above you can see Aidan sitting with his new reader Bridges and Beyond. It is a big deal for us in this house when we reach a new Level in our CLP books. Lvel 4 promises to be right up Aidan's Alley. it is a historical sweep of America including the pony Express, the chinking of log cabins
right from the get go:) and wilderness stories about old America!
Mary is always really willing to work that extra lesson and to finish off things and is working on her LA unit book to get it done! Mary was helping her brother today with his letters and coloring and really being patient and mentoring him. .. A really great day!!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
French starts.
The children start their French course today. Aidan is required to start a language in grade 5. Memoria Press has a fantastic program for beginners. We opened our books popped in the CD and conversed. Mary has been very excited about us learning French.One of our old favorites is Claire's gift! Mary brought out her Cecile ,American girl series, She enjoyed reading, vocabulary and history from the back of the books.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
September short summary
Some of the children's reading picks as of late.
Somebody got into the books!These are our pile of light units form last year that the baby is nibbling on :) The beginning of the year has been hectic and somewhat like a large boat embarking on a journey, laden down with cargo. As we slowly start to steam forwards we realize that some of the dead weight is going to have go! That would be the "Brilliant ideas" that become filed down into useable ideas
Juggling around the best days to study which subject is hard. As each subject becomes just as valuable. Pick me , pick me shout the books and I feel bewildered and somewhat discouraged at the weight of all of the work that we have to do! It become clear that if the children pick a heavy subject like Math that they are going to need a rest and then a change of subject after. Sometimes, just life, like the baby, makes it nigh impossible to do things in an orderly manner. A messy, comical scene of one child speaking science definitions out loudly over the baby AhAH AHhhh ing is memorable for all of us:)
I think that I have wrangled our subjects into a somewhat ordered flow of days and weeks. The best learning days are always messy and the writing is filled with angst as we work towards some works of art:)IN the middle of it the fun parts are impromptu tea with a good \HS friend. We talk about subjects and books, rapidly firing out our intentions and research and good and bad times. Marigolds used to dye fabric are discussed and lavender dried is pulled out. We bounce ideas and misgivings off each other knowing that we have journeyed this far and that the small trials are worth it for the tremendous blessing of getting to school this way!!
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Date..after a power walk
Aidan and I| making funny faces for a picture, while our on an impromptu date and power walk together! Win, win!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
