How we School
To start off ,my children go to public school. I always schooled them before entering public school for Kindergarten. Ideally my desire is to shool them at home year round, but right now
this works for us. For this season. For now.
But when we do school at home, which is now during the summer months and school breaks, we all love it.
This keeps them sharp and on their toes for the next school year.
It's rather informal, as in, we don't do it everyday. But they will remind me that we did no school work today, and " what's up with that?" (They don't actually dare say that, but they are concerned when the miss out on school work)
So here are some pointsof how we school:
The Rundown:
My 3 yr old knows her numbers, shapes and ABCs, and we are working on number and letter recognition. We play UNO to help with her colors and numbers, and it's super fun.We are concentrating right now on the letter T since that is what her name starts with.
My Kindergartner is working on Primer Dolch sight words with sight word bingo on abc-ya.com. She reads pretty well at the "Ready to Read" level one. She knows her sounds and blends well. It's words like "two" that are not pronounced as they look, that throw her for a loop- hence our sight word concetration. She absolutely loves to read! She is working on basic level addition, adding with pictures/visual aids up to 10.
My 3rd grader is working on multiplicaiton, double and triple digit additon and subtraction as far as math goes. She is excited about starting her fours times tables. I boosted her confidence by giving her the seccret for 10's and 11's. She was too thrilled. So doing the twos was a breeze. We tried threes and I will transition in the 4's slowly. She reads on a 5.2 reading level. So we are workingon reading comprehension. Word problems and mini book reports fit in here.
My fourth grader is working on place values in the millions. He is exellent on multiplication and divison. I am going to broaden his division work with longer digits. He reads on a 5.5 to 6th grade level so he is too workingon reading comprehension. I give them bible passages to read, then summarize in their on words what it meant to them.
Group wise we get some science, arts, and history in.
Just the other day we watched vids on babies growing in the womb since mom is pregnant. Everyone was fascinated.
We got out to a river some weeks ago not far from us and excavated stones.
This weekend the plan is some biology/zoology. We'll call it, the zoo- we'll see : )
this works for us. For this season. For now.
But when we do school at home, which is now during the summer months and school breaks, we all love it.
This keeps them sharp and on their toes for the next school year.
It's rather informal, as in, we don't do it everyday. But they will remind me that we did no school work today, and " what's up with that?" (They don't actually dare say that, but they are concerned when the miss out on school work)
So here are some pointsof how we school:
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| Math for the Kindergartner |
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| Math for the 4th grader |
- Momma made work sheets cuz i'm smart like that
- Computer generated print outs from abcteach.com or other nifty sites
- Read-alouds
- momma made flash cards
- computer games like those on abc-ya.com or starfall.com
The Rundown:
My 3 yr old knows her numbers, shapes and ABCs, and we are working on number and letter recognition. We play UNO to help with her colors and numbers, and it's super fun.We are concentrating right now on the letter T since that is what her name starts with.
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| Number and color fun- UNO anyone? |
My 3rd grader is working on multiplicaiton, double and triple digit additon and subtraction as far as math goes. She is excited about starting her fours times tables. I boosted her confidence by giving her the seccret for 10's and 11's. She was too thrilled. So doing the twos was a breeze. We tried threes and I will transition in the 4's slowly. She reads on a 5.2 reading level. So we are workingon reading comprehension. Word problems and mini book reports fit in here.
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| Working on the science |
My fourth grader is working on place values in the millions. He is exellent on multiplication and divison. I am going to broaden his division work with longer digits. He reads on a 5.5 to 6th grade level so he is too workingon reading comprehension. I give them bible passages to read, then summarize in their on words what it meant to them.
Group wise we get some science, arts, and history in.
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| Homemade finger paints |
Just the other day we watched vids on babies growing in the womb since mom is pregnant. Everyone was fascinated.
We got out to a river some weeks ago not far from us and excavated stones.
This weekend the plan is some biology/zoology. We'll call it, the zoo- we'll see : )
You are such a great mom and are doing a fabulous job with all your kiddos!! :-)
ReplyDeletethat means a lot! Thank you- that warms my heart.
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