Well I had yet another reaction. Holy cow, it took me out a whole day and then slowed me down the next day. That's basically like losing two days in a week. I am so behind. The kids got Monday off because Mom couldn't help from the couch even. In hindsight, the only child that should have gotten the entire day off was Caty. She is hands-on for all her lessons. The older kids though have a lot of independent work. But instead of making dad fight them, I told them to have the day off. That has bit me because they fought me all week then on getting their work done. I may sound like a mean mom, but I only scheduled 3 days of work. That's it. 3 days out of a 7 day week.....yeah that's pretty easy. Brayden is the worst one this week. He is learning very quickly how his electronics are disappearing.
I spent off/on for 3 days continuing lesson plans. I had them written up through next week. So I made them through the end of March. I am relying more on textbook guides, so it is making it easier for me. I just fill in better experiments and other projects around this then.
We are making progress on our computer science course from Schoolhouseteachers.com. I am really breaking out of my comfort zone. I had always hoped that Joe could take the lead on this subject. He unfortunately cannot due to his work schedule. It's requiring a lot of studying for myself. But I have been making my way through. This week, they learned the HTML code for adding more text to their potential sites and adding color. I made them a cheat sheet of codes which I realize now that I will need to laminate once we finish the HTML section of the course. This section of the course is above Caty's head, so I had her start at the base of the classes on Code.org. She is really enjoying it. Here is what we have learned so far....I cut out a section of the page I am creating...Yes, I am doing this project right along side of them.
Caty and Lydia have been working on some puzzles we found for them. These are not cheaper Dollar Tree finds, but nice thick pieces and larger puzzles. This has been a slow climb for them to slow their brains down to do such tedious work. I helped Lydia very little, and she put hers together (180 pieces) in roughly 2 hours. I really didn't help much at all. She wanted me to, but I sat and watched her mostly. Only turning over the pieces for her. Caty worked off and on all week on hers. It is a 200 piece Frozen puzzle. They both are enjoying this and we will be getting more of these.
The girls did chalk pastel polar bear drawings for art this week. They enjoyed this project a lot. The boys opted out, since they hate chalk texture. I didn't force it this week because of that.
Our state this week was Georgia. While we watched Aerial America, they enjoyed a Coke and GF fried peach pies (or at least my version of them so that everyone could enjoy them). They were not too bad. Joey wouldn't try the peaches, but everyone else did. Our state meal this week was fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
Our president this week was William Henry Harrison. Such a short, tragic presidency.
They are all (ok...not Caty) excited to get to go and see Star Wars with daddy. I finally broke down and pre-bought tickets. I wanted to make sure to get them for the least crowded showing as possible to help out Joey. Caty and I are going to go and run errands together while they are enjoying the Force. I took her to the beauty store and let her pick out some new nail polish. She was in awe at the over 500 bottles on the shelves.
Caty
Caty is really progressing on her reading. She has made it to the 3/4 mark of the Bob Books Set 1. She is still reversing letters and forgetting sounds, but we are making progress. She didn't realize how much progress she has made. She is even recognizing words in chat boxes and even typing some of her own words in search engines. I have been having her use both Reading Eggs and Reading Kingdom. We have also been playing sight word Candyland and the dog bone Sentences game. I made sentence cards for her current level. As she advances more, I will continue to make adjustments for her.
She is making great progress in Math. The review has helped and Math is a favorite subject next to Science.
Doesn't everyone do schoolwork like this?
Lydia
Lydia started the reading for the next American Girl meeting. The next characters are Marie-Grace and Cecile. She has almost finished Book 2. She is also making progress on memorizing some of her multiplication facts. She has been watching Times Tales and working hard on this. We'll keep working on this for a couple weeks.
She also started using scales on maps. I was nervous because it's math, and not Lydia's favorite subject. But she did really well!!
This week she started a 4H book from our county called Quick Breads. This is an intermediate cooking program. Everything at her age was boring her, so they said to go ahead and let her try it. She made her first recipe this week, whole wheat waffles. I showed her how to cook turkey bacon for with them for lunch.
She used whole wheat flour that we purchased locally from the Metroparks when we went on the Canal Boat Ride and Mill tour.
Lydia and I played a game we have had forever. Herd Your Horses. She loves anything to do with horses. It was fun, and I'm sure we will be playing it again soon.
Brayden
He fought and fought and fought all week. I am not backing down. He will soon learn if he doesn't do the work, he doesn't get any privileges.
Brayden finished up his chapter on rocks & minerals. Started the chapter on dinosaurs. So he examined rocks and we also reviewed the 3 types of rocks. I broke out the candy bars to show the difference between sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous. He also opened up his crystal experiment. The epsom salt didn't work the way it was supposed to, but the borax never disappoints.
Here are the pics from his candy bar rock types experiment. Adding heat to the candy bar.
Igneous rocks
Uncovering his crystals from last week.
He finished one chapter and started the new one. The next chapter is on dinosaurs and fossils. He made fossils in Model Magic. We discussed why we have fossils and how they are "made".
Joey
Joey is feeling anxiety again, and experiencing anxiety attacks. He got extremely anxious before he started his new 3D modeling class this week from Creative Electives. I assured him that this was not a totally independent course and I would be taking it along with him. Basically I am helping him take notes. I'm sure it will get tougher, but this week was an easy week.
He finished the first book in the Narnia series. He is working on his Mensa reading list.
Joey eluded the camera again this week. But I did catch him putting together one of his snap together models that came from Japan. He is seriously into these robots. The directions were in Japanese event. I was surprised he got this one together. But he did.
I am always surprised when I go back through our weeks. I know I always feel busy, but I always feel like we don't get much done. Hope everyone had a wonderful week!
See everyone next week!! And yes, we are doing school through December !!
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