2012 Summer

We are now in summer mode of school.

9:00 READ BIBLE (we are following a schedule with our church - hope to read through the OT once in 2 years and the NT twice).

Before 9:00 everyone is responsible for getting themselves up, making bed, straighten room, dress, eat breakfast, clean up from breakfast...  so - depends upon how fast they can do all that stuff - how soon they need to wake up.

9:30 MATH - for those who need to keep on keeping on with Math.  Milo will be doing Life of Fred slowly, using the Khan Academy to learn it a different way, if need be.  Mansel is still doing L.O.F. and so is Tori.

10:00 CHORES... we each have a zone....  After their zone is done - free time.

that's it.  I hope to do some "free reading" this summer... going to sneak in a little reading practice with Milo and Danilelle - don't tell them this is school... it's supposed to be FREE.  :)  We'll sign up for the library book program this summer - that will help motivate them for reading, I believe.

Let summer begin!!  (Actually - I'm looking forward to next fall - I love a new school year.)

We discovered Khan Academy last week.  Stan uses video to illustrate a math idea, then you can practice this concept, all the while earning points.  Milo and Danielle are slowing working their way through the videos.  Each student has to have an e-mail in order to keep the points separated... so Milo is using mine and Danielle is using Toris.... or the other way around... or maybe we've confused them who knows...

Great plan... THANK Khan Academy!

It's free.

We really are enjoying the Rod and Staff English book that we are using.

I'm doing this orally and with the white board with Milo and Danielle.

I love it!

Library

I have come to realize we don't have a lot of "easy readers".  I went to the library yesterday and checked out 18 books... so- there will be a lot more "reading aloud" done by Milo this week.

I need to make this a weekly or bi-weekly trip!

End of Semester

Mr. Robinson has some very obedient children - I can't believe it.

If I'm not asking my children every day where they are at in school - show me what you have done - where is your report - what did you read today - flash cards... where are you flashcards... they are not doing school.

HOW do Robinson Curriculum users get it to work?

With this in mind... we are switching.  LOL I can't work one on one with some and not others and it's driving me batty.

SO - Milo is now doing this:

BIBLE:
Patch the Pirate devotions
Listening to the Bible; OT and NT selections each day

MATH:
Working on Math facts- he is now writing down addition and multiplication math facts in a chart - working on 0 - 12.  Getting better.

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Memorizing spelling rules such as Usually a is spelled a as in cat.
Latin root words - memorizing mean, and changing vocabulary words from back of cards
Rod and Staff English book with Danielle - 3rd grade level.  We do this aloud - with me writing on the white board.
Italic handing writing book C - practicing to write cursive.

GEOGRAPHY:
We are review countries of the earth in alphabetical order with our church.  Finding them on a map, review statistics.

READING:
Sitting through a read aloud with mom - above level.
Reading aloud to mom - at level.
Free reading 20 minutes a day - below level.

FINE ARTS:
Piano lessons once a week - with 15 minutes practice 5 days a week.

Everything else is gravy.