Monday:
-rosary (only said one decade with W, J, S, B)
-took J to chess camp
-B and S did penmanship
-S did math with daddy - times tables, division, money review
-B did math with me - patterns; read to her from Devotional Stories
-W read history and did copy work from Intro to Devout Life
-H went to first Spanish class
-B did 1 exercise in LoG reviewing captial letters
-B read all 15 spelling words in her spelling lesson
-S and W jammed on guitar and piano - sounded good!
-S and W did VT exercises together
-S did grammar and spelling in WT
-Lunch - (J back from chess) - read aloud next lesson (1.3) in Art of Arg. also read 1st ch. in F&L4
-After lunch watched first two dvd lessons in LfC
-Cleaned up dining room a bit
-met with Rahima in re: science at co-op
-R came home early and took W and J to see Batman at IMAX at Air & Space museum
-J did his Religion and history reading at night after movie
-W did his Rhetoric after returning home from movie
Tuesday
-1 decade of rosary (H joined us!)
-cursive penmanship for S and B; copy work from Intro to Devout Life for W
-J went to chess camp
-S read Pedro's Journal
-B did spelling lesson and a little grammar (titles of respect)
-Read B her first F&L lesson
-B did a couple of very short math lessons on operations and equations
-S did a number of very short lessons on writing out long numbers, measuring and polygons
-W and S jammed on guitar and piano
-Ate lunch out at chick-fil-a after picking up J from chess
-J did history reading and religion
-W, J, S & B reviewed Chapters 3 & 4 on LfC dvd
-W did Class. Rhetoric reading and answered questions (strung this out all night!)
-Read Art of Argument, Nacar and about Artemis from Greek Myths at dinner
-forgot to do Greek!
-Read a little bit of Homer Price but then fell asleep!
-H went out to dinner with friend who speaks Spanish and is going back to college. She said he'd help her with her Spanish. Ha!
-H went to library to read history and do Spanish homework
Wednesday
- 1 decade of rosary
-J to chess camp
-little bit of cursive work for S and B; W copy work from Intro to Devout Life
-B reviewed money
-S wrote spelling words and dictated retelling of The Crow and the Pitcher
-S reviewed 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 times tables with flashcards
-W read lots of American history
-W and S jammed again on guitar and piano
-after lunch did read Art of Argument - overview of Relevancy Fallacies
-reviewed N G D A A and first declension, plus some vocabulary words, did 1 p in Activity book
-Greek; reviewed more of alphabet; everybody is working at their own pace
-H got up early and did Spanish homework then went off to class
Thursday
-didn't get rosary said at all; woke up late on rainy, lazy day
-J's last day of chess camp
-B, S did screen while I showered (not our ususal school day beginning!)
-did a tiny bit of cursive, tiny bit of spelling, tiny bit of religion with B and J
-W did copy work; what else?
-B asked about lizards she saw on our porch so we looked Reader's Digest Guide to find out
-somehow talked about the Panama canal; googled it
-S read more Pedro's Journal then I read some; he's getting kind of interested
-B spent a lot of time on starfall she's getting better at reading
-B colored lots of prints out and made everybody cards from starfall
-did a midday tidy up
-dog trainer came
-took W to guitar lessons
-S to VT
Friday
-read Mass readings for this Sunday
-tiny bit of cursive penmanship and copy work for myself and W
-Read Art of Argument at breakfast
-did more Greek alphabet review
-S took spelling quiz and dictated retelling of the Crow and the Pitcher
-S read more Pedro's Journal
-pretty lazy, unschoolish day; raining all day
-almost finished Homer Price
-read about Hermes in Greek Myths
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Weekly Report 8/18-8/22
Monday
-Said Rosary with B, S, J and W
-did last lesson in Greek book - Gr. word for helper
-cursive penmanship for all
-W, J did Saxon drill sheets - multiplication and reducing fractions
-Shiller with B learning about rows and columns, S-reviewed 8 x tables
-J did Voyages in English (VIE) grammar lesson
-S began first lesson in Writing Tales (WT)
-B played barber shop with many stuffed animals using a paintbrush instead of scissors! Didn't get to her CHC lang. arts this a.m.
