Wiggles has been sick a lot this week. From Wednesday on, he has been ill. Since Tuesdays are our first day of the school week that means he only did 1 day of school.
I am going to try again next week with him and just pick back up Unit 2.
Here are some pictures of some work he did last weekend to finish out Unit 1.
Tracing the letter Aa with a piece of ice.
Gluing…
adding Cheerios…
Voila! A perfect Aa!
Hopefully, next week goes better and Wiggles feels better soon.
We had a very good week. We are using HOD’s Little Hands to Heaven along with some extras. We did some color association, letter A, number 1, and read about Creation in our first Bible.
Color Association
Letter A
Sandpaper Letters and Wiki Stix
Math
Singapore Earlybird 1a
Gluing 1 tree onto our LHTH No. 1 sheet.
Bible
Pretending the scarf is a slithering snake.
Just for fun
Wiggles working on an old computer with his “tools”.
We had a pretty good first week.
Wiggles had a pretty good first day. We did the first day of LHTH. Then I schooled the biggers and then we went to a back to school party for our home school group.
I promised the kids french toast for breakfast and they enjoyed it.
Wiggles sitting prepared to start the day.
Saying A-A-Adam
His painting. He drew with white crayon and then painted over it with black tempera paint. I didn’t dilute it very well though so you really couldn’t see his shapes he drew.
Playing play-doh with Bubba while waiting for breakfast.
Thinking putty from Timberdoodle. This is really cool to let big ones fiddle with during read-alouds….
or letting little ones fiddle with while schooling biggers. :)
Getting wet at the party.
Eating at the party.
Scaling the climbing rock.
Finally playing in the sand.
He was exhausted after such a busy day. It all went well. Hopefully tomorrow goes just as well.
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!
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.
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.
Not much going on this week. Wiggles played with our math blocks a lot and several puzzles as well.
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.
