Friday, October 31, 2008

My weekly report

The following posts are all about our week and I hope everyone likes reading about it and seeing the pics. Have a great weekend!!!
Here is the lapbook Skyler completed this week along with all the links to what was used.

This is the site where the Halloween booklet came from
http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=16800&it=1
This is the site for the pumpkin sequence cards (lifecycle)
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pdf.htm?pumpkin_sequence_cards.pdf
The coloring page cover
http://www.free-coloring-pages.com/pages/halloween-9.html
Which witch is different
http://www.bry-backmanor.org//actpag61.html
Which picture is different
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag7.html
The witchs spell rhyme
http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks3/poetry/anthology/witchesall.html
Her little witch friend
http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+witch.htm
The little bat book
http://www.kidzone.ws/imageschanged/bats/itsybat.gif
The little Spider book
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/images/itsyspider2.gif
Her pattern worksheet
http://www.first-school.ws/t/ap/pumpkinpatternsc.html
Haunted house puzzle
Pumpkin number puzzle
Teddy bear sizes
http://www.kidsparkz.citymax.com/catalog/item/4171315/6414080.htm
Find the difference
http://familyfun.go.com/printables/season/printable/halloween-find-the-difference/halloween-find-the-difference.html
Ghost alphabet book
http://www.earlylearningactivities.com/PDF/ghostalphabookc.pdf
What I see on Halloween night book
http://kinderteacher.com/FallBooksToMake.htm
A lot of her worksheets came from here membership is free
http://learningpage.com/
Halloween cut and past pattern activity
http://www.tlsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm
The Parable of the Sower pumpkin
http://api.ning.com/files/7ZXqSXlwcM7K5*bjBWJQv**e-IBvnCuTFiLJOpk-qA9ytDHM4-sLrY0bxpptfb1rWyU5QMeNh5FCkzJkeJGzsn*6r7*7oNa6/PumpkinBook.pdf
The pumpkin and Jesus poem
http://www.albright-news.com/lapbooks/pumpkin_goodies.html
Sadly the Ghost alphabet cards are something I printed last year and never used but I can no longer find the site. If you google ghost alphabet printables more come up just not these certain ones.




Monday 27th

Damian was a grouchy boy today. He was mean and nasty to all of us today. Don’t know what his issue is. He did his Rightstart math and did great. He took forever writing his spelling words and through a fit writing 2 definitions for science. We finished week 1 of Noeo today so hopefully we will do week 2 the rest of this week. He did his language arts in his First Language Lessons and is doing well understanding nouns and proper nouns. As far as history with the American Story 1 this is a catch up week from what did not get done last week. Today we finished The Discovery of the Americas and we have a few chapters in The Birchbark House to catch up on as well as building an Indian backrest. He as well hates handwriting and with the mood today it was worse. We are still using the Pathway readers he seems to like them well enough.
Skyler of course was a happy chip today. We started her Alphabet Bob Books. She is usually thrilled to do school. We finished her letter 5 in her My Fathers World The Fifth day. Hung that on the wall. We did handwriting without tears preschool and used the wood pieces with her Language Lessons For The Very Young copywork letter A. She had fun. She made a witch friend for her lapbook, and did quite a few of her Halloween worksheets today. She does so great with patterning. She had a bit of confusion on the worksheet about what is different? She’ll get it though. She had a blast at Kindermusik.
Fox well he was OK so far today. We have done math and he did very well. He hates handwriting, that will probally never change. I don’t understand why he does so very well in school at the learning center but with me he fights it. He cannot once having phonics and reading without an argument. I also just noticed that Hoosier Academy has no spelling program. Should I have concern or just add my own? He also read a Bob Book and fought me every step of the way. I love the child who drives me nuts.
Devlin of course did all her school totally on her own. That is usually a given with her. Yet keeping her room picked up is not always a given.


Tuesday 28 October

Damian has had a great day. He did math and did very well. He did language arts, spelling, reading and read in The Birchbark House. Well I read he listened. He also made a little Indian friend from the website making friends paperdolls. He started the Simply Science, Atoms book for science, and he does not like writing definitions. He does ecleast ask questions about the pictures or what I read though, so that’s good. All in all he did great!!
Fox and Devlin are of course at the learning center today. I was a bit distressed yesterday to see Devlin was expected to read 7 chapters of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. I thought that was a bit much. Fox is whizzing through the math so I am OK with the school so far. Skyler did not do school till 6 tonight but better late than never!! We made our 6 for the sixth day of creation, and read a bible story. Colored a creation coloring page, made letters read a bunch of books, and then did a Halloween puzzle. It was a great night.



Wednesday October 29 2008

Damians day was well he started to learn about money in math and did very well. I think he knows more than he lets on at times. Today is out fieldtrip to One Fun Farm in Farmland and I am sure they will all have a blast!! So school time for Damian went very well. Fox did OK at math and great at phonics which is usually the other way around. Devlin got her school done as usual as well. Since we had our fieldtrip today, Skyler just did some work with her lapbook and read books today. She id her itty bitty books, read a poem about pumpkins and Jesus, tried her hand at a maze, counted candy, did a few more pattern activities that she loves so very much, put the sequence cards for pumpkin to jack o lantern in order, and tried some more on the what is different worksheets. We also colored pictures and one will become the lapbook cover. She did not complain so it was all good.

1 Fun Farm Fieldtrip Well what started out as a fun day was cut short by two little boys attitudes. Fox and Damian did not make very good choices so sadly we had to leave before it was over. I think up until that they had fun though.