-J read history
-W read history
- J practiced piano
-H had visiting out of town friend over unexpectantly. H cleaned her room and now went to lunch with friend.
-11:09 right now everyone is supposed to be cleaning their rooms because the cleaners are here at 12:00. J, S and B are listening to Boomerang cd in boys room. I guess W is going to clean up after B then.
B worked a little but then went out to roller blade. W, J and S cleaned their rooms. I tidied up our bedroom, then the steps and front hall which had become junk piles. I found stuff from May!!
B and I went grocery shopping.
-W did first lesson in Classical Rhetoric; he seems mildly interested in it.
-J did first assignment in vocabulary and short story lit program
-B wanted me to read next ch. of Homer Price which I did
-B did first page of spelling (we cuddled on my bed to do it); did 1st p. of Language of God (LoG) then she wanted to do the next page but we only got through 1/2. Mommy gave out!
-Read Nacar, and Greek Myths to S and B after dinner
- W is trying to teach himself Moonlight Sonata on the guitar
- J, S and B loved Duck Soup so much they begged to watch it again with W tonight, so that's what they are doing now.
Tuesday
-rosary (W, J, S, B)
-W mowed lawn in a.m. and consquently didn't do any morning work with us
-penmanship (J, S, B)
-Started new Greek workbook
-Math - B learned about patterns and skip counting; S reviewed 8, 9 times tables
-J - grammar, vocab
-J - history reading
S - did day 2 in WT1
B - did next spelling page; finished page from yesterday in LoG
Finished by 10:35!!!!!
Lunch - started Art of Argument
after lunch
B read a tiny bit from her reader
W - did all his school work for the day.
J, S, B and I went to visit H at Starbucks and then to library
Home again - read B 3 picture books and next ch. of Homer Price
W and R (via phone) are figuring out some way to hook up program to Mac for music composition.
Read Nacar and Greek Myths (Athena and Acrachne)
Watched the original Herbie the Love Bug movie - Fun!
Wednesday
-said rosary during breakfast
-did several pages in Greek workbook; kids didn't want to stop
-S looked up vocabulary words in dictionary
-B did tiny bit of spelling
-S read more in Pedro's Journal
-J did Kolbe Lang. Arts (VIE, Vocab, Sh. Story)
-J history reading
- ended at 10:00 a.m.
-went to 11:00 co-op meeting
Good day for socialization B played with friends at co-op meeting and then next door neighbor, S went bowling with his friend Joe and then played at his house all p.m. J's friend Steven came over in p.m. W went to his band practice and then SoR practice and then CLC. H was out all day with friends. Gave blood with too. Now she's off to work. R worked at home today.
-read Nacar and Greek Myths
Thursday
-rosary (B, S, J, W)
-penmanship (all except W who couldn't find his book!)
-Greek (reviewing alphabet)
-W, S did Vision therapy homework
-B - Shiller math on patterns
- J read Am. History and did some language arts, says he needs me to complete this p.m.
-W read history; started on Rhetoric
-B did spelling words: I reviewed on whiteboard but then she insisted on copying over so I could grade her. She copied over 11 of the 15 words on her own initiative. I gave her 100%
- S read Pedro's Journal and actually seemed to like it; I read the next entry out loud to him.
-S reviewed 8, 6, 5 and 4 times tables with flashcards
-S did WT assignment on sentences.
-read Art of Argument at Lunch
-after lunch finished up grammar with W and J
Friday
We are going to Mass and then spending the day at the zoo!
