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By the Book
8.29.2007
And so the journey begins...
I am sorry that I have been slacking. I have been doing a lot of studying, as I am taking my final this weekend. I am also sorry that I will not be able to post any pictures at this time, as I am having issues with my camera and/or iPhoto. I'm not quite sure which one yet.
So here's a recap of the first few days of school:
Day 1: We got up, made our beds, had breakfast, brushed our hair and took a few pictures.
Then we were off to school! First of all, I went through a brief synopsis of what school is going to be like this year, so that K would kind of understand that it is different from just doing workbook pages like we've been doing for the last year and a half. Then we did the Pledge of Allegiance, went through what day of the week it is, and read a book.
Since we're not doing the Calvert math, our Saxon math is starting next week. They do a calendar review in their lessons each day, and it is set to start in September, so I decided to take the first week to get used to the other things before adding in the math.
Next, to start the reading part of our lesson, I had K look through her reading book, called Rainbows. I was looking through the teacher's manual, and when I looked up, she had turned to page 5 and was doing the activity on it! She was doing it correctly, too! So I tried to explain to her that she can't just skip ahead in the book, and that she would be doing that page in a few days. The reading lesson consisted of the poem The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson. During the second lesson, the student closes his/her eyes and imagines that he/she is on a swing. Then, the student draws a picture based on what was imagined. K drew grass, vava (lava in K-speak), a mountain for the vava to come out of, shapes and lines, and an owie. I have a picture of that, which will be posted when I can get the pictures from camera to computer!
After the reading lesson, we started making kites. We have not finished them, because I have to go to the store to get some clear tape that is actually strong enough to hold them together.
H participated in almost all of the day's activities. She got up few times and went to the play side of the room, but she listened to the story, drew a picture, and started making a kite.
Our entire lesson lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes, including a 15-minute break in the middle. Almost as soon as we got the playroom back in order, K had her stuffed animals out getting them ready for school!
Day 2: Lesson 2 started without H. She woke up as K and I were making our way to the school room, so she watched Clifford and ate some cereal while school started.
We started out with the review of the days of the week, the Pledge of Allegiance, and two stories. We read My Crayons Talk and Mary Wore Her Red Dress. Then we made a red leaf, whose purpose will be explained on a later date.
Then our reading lesson consisted of going over the letter M, and reading Goodnight Moon. Of course, all of this letter sound stuff is review for my little smartie, so we just worked through it quickly. She finally got to write in her Rainbows book, but it was just underlining things that start with M. She did get to do a worksheet, though, which she just really loves.
Then we had our first science lesson. We were supposed to go through the first few pages and discuss them, but I could tell she was getting kind of tired and antsy, so we just went through them quickly. I plan on sitting down with her one evening and reading through the stuff in that section. I think her next science lesson is tomorrow, so maybe we'll do that tonight.
Then we got up and did an exercise of making ourselves go in different ways: running, hopping, skipping. That was followed by making other things go, like her ride-on turtle, H's pull-along dog, etc.
H kept coming in to see if she was missing anything, but mostly just watched Clifford until we finished. When the lesson was done, I asked K what her favorite part was, and she said that she liked the books that I read.
Today, the lesson was an hour and a half.
Day 3: We did our morning ritual, with H this time. Today we did the blue leaf for our leaf project.
Reading was more of the M review, but K finally got to write some letters and circle some objects on page 3 of Rainbows! We had another cutting and gluing project to work on with Ms, and then we got to start on her Sounds and Letters book. The object is to draw pictures that start with M or find pictures in magazines to glue in there. She decided to draw and wanted to draw "Mom." Now, she's supposed to draw and then I'm supposed to write in what she drew that starts with M. However, she wrote "mom" on the page before drawing the picture. Then, when she finished drawing "mom," complete with brown hair, she drew "me." I will have a picture of this amazing drawing soon, as well!
There was supposed to be a Music Break lesson today, but I was having iPod issues in addition to my iPhoto issues. So... we're going to try to resolve that this afternoon and listen to our songs.
Today's lesson was about an hour and a half again. H participated in most of it.
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