Week 5 '05-'06

Becca returned from California last night! We were all so excited to see her and it has been wonderful getting back to the normal routine. Times Tables and Spelling lists will be a focus this week, along with Reading with Riley.

Week 5

1 Samuel 9:1 to 10:1-8

Burgess Animal Book: Ch. 23 Digger and Glutton

Special Movie: To celebrate Reuben's finishing of Charlotte's Web, we watched the DVD.

Our Island Story: Ch. 18

50 Famous Stories Retold: The Kingdoms, Grace Darling

Child's History of the World: Ch. 56 Bibles made of Glass and Stone

50 Famous stories: Antonio Canova (for Becca)

Aesop's Fables: The Monkey and the Cat, The Vain Jackdaw and His Borrowed Feathers, The Dogs and the Hides, the Bear and the Bees

James Harriot: The Market Place Dog

Joan of Arc: Part 1

Art Study: Antonio Canova

Alice in Wonderland: Up to the start of the croquet match

A little Princess: Reuben

Handicrafts: Origami men (inspired by Rick Schoolcraft)

Becca's Trip Narration

Reuben: Pinocchio

Becca: More Busy Times

Riley: First Steps! Way to go Riley!

Riley and Becca: Piano Lessons

Reuben: Guitar

Parcheesi

Times Tables Tricks: 0s, 1s, 2s, 10s, and 11s

Copywork, math, Explode the Code, Becca finished Busy Times, guitar

Week 4 '05-'06

The Boys playing on a wonderful tree on Whidbey Island. We were on a letterboxing hunt. Photo by Jodie Paine

Week 4

Rebecca is in California with her Grandparents, lucky duck! So, the boys and I are plunging ahead without her. She is supposed to be reading Alice in Wonderland, Busy Times, sketching, and doing her wordly wise. She will be visiting Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and Sea World...So I am not sure how much "school" work she will be getting done, but she will have the time of her little life and much to narrate to us all on her return!

This is what we have done for the week:

Week 4

1 Samuel 6:19-8:22

Fifty Famous Stories Retold: Antonio Canova

Our Island Story: Ch. 17, More on Alfred the Great

Riley: First Steps Ch.1-2, Explode the Code, Phonics Game

Reuben: Charlotte's Web (3 chapters), Phonics Game, Wordly Wise, Spelling Pre-Test, math

Blue Fairy Book: The Forty Thieves

Shakespeare: King Lear Part 1

Viking Tales: The Baby, The Tooth Thrall

Aesop: The Mice and the Weasels, The Wolf and the Dog

Grimm's Fairy Tales: The Twelve Brothers, The Wolf and the Kids

Year 0: Mike Mulligan, Babar and Zephir, Madeline, Explode the Code "R", Painting

Soccer

Copywork and review with Reuben

Week 3 '05-'06

After a busy, busy weekend filled with Letterboxing on Whidbey Island and my trip to Vancouver, BC with my mom and sister, we are ready for our third week of Ambleside! I must say, I love this program. I can't escape the beauty of delving into beautiful works of literature and filling our minds and hearts with their treasures. Thanks to all the authors who gave of all their time and talents to bring us this bounty. Let's read!


Week 3

1 Samuel 4:14-6:18

Aesops Fables: The Stork and the Fox, The peacock, The travelers and the Sea, The Stag and the Reflection

The Little Duke: Ch. 8b

Just So Stories: Armadillo

Shakespeare: The Winters Tale

George Washington: Part 3 of 3

Wind in the Willows: Ch. 7 to 1&2

Year 0: Babar and Zephir, Madeline

Baking: Blackberry Pie

Nature study: Spider and Sunflower

The Secret Garden: Audio Book Finished 9-13

Blue Fairy Book: The 40 Thieves (1 of 2)

Fifty Famous Tales Retold: How Napoleon Crossed the Alps, The King and the Goose boy

Burgess's book of Animal tales: Ch. 22

Our Island Story: Ch. 15 & 16

Composer Study: Beethoven, played during meal times. New vocab: Crescendo, Decrescendo, piano, forte

James Whitcomb Riley: The Country Road

Handicrafts: Calligraphy

Daily Work: Copywork, math, private reading

Week 2 '05-'06

Last week went great, highlighted by our letterboxing ( www.letterboxing.org ), and by rearranging the kids rooms to create a wardrobe or dressing room for the kids. This will help us keep the laundry lion tamed and keep the atmosphere of our home worthy of great learning and much peace. Here is what we did for week 2 :



Week 2

Field trip: Monroe Fair

Secret Garden: Audio Book

George Washington: Part 2 of 3

Bible: 1 Samuel 2:27 - 4:18

Burgess book of Animals: Ch. 21 Flitter the Bat

Blue Fairy Book: Aladdin (Part 2 of 2)

Wind in the Willows: Ch. 7

Trial and Triumph: Ch. 6 Monica and Augustine

Children's History of the World: Ch. 55 Three African Kingdoms

Tree in the Trail: Chs. 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16

Our Island Story: Ch. 14

Phonics Game

Daily work: music, coypwork, math, independent reading, life skills

Week 1 '05-'06

Okay, I am ready to start a new year and do a better job utilizing this blog for our homeschooling purposes and records. I have 4 terrific children in Ambleside Online right now and one pesky, but sweet 2 year old clinging to our every word.

Here is what we have done so far:

Week of 8-29 to 9-3:

Bible: 1 Samuel 1:1-2:26

50 Famous Stories: Dr. Goldsmith, Piciola

James Harriot: Blossom comes home

George Washington: 1/3rd read

Blue Fairy book: Aladdin

Secret Garden: Audio book

Handicrafts: Stamp making for Letterboxing

Year-0: Mike Mulligan, Explode the Code

Field trips: Letterbox hunt to Smokey point

Daily: Math, Copywork, independent reading, Explode the code, Life Skills