Wednesday at the 1 Fun Farm October 29 2008

Pumpkin Painting Thursday night

Thursday October 30 2008

Thursday Damian has had a good school day. He did math, reading, spelling, read a chapter in The Birchbark House, and in science he built a water molecule, and a carbon dioxide molecule. He also combined vinegar and water to see a chemical reaction. We are liking Noeo so far!! He did not enjoy handwriting though. Due to yesterdays behaviors his copy work was some rules, so he was not thrilled. He read his reading book no problem though. We put his figure in the Timeline Book and Now week 3 of Winterpromise is officially over! Skyler read books, she played with her Ghostly little letters and made the layer book of the trick or treat teddy bears. I have realized out of the books we have read this week she likes Spooky and the Ghost Cat and The Teeny Tiny Ghost the best. Tonight the children will all paint the pumpkins they got yesterday from the patch!!


Friday October 30 2008

Today is Halloween and of course not much was accomplished. Damian did his spelling test he missed 1. Skyler read some books and 1 was pretty good. Her pumpkin counting cards go 1-12 and this great book Trick or Treat Countdown counted through the numbers 12 so that was great that it was the same. The Halloween Lapbook is all done. Devlin did her online school and so did Fox and tonight they will trick or treat at the mall.








Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Our Favorite Fieldtrip


Since I began homeschooling I would have to sat the most fun we had on a fieldtrip was at The Grossology exhibit at The Minnetrista. It was educational and gross so what was not to love?? To see more pics go here.























Sunday, October 26, 2008

Week Of 10/20-10/24

What a week. I learned how to make all kinds of stuff on the blog. The kids learned about Fall. Seems we did stuff everyday. Damian is getting more independant. YAY!! Skyler is having fun. I am falling into more of a routine with the online school for Fox. Devlin goes her own way and is doing great. Damian got a 90% on his spelling test. Art classes are going very well for the boys and of course Skyler does as well as her non socialble self can in Kindermusik. It is Sunday and I am through with this for a few days ecleast. All of the following posts are about this week and I hope everyone enjoys seeing them.


Skylers Fall Lapbook

She had alot of fun making this. I used some of Hands of a child Harvest Time alot of free printables from other sites and of course Skyler added her cool leaf man from the collection of leaves when we hunted the neighborhood.


Saturday, October 25, 2008

We built a punkin

Skyler at Build and Grow today.

I GOT A BLOG AWARD!!!!

Audrey gave me a blog award. I feel so loved. It is my first and I am enjoying it. Now to find my 8 people.
Here is the details of the award:“This blog invests and believes, in ‘proximity’ [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' - being close through proxy] "They are all charming blogs, and the majority of them aim to show the marvels of friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate?" Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to eight bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.”


Dawns School Derby Christian Academy My bestest friend since childhood
Snow Whites School The most knowledgable of Winter promise
Jimmie's School One Child Policy She just rocks
Carisa School She has such neat stuff to share

I can't figure anyone else out HMMM Let me think on it

Friday, October 24, 2008

Leaves and Seeds

We hunted all over the neighborhood for leaves. We took silly pics and my not so little girl carved her first pumpkin alone. She is 11 and I cried. We made pumpkin seeds and just had fun together.



Damians week

Well we started the Noeo Chemistry 1 this week. He seemed OK with it. I hope he likes it. We read more in The Birchbark House and got to the chapter where Baby Neewo dies. Yes I admit "I cried" Damian looked at me like I lost my ever loving mind too. It was just so sad. Damian has his opinion of what white men did to the Indians as well. It is not a nice one either. He did well at math and is getting better at spelling. I wish his handwriting would get a bit better, but look at his dads. No more need to be said there. Enjoy the pics!!




New Bob Books

There are new Bob Books. Fox started using these and I could not wait to use them for Skyler when at Books A Million I found these. So totally cool. Skyler loves small things she can tote around. She especially loves to read. I hope she grows with that, I hope love of books never goes away.


I have learned!!!

I can now put a slideshow on the blog. Thanks to photobucket and Audrey thatis. I can even put a link in a post that has a title!! I am mastering the blog I am so proud of me. I loved making the shows of Skyler. Now to get the rest up!!! I am liking the electronic diary and I hope my mommy does too.

Skyler started Kinderbach

Skyler Bay started Kinderbach piano lessons for small children. She had so much fun and I was so impressed that she knew all teh answers on the "is it high sounds or low sounds"? She knew them all. She started and completed Lesson 1 this week and was so sad that we were to wait on Lesson 2 till next week. I had fun just watching her have fun!!

Skyler and Kelsey at the Fall Festival at Union Chapel

Skyler had so much fun at the festival. She played games, won prizes and got way too too much candy and a fishy. She also got a happy face on her cheek and her hair painted purple. She went with her friend Kelsey and had a total blast. All of these pics can be seen if you click the bottom view all images

All images can be viewed by licking the bottome view all images

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Hill Of Fire

Damian completed his lapbook based on the story Hill Of Fire today. I think he liked learning about volcanoes. There are more pictures on the pic page of this.


Sunday, October 12, 2008

Another bug


My kids really like finding bugs and they always seem to be on the backyard fence.


My issue at Lowes Build and Grow Clinic

We go to Lowes Build and Grow almost every time they have it. We have been going for well over a year now and the kids love it. We have alot of wood projects around the house!!! Needless to say I was informed yesterday that I cannot take pictures of my children while they make their projects. We supposedly have never been allowed to take pictures but I am just now being told???? I don't understand why they will not allow this but they won't so this is one activity that may be dropped.