-Said Rosary with B, S, J and W
-did last lesson in Greek book - Gr. word for helper
-cursive penmanship for all
-W, J did Saxon drill sheets - multiplication and reducing fractions
-Shiller with B learning about rows and columns, S-reviewed 8 x tables
-J did Voyages in English (VIE) grammar lesson
-S began first lesson in Writing Tales (WT)
-B played barber shop with many stuffed animals using a paintbrush instead of scissors! Didn't get to her CHC lang. arts this a.m.
-J read history
-W read history
- J practiced piano
-H had visiting out of town friend over unexpectantly. H cleaned her room and now went to lunch with friend.
-11:09 right now everyone is supposed to be cleaning their rooms because the cleaners are here at 12:00. J, S and B are listening to Boomerang cd in boys room. I guess W is going to clean up after B then.
B worked a little but then went out to roller blade. W, J and S cleaned their rooms. I tidied up our bedroom, then the steps and front hall which had become junk piles. I found stuff from May!!
B and I went grocery shopping.
-W did first lesson in Classical Rhetoric; he seems mildly interested in it.
-J did first assignment in vocabulary and short story lit program
-B wanted me to read next ch. of Homer Price which I did
-B did first page of spelling (we cuddled on my bed to do it); did 1st p. of Language of God (LoG) then she wanted to do the next page but we only got through 1/2. Mommy gave out!
-Read Nacar, and Greek Myths to S and B after dinner
- W is trying to teach himself Moonlight Sonata on the guitar
- J, S and B loved Duck Soup so much they begged to watch it again with W tonight, so that's what they are doing now.
Tuesday
-rosary (W, J, S, B)
-W mowed lawn in a.m. and consquently didn't do any morning work with us
-penmanship (J, S, B)
-Started new Greek workbook
-Math - B learned about patterns and skip counting; S reviewed 8, 9 times tables
-J - grammar, vocab
-J - history reading
S - did day 2 in WT1
B - did next spelling page; finished page from yesterday in LoG
Finished by 10:35!!!!!
Lunch - started Art of Argument
after lunch
B read a tiny bit from her reader
W - did all his school work for the day.
J, S, B and I went to visit H at Starbucks and then to library
Home again - read B 3 picture books and next ch. of Homer Price
W and R (via phone) are figuring out some way to hook up program to Mac for music composition.
Read Nacar and Greek Myths (Athena and Acrachne)
Watched the original Herbie the Love Bug movie - Fun!
Wednesday
-said rosary during breakfast
-did several pages in Greek workbook; kids didn't want to stop
-S looked up vocabulary words in dictionary
-B did tiny bit of spelling
-S read more in Pedro's Journal
-J did Kolbe Lang. Arts (VIE, Vocab, Sh. Story)
-J history reading
- ended at 10:00 a.m.
-went to 11:00 co-op meeting
Good day for socialization B played with friends at co-op meeting and then next door neighbor, S went bowling with his friend Joe and then played at his house all p.m. J's friend Steven came over in p.m. W went to his band practice and then SoR practice and then CLC. H was out all day with friends. Gave blood with too. Now she's off to work. R worked at home today.
-read Nacar and Greek Myths
Thursday
-rosary (B, S, J, W)
-penmanship (all except W who couldn't find his book!)
-Greek (reviewing alphabet)
-W, S did Vision therapy homework
-B - Shiller math on patterns
- J read Am. History and did some language arts, says he needs me to complete this p.m.
-W read history; started on Rhetoric
-B did spelling words: I reviewed on whiteboard but then she insisted on copying over so I could grade her. She copied over 11 of the 15 words on her own initiative. I gave her 100%
- S read Pedro's Journal and actually seemed to like it; I read the next entry out loud to him.
-S reviewed 8, 6, 5 and 4 times tables with flashcards
-S did WT assignment on sentences.
-read Art of Argument at Lunch
-after lunch finished up grammar with W and J
Friday
We are going to Mass and then spending the day at the zoo!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Weekly Report 8/11-8/15
Monday -
Last day of relaxing before switching into LCC mode. We are easing into things this year so hopefully we'll be completely up to speed come the first week of Sept. For now I'm just focusing on copywork and penmanship, finishing up our summer Greek study, read alouds and reading practice for the youngest two and some math for them too.
