Monday, August 24, 2009

Monday, August 24, 2009-

LANGUAGE: (Monday) Rosetta Stone Arabic Level 1 Core Lesson 2; (Tuesday)

AUDIO BOOK: (Monday) Little House on the Prairie, CD 6 (#1-#3); (Tuesday) finished audio book

READING: (Monday) Sight Words; Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lesson, Lesson 72; (Tuesday)Lesson 73; completed BOB Activity book Level B Set 1 (on library loan); (Wednesday) Lessons 74 & 77

SPELLING: (Monday) Spelling Workout, Lesson 3, pg. 15-16; (Tuesday) Lesson 3, pg. 17-

PIANO: eighth-note clapping exercises

BIBLE:

Thursday, August 20, 2009

WEEK-TWO RECAP

READING: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons... Lessons 67-71. read "readers" levels 1&2 from the library. continued reviewing sight words flash cards.

READ-ALOUD:

AUDIO BOOKS: finished "Charlotte's Web"; began "Little House on the Prairie"

SPELLING: began
Spelling Workout Level A lessons; completed lessons 1-2; BEGAN lesson 3. This book will serve to build Aiden's confidence, as it is easy and will probably be completed in just a few weeks. We will then progress to Spelling Workout Level B for more advanced work.

BIBLE: continued review of bible memory verses. would like to begin a formal bible time every school day.

ADDITIONAL WORK: introduced
time flash cards. watched a PBS biography on John & Abigail Adams (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/tguide/index.html); this held Aiden's interest and seemed to be something he is interested in.

MUSIC: continued focusing on understanding eighth-note rhythm. completed Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner Lesson Book Level C, introduced book Level D

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Aiden, continuing with Rosetta Stone Arabic Level 1 (began Unit 1, LESSON 2). Brendan, began with Rosetta Stone English (American) Level 1

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

WEDNESDAY RECAP

LIBRARY DAY

READING: Pouncing Bobcats, pp. 3-9

READ-ALOUD with boys: Curious George and the Dump Truck; Tessa's Treasures: Cherishing Others by Gary Bower

BOOKS on TAPE: Charlotte's Web Disc 1, ch. 1-5

PIANO PRACTICE: eighth-note clapping drills; pp. 41-42

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

KINDERGARTEN (an open list)

READING: *Frontline Phonics**; *Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons; Phonics Pathways

BEGINNING READERS: *Frontline Phonics level readers; A Beka readers**

BEGINNING STORY BOOKS:
Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners Series, Random House books

BOOKS ON TAPE (serve to "build child's vocabulary with sounds of 1000s of words)

WRITING:
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Series/Zaner-Bloser Self-Instruction in Handwriting

SPELLING: *Spelling Workout (will begin Level A in Kindergarten and move to Level B-Grade 1 level, when ready)

GRAMMAR: *English for the Thoughtful Child

MATH:
*My First Math Book (DK Family Learning); *Kitchen Table Math

SCIENCE:
*Bubbles, Rainbows & Worms: Science Experiments for Pre-School Children

red text = books/programs to consider using
* = books already acquired
** = program already completed


Additional:

LANGUAGE: Signing Time, Series One & Series Two; Rosetta Stone Arabic Level 1

MUSIC: 30-minute piano lessons one day/wk; practice 2x/day; musictheory.net
/will begin "Music With Susan" (ages 4-5) in September (2nd and 4th Fridays of the month)