Friday

We are getting snow which is rare where we live and no one wants to do school... I am hoping they get cold soon and come in to read with me! We did get some math done for Jacob and Chloe and half of a phonics lesson on Headsprout for Caitlyn. Jacob and Chloe are learning their math facts really well with the help of Facts First. It is so much more fun than flash cards and the Homeschool Buyers Co-op had a good deal on it. We have been reading in our American Pioneers and Patriots this week. this book truly makes American History come alive and real for children. It is historical fiction and has stories of children and their daily lives. How they played, worked, their travels to a new country... It is not a dry book of dates and memorization. Some people prefer to stick to non fiction books but for us I like a mixture of both. This book helps get them interested and want to learn more about history. This week for copy work time, which helps us improve our handwriting and learn about sentence structure, grammar etc... ,we are using our Draw Write Now Books. We love these. It doesn't seem like work. They enjoy it. You have step by step illustrated instructions on drawing an animal and then a few sentences about that animal. Next week I will switch up and use another resource so that it doesn' t get dull. I use several different things. Some days we use bible verses, some days a paragraph out of a favorite book, The Pledge of Allegiance... all types of things.