B said rosary with me in a.m. So sweet!
B read from Little Angel Reader A - she'd lost interest in reading lessons so I was unschooling her, but Mon I told her we needed to start up lessons. She picked the reader and wanted to start from the very beginning. She read the whole list of words in the first lesson out loud to me while I fell asleep on the couch!
Took W to lunch to talk about expectations for the year.
Tuesday -
Had horrible migraine all night; didn't think school would get done at all, but we:
- started penmanship: S did MP cursive; B - CHC cursive; J yo Italic cursive
- finished up Greek alphabet
- W read 3 chapters in Am. Hist.
- J read some in Christ and the Americas (not sure how much)
- S and B listened to D'Auliare's Greek Myths and more of Nacar, the White Deer
Took S to lunch and showed him all his books and talk about expectations.
In the evening, B read me 4 pages from her reader. I kept expecting her to be like her brothers and want to stop after every page but she was so enjoying herself she kept going.
R is reading Through the Looking Glass to B, S and J.
Wednesday:
B got up early and I told her I thought we'd break into new math program after breakfast. She was so excited about it though she demanded we start before breakfast. She took the first diagnostic test and got 100% She was so proud of herself.
S came down while I was doing math with B and wanted to do his math too. He did the first lesson on telling time. He said he felt he didn't know how to tell time well enough but he answered every question perfectly, so he felt really good about himself then. He certainly deals with insecurity issues a lot. What to do about that????
Wonderful morning rosary with W, J, S and B. What a blessing!
After breakfast:
W - Italics cursive, J - copy work from Intro to Devout Life, S - Classical cursive, B - copy book (she drew a picture and then asked me how to spell Don't ask!) Me - another quote from Intro to Devout Life.
Greek - practiced writing Greek alphabet and learned Greek word for "Lord"
Read more of D'Auliare's Greek Myths
J - read more from Christ and the Americas; W - read from Story of US
H - stayed in bed all morning reading Northanger Abbey.
Took B to lunch and showed her all her books. She is so proud of learning Greek and Latin!
I restricted screen time so J started reading a book about UFO's. Not sure if it appropriate for a 13 yo! S and B dug out old puppets and played with them off and on all day.
W - practiced guitar and then went to band practice then CLC
H has been her usual distant self. It's like living with a ghost who just pops up to complain about something or ask to use the car.
Read more of Nacar, The White Deer. Did a little bit of our first art lesson after dinner. Started S on McGuffey's 3rd grade reader. Read about articulation.
Thursday
Morning Rosary with B, S and J
Greek- reviewed alphabet, reviewed word for Lord and learned word for 'my'
Religion - read a long story about Maximilian Kolbe, his feast day today
J and W did some Saxon math facts on mulitplication and division, just to get gears rolling
Did Shiller math with B and S - what fun!
S began reading Pedro's Journal
J read his history, don't know if W did
H has read all her history for the week; is finishing up Northanger Abbey and we reviewed some Spanish vocabulary today.
W to guitar lessons
W and S to VT
Read Nacar the White Deer after dinner and read about Io and Zeus in D'Auliares.
B read a page from her reader very well but was grumpy and didn't want to do more.
Friday
Is the Feast of the Assumption so I'm toying with not doing much and trying to make the 9:15 Mass for the littles in the a.m. That way H can sing in the choir at the 7:30 p.m. Mass and I can go to the 7:30 Tridentine Latin Mass tomorrow night (I've been wanting to check out the Tridentine Mass for a while and this seems like a good opportunity). However, I need R to be home from work in time for all this.
I do hope W and J finish up their assigned history for the week. I hope S reads more of Pedro's Journal and I'll read Nacar and D'Auliare's Greek Myths and R will read more Through the Looking Glass.
