Weekly Wrap-Up: The One Where it Seems Like We're Still in the Military

I know, it's been a couple of weeks.  Getting this done by Friday is hard.  I need to partition this hard drive and get Windows on there so I can use Live Writer again.  I miss having my template.

At any rate, this week was a review of sorts.  A review of what it's like to be a military family.  Kevin retired back in June so he's been home.  All the time.  That is sort of weird.  But he had his first civilian trip for work so off he went to Germany.   Mackenzie didn't take it well.

Being the kind and loving mother that I am, I asked, "What are you crying for?   Is it because we don't get to tag along?  He's only going to be gone a month.  That barely counts as a nusiance."   On the bright  side, I got this picture with my phone for my Project Life album.  =o)

In other news of the school variety...

We got around to doing some art via I Can Do All Things.  We were working on dip painting.  We have a bit more trouble with it than our instructor but it was still fun.   We're not certain how his painting came out so colorful and ours came out...brownish/blackish/grayish.  LOL

She's plugging along in Math-U-See Delta .  She's bigger and better division problems.  She does great when she writes neatly and pays attention.  Sadly, sometimes it's too messy to be read or she forgets to write down remainders. LOL  Only 7 lessons left for the year!

History is just wonderful.  We've been studying the Great Depression.  I'm not saying that was wonderful but the books we've been reading have been.  We just finished A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt and it was just fabulous!  It really gave you a feel for what it was like to live during that time.  And it was based on the a true story.  We got some more background on the period from The Story of the U.S.A. Book 3 and The Landmark History of the American People.

Mackenzie is reading Gone-Away Lake  and rereading Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934  and of course we had to watch the movie, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.  Even though it varies from the books somewhat. we never get tired of that movie.  Definitely the best of all the AG movies.

Our current read aloud is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.  Talk about a book that evokes emotion.  Shew!  Not surprising that Sonlight picked this book.  It's the story of a struggling African American family living in the deep south during the 1930s.  It's hard to put down.  If only my voice could hold out longer we'd already be finished with it.

Language Arts still consists of Spelling Power, First Language Lessons Level 4 , and  Writing with Ease Level 3.  We're spelling more difficult words, diagramming more complicated sentences, and finally making some progress with narration.  She tends to give too much detail while managing to not get to the point/main idea/summary of the selection. It's a gift. LOL

She received her piece for her piano recital two weeks ago.  A miniature Sonatina by Joseph Kuffner.  I don't know exactly what a sonatina is, miniature or full-sized, but she has mastered it and memorized it.  I was hoping that she'd come out of class this week with something different to play, because I like a variety, but no luck. LOL  So I ordered her Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Recital Book because I really do need to listen to something else once in a while.  And it only has songs that use skills she knows so there shouldn't be any "it's too hard."

She did a little home ec in the form of baking some treats for my friends and I who were having a movie night.  =o)

Oh, I almost forgot...I started ordering next year's curriculum and it's started arriving.  We're using Exploring Creation Human Anatomy for science.  It arrived. We're excited to make an edible cell.  I'll do a more in depth post about next year's choices one of these days. 

And that was our week.  Be sure to pop over to Weird, Unsocialized Homeschooler's blog to see other write ups.

Tot School: The One with Big News!

Kayleigh is 37 months old

Not much was going on in the way of Tot School this week.  What little we did do was in the form of learning toys.  She did master a big skill but I'm saving that for the end.

Smart Shapes Stacking Pegs

Guide Craft Screw Block

Catching Up on our ABC book

She decided to paint her nails instead

We were quite behind

Her first field hockey stick

Tada!!!  I'm ready to declare her potty trained.  She just took off over the last two weeks!

Big Girl pants!!!

Grandma sent her a scooter as a reward

She tries to ride but can't quite figure it out. 

So she cons daddy into pushing her around.

Click the Tot School button at the top of the page to see what the other tots are up too.

Tot School: First Dentist Visit

Kayleigh is 36 months old

This week we continued on with the letter Jj and had lots of Suessical fun in honor of Dr. Suess' birthday.  And Kayleigh had her very first dentist visit.

We practiced patterning, and letter recognition, with a J is for Jewels printable I created for her.  We are a house full of princesses.  =o)

Kayleigh did some cutting and pasting.  She always loves to do this.

She practiced lacing with the Melissa and Doug Lacing Bears that she got for her birthday.

She did a lot of roller skating with her new roller skates.

Her very first visit to the dentist.  No cavities or tantrums!!  Yay!

Lots of Dr. Suess fun courtsey of 2 Teaching Mommies.
Green Eggs and Ham prewriting page.

10 Apples Up on Top clip cards.  She counted and found the correct numbers, I clipped.

One Fish, Two Fish graphing goldfish.

J is for Jellybean shape puzzles from COAH.

And that was our week.  Click the Tot School butotn at the top of the page to see what other tots have been up too.

Weekly Wrap-Up

Another week down and we didn't get behind.  Well we didn't get to art but it's been like that for a while.

We finished studying WW1, except for our lap book, and are moving on to the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.  Poor Hoover got a raw deal.

Our lap book is on hold because for some reason the PC won't print anything.  And sense you can't save what you type into the file can't be saved.  So I'm going to have to load it onto my Mac and help her retype it.  Bummer.  Sometimes technology is a pain. LOL

She read The Hero Over Here: A Story of World War I this week and just loved it.  It's the story of a boy who's father is fighting in the war and how he becomes a hero to the folks still at home.  We also finished Cheaper by the Dozen.  Hilarious!

Math was a review of rounding and estimating.  Nice and simple.

She learned to diagram sentences with compound subjects and compound predicates in LA.  The diagram looks a bit like a butterfly when you have both. LOL

She finished her penguin report.  She wrote out the final draft yesterday.  Now I need to read it and grade it.  Maybe tomorrow. LOL

She got her recital piece at piano this week.  She is soooo excited!!  It's a tough one so she has her work cut out for her.  I know she'll do great though.

And that was our week.  Pop over to Weird, Unsocialized Homeschooler's to see how everyone else is doing.