There isn't an average day but I thought that I would write about a fairly ordinary day. Like most days, there were some differences: on more days than not we see other children and not going out because of the weather is a very rare event. Anyway, here goes:
We were about on time starting, today. Sometimes, we lag. I don't like dragging tired children out of bed and the children can be a bit reluctant to have breakfast when there are carers in the kitchen but today, things went fairly well. When we start late, I try to stop a bit later for lunch.
We start Morning Time with prayer, a reading from The Ology,
work on our memory work which is currently Psalm 98-today we focused on verse 4 and sang our hymn for the week: Before Jehovah's awesome throne. We then did the day's problem from Bedtime Math. Today, this was about Lego towers.
Younger Daughter then went to read The Thieves of Ostia while I read Charlotte's Web to Youngest Son.
We went onto English/literacy/language arts or whatever you want to call the subject. This included
Break.
Today, Younger Daughter wanted to do a Skittle and water activity. The results were splendid.
She and her younger brother then went on to make lava lamps with oil, water, food colouring and a vitamin C tablet.
I used the break to spend a bit of time with Grandma and sort out some household tasks.
Maths
Both children start with 10 questions which I write in their maths books, the previous day. These questions are usually around tables practice. After that, they go onto Galore Park Maths.
My daughter was working on transformations and enjoyed this.
Youngest Son continued work on equivalent fractions and then all three of us played Fraction Bingo which looks, again, at equivalent fractions.
Youngest Son requested another chapter of Charlotte's Web so I thought the lunch could wait!
Break for lunch/answering door to carers and district nurse and being around for them.
After lunch, both children spent about an hour on the trampoline and in the garden. It was very windy and we ended up sorting out some fence repairs from the wind.
We had a read aloud from Children of the New Forest and then about how bicycles work from Can you feel the Force?
At this point, the wind was howling and small branches were hurtling around. I had planned to go out, look at our bikes to fit in with the reading, do a nature walk and end up in the playground but I lost my nerve. Usually, we go out whatever the weather and think that there isn't bad weather only bad clothes. Today, I wasn't sure how clothes would protect us from the wind so we stayed in and watched a video about Home Science activities.
Younger Daughter went on to make coloured sand (rice) from the instructions on the video and then a file to hold her books from another video on this channel.
Not a bad day but not a perfect day. I would love to know about your day and in particular, what has worked well for you.
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We were about on time starting, today. Sometimes, we lag. I don't like dragging tired children out of bed and the children can be a bit reluctant to have breakfast when there are carers in the kitchen but today, things went fairly well. When we start late, I try to stop a bit later for lunch.
We start Morning Time with prayer, a reading from The Ology,
Younger Daughter then went to read The Thieves of Ostia while I read Charlotte's Web to Youngest Son.
We went onto English/literacy/language arts or whatever you want to call the subject. This included
- reading for both children.
- spelling. Both children use All about Spelling. Younger Daughter had a day off spelling as she had put in tremendous effort to finish her book yesterday. I hope to start the next level with her on Monday.
- Writing with Ease for Youngest Son.
- Latin for Younger Daughter. We started Minimus Secundus today, having finished the first book, yesterday. Minimus is a primary Latin curriculum which is working well for us.
- Younger Son working on a talk for our local home education group. The children take turns to give a short talk and Powerpoint presentation to the group. As we are studying countries, this is currently about a country. Younger Son's talk is about the USA so he was finding pictures of early explorers and putting these into the presentation.
Break.
Today, Younger Daughter wanted to do a Skittle and water activity. The results were splendid.
I used the break to spend a bit of time with Grandma and sort out some household tasks.
Maths
Both children start with 10 questions which I write in their maths books, the previous day. These questions are usually around tables practice. After that, they go onto Galore Park Maths.
My daughter was working on transformations and enjoyed this.
Youngest Son continued work on equivalent fractions and then all three of us played Fraction Bingo which looks, again, at equivalent fractions.
Youngest Son requested another chapter of Charlotte's Web so I thought the lunch could wait!
Break for lunch/answering door to carers and district nurse and being around for them.
After lunch, both children spent about an hour on the trampoline and in the garden. It was very windy and we ended up sorting out some fence repairs from the wind.
We had a read aloud from Children of the New Forest and then about how bicycles work from Can you feel the Force?
At this point, the wind was howling and small branches were hurtling around. I had planned to go out, look at our bikes to fit in with the reading, do a nature walk and end up in the playground but I lost my nerve. Usually, we go out whatever the weather and think that there isn't bad weather only bad clothes. Today, I wasn't sure how clothes would protect us from the wind so we stayed in and watched a video about Home Science activities.
Younger Daughter went on to make coloured sand (rice) from the instructions on the video and then a file to hold her books from another video on this channel.
Not a bad day but not a perfect day. I would love to know about your day and in particular, what has worked well for you.
If you enjoyed this post you may like to follow Delivering Grace by Google Friend Connect, G+,Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or e-mail.
It's always interesting to see what other home educators get up to. I've heard several people mention Bedtime Math, it sounds good.
ReplyDeleteYes, Bedtime Math is good and easy to try as it is free. It took us a while to sort out the level. The first level is very basic and you may find it is worth skipping!
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