Restructure

(I am still a little behind on posting, so this is what happened yesterday, September 20, 2011.)

I really think I am going to have to restructure our Tuesdays somehow. Maybe even the whole week. It is just so hard to do school on Tuesdays when we spend the entire morning traveling to and from the girls' 45 minute ballet class. I have real difficulty getting the piano lessons in on the other days, so I'm thinking I may try to put more art and music and less reading on Tuesdays. I am going to have to do something because we barely made it through the lesson plans for today. Now granted, once we got home, we did get interrupted again to get a gift of furniture (A couch, a love seat, and two recliners from our friends Charlie and Jacinda Eaton. YAY!), and we did have to be done by 5pm so that we could go to Bible study. So, we did have more than the usual number of interruptions. But this always seems to happen on Tuesday. I will definitely be rethinking this. One thing that did happen that was cool is that since we do have nearly two hours in the car, we have lots of listening time. Harry's dad just gave the kids a Bible on cd, and we blew through a week's worth of readings while we were in the car! It was super cool because the girls kept begging for more!

Here is what we did today"

Reading Selections:

Genesis 31, 32, 33, 35, and 38 (in the car).

"Dream Song," by Walter de la Mare

"The Fox and the Lamb," an Aesop Fable

"The Romans Come Again," Chapter 3 of Our Island Story, by H. E. Marshall

Phonics and Copywork:

Sight words flash cards (in the car)

Brisa practiced writing letters L-O.

Kahmylia surged ahead on her copywork; she did nearly 2 days worth!

Reading Practice:

Brisa started a new story from Harriette Taylor Treadwell's Primer- "Chicken Little."

Kahmylia continued reading "The Straw Ox," from Harriette Taylor Treadwell's First Reader.

Narration:

Kahmylia narrated "The Roman's Come Again," from Our Island Story, by H. E. Marshall. Brisa did not narrate today.

Spanish:

We practiced the Spanish abecedario and vocabulary for colors. We sang "Las flores se inclinan"-- a family favorite.

Math:

For math, I decided to mix it up a little and do some activities this week. We reviewed how a clock works and how to tell time, then we practiced telling time with the girls little board clock.

Music:

We listened to Mozart's Piano Concerto in G (in the car).

Nature Study:

The girls started a word search activity of the names of 15 types of whales. We also reviewed the different types of whales before hand.