Getting Ready for School!

We are doing Little Hands to Heaven with Wiggles this year.  I consider this year his k-3 year.  We have tried LHTH a few times and stall out each time.  This year is going to be different.

Why is it going to be different?  To put it simply, me.  I am going to be organized and I am going to be prepared.  Wiggles will school before the biggers and then he can do Montessori activities that I will have on trays set up for him. 

The biggers will also rotate time spent helping with Wiggles during school.  I am going to use Managers of their Homes and create a MOTH schedule.

I am also using something called the File Crate System.  I have butchered my book and spiral bound it to be able to copy like a crazy person.  Plus, I have put together a weekly supply list needed for LHTH. 

Now for some pictures to back up my bold claim that this year will indeed be different.

 

My super organized bookcase.

This is the beginning of my file crate system.  I have the hanging folders labeled at this point.  Ultimately, I made 3 crates (Language Arts, Math, and Unit Studies/History/Science).  Note-these are not the large size crates.  These are the locker crates Walmart had been selling with 2 mini baskets inside them.  I am teaching 4 kids this year.

This is my crate for Unit Studies, History, and Science.  I have added my manila folders labeled by Unit for HOD. 

My guide with the spine cut off and spiral bound.  This is the best thing I could have ever done.  I made my copies all in one sitting and it was super simple.

 

Here is my supply list for LHTH for Unit 2.  I have stapled it to the top left of the inside of my manila folder.

Here it is with my copies inside as well as a ziploc bag filled with some of the necessary supplies for that week.

The ziploc bag is stapled to the bottom left hand corner of the manila folder.

We start tomorrow.  Wish us luck!

Earth Day

We went to Earth Day at the rec center.  There was a local elementary school there.  Wiggle’s Big Bubba was there for the Boy/Cub Scouts booth.

 

Wiggles is imitating the big kids.  The teachers were trying to get the kids to sit and be quiet for lunch and a historian to speak.  Wiggles did this in about 5 seconds…the 5th graders…well, the historian had to get on to them a lot.

Wiggles petting a gigantic snake and a ferret. 

 

Wiggles also got to tour a fire truck. 

We are on a break from school work with the big kids…so our reports are mainly life school for now with lots of field trips.

Weekly Report 4/16/2010

Wiggles worked with his sandpaper letters this week.  The big kids took their CAT test on Monday.  The rest of the week has been super laid back.

Cubaree

Bubba is in cub scouts and cubaree was a few weekends ago.  Wiggles got to go during the day and really enjoyed himself.

He is tickled pink learning to shoot a bow and arrow.

 

This is our lunch break at the camp site.  Bubba was still at the bb range fulfilling his requirements for his bb pin.

It was a fun time.  I can’t wait until Wiggles is a scout too.  Our pack is very family friendly and all the siblings are included.

Weekly Report 4/9/2010

 

Not much going on this week.  Wiggles played with our math blocks a lot and several puzzles as well. 

March Madness

 

We joined a homeschool group and they meet once a month and usually have a theme and a craft.  This is from the St. Patrick’s Day meeting.

Having a snack after making leprechaun traps.

Sitting in on the big kid’s science experiment growing crystals.

Working on our curriculum.  Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum k-3.

Wiggles learned the number 1 and the letter A.

Having fun with all of his flashcards.

At the Easter homeschool group meeting.  They were to put stickers on their cross to tell the story of Easter.

Working hard.

Wiggle’s story of Easter.

Week in Review 1-11-10 to 1-15-10

This week went well. We tried to do a little more Little Hands to Heaven. This is our 2nd go round trying it. We stopped at the letter F last year. It just became too repetitive and Wiggles totally quit wanting to mess with it.

Well, we are only on week 2 of trying again with the older options. He doesn’t seem to be liking it anymore this go around, but I will keep trying for a few more weeks. I am adding in HOP Pre-reading and Singapore Earlybird Kindergarten 1a/1b this year.

So, here is our week…

LHTH Count on Me page with 5 caterpillars drawn.

First thing in the morning with bed head.

Playing with our Play-Doh Numbers, Letters ‘n Fun

You can stamp all the letters into the playdough. I got ours at Big Lots for $5. It has kept Wiggles occupied and learning for hours this week. It has the small containers of play-doh so it doesn’t get too messy.

Working on HOP Pre-Reading and our letter A.

A all done.

Yeah! We get to put a sticker on the poster!

Wiggle Worm’s School is Back in Session

Well, we are using Little Hands to Heaven again after a long break and after completing our Abeka Nursery books.  We are using the older options with it this time around.

Wiggles is actually participating in the rhymes and such and I think we will both like it better.

We only did 2 days this week though.

 

Riding Thomas the Train around our A.  He was supposed to stamp a stuffed animal around it, but he loves Thomas so Thomas it is.

He drew on the paper in white crayon and was painting over it to make it show.

He also loves to stack and rearrange the pantry while I school the bigger kids.

Merry Christmas

 

My very own train table!

Wiggles just can’t believe it!

Of course, there was some non-Thomas items.

Happy Birthday to Me!

 

Of course, Wiggles cake was Thomas the Train

Make a Wish!

That cake sure was good!

  

Yeah! Presents!

Fall Fun

We went to a pumpkin patch/corn maze that had a lot of fun things to do at it.

Wiggles pumping water to race ducks.

 

Big Sis pushing Wiggles on his “horse”

 

Big Sis and Wiggles on the cow train

Wiggles painting his Abeka Gg page.

 

Yeah!  Wiggles cutting proper.  I got new scissors from Montessori outlet that are perfect to learn to cut with at this age.  They have a spring and a break.  Just look at my southpaw!

Montessori Outlet Scissors link!