Last day of relaxing before switching into LCC mode. We are easing into things this year so hopefully we'll be completely up to speed come the first week of Sept. For now I'm just focusing on copywork and penmanship, finishing up our summer Greek study, read alouds and reading practice for the youngest two and some math for them too.
B said rosary with me in a.m. So sweet!
B read from Little Angel Reader A - she'd lost interest in reading lessons so I was unschooling her, but Mon I told her we needed to start up lessons. She picked the reader and wanted to start from the very beginning. She read the whole list of words in the first lesson out loud to me while I fell asleep on the couch!
Took W to lunch to talk about expectations for the year.
Tuesday -
Had horrible migraine all night; didn't think school would get done at all, but we:
- started penmanship: S did MP cursive; B - CHC cursive; J yo Italic cursive
- finished up Greek alphabet
- W read 3 chapters in Am. Hist.
- J read some in Christ and the Americas (not sure how much)
- S and B listened to D'Auliare's Greek Myths and more of Nacar, the White Deer
Took S to lunch and showed him all his books and talk about expectations.
In the evening, B read me 4 pages from her reader. I kept expecting her to be like her brothers and want to stop after every page but she was so enjoying herself she kept going.
R is reading Through the Looking Glass to B, S and J.
Wednesday:
B got up early and I told her I thought we'd break into new math program after breakfast. She was so excited about it though she demanded we start before breakfast. She took the first diagnostic test and got 100% She was so proud of herself.
S came down while I was doing math with B and wanted to do his math too. He did the first lesson on telling time. He said he felt he didn't know how to tell time well enough but he answered every question perfectly, so he felt really good about himself then. He certainly deals with insecurity issues a lot. What to do about that????
Wonderful morning rosary with W, J, S and B. What a blessing!
After breakfast:
W - Italics cursive, J - copy work from Intro to Devout Life, S - Classical cursive, B - copy book (she drew a picture and then asked me how to spell Don't ask!) Me - another quote from Intro to Devout Life.
Greek - practiced writing Greek alphabet and learned Greek word for "Lord"
Read more of D'Auliare's Greek Myths
J - read more from Christ and the Americas; W - read from Story of US
H - stayed in bed all morning reading Northanger Abbey.
Took B to lunch and showed her all her books. She is so proud of learning Greek and Latin!
I restricted screen time so J started reading a book about UFO's. Not sure if it appropriate for a 13 yo! S and B dug out old puppets and played with them off and on all day.
W - practiced guitar and then went to band practice then CLC
H has been her usual distant self. It's like living with a ghost who just pops up to complain about something or ask to use the car.
Read more of Nacar, The White Deer. Did a little bit of our first art lesson after dinner. Started S on McGuffey's 3rd grade reader. Read about articulation.
Thursday
Morning Rosary with B, S and J
Greek- reviewed alphabet, reviewed word for Lord and learned word for 'my'
Religion - read a long story about Maximilian Kolbe, his feast day today
J and W did some Saxon math facts on mulitplication and division, just to get gears rolling
Did Shiller math with B and S - what fun!
S began reading Pedro's Journal
J read his history, don't know if W did
H has read all her history for the week; is finishing up Northanger Abbey and we reviewed some Spanish vocabulary today.
W to guitar lessons
W and S to VT
Read Nacar the White Deer after dinner and read about Io and Zeus in D'Auliares.
B read a page from her reader very well but was grumpy and didn't want to do more.
Friday
Is the Feast of the Assumption so I'm toying with not doing much and trying to make the 9:15 Mass for the littles in the a.m. That way H can sing in the choir at the 7:30 p.m. Mass and I can go to the 7:30 Tridentine Latin Mass tomorrow night (I've been wanting to check out the Tridentine Mass for a while and this seems like a good opportunity). However, I need R to be home from work in time for all this.
I do hope W and J finish up their assigned history for the week. I hope S reads more of Pedro's Journal and I'll read Nacar and D'Auliare's Greek Myths and R will read more Through the Looking Glass.
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