Weekly Report: May 19-23, 2008

Weekly Report for Princess:

Phonics:
Family Readers - The Map (set 1, book 5)
Razz (set 1, book 6)
Kim (set 2, book 1)

Bible:
Bedtime Bible Story Book - Adam and Eve Leave the Garden (day 5)
Cain Murders His Brother (day 6)
Noah Builds the Ark (day 7)
Noah Lives in the Ark (day 8)

Literature:
picture books - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
The Amazing Bone, by William Steig
Doctor De Soto, by William Steig
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, by Dr. Seuss
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst
Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move, by J. Viorst

audiobook - Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1st three CDs)

Memory Work:
our telephone number

Poetry:
My Very First Mother Goose -
Down at the station, early in the morning...
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool...
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose...
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn...

Weekly Report: May 12-16, 2008

Weekly report for Princess:

Phonics: Family Readers - set 1, books 1-6

Bible: Bedtime Bible Story Book -
God Creates the Earth (day 1)
God Creates the Earth (day 2)
Adam Lives in the Garden (day 3)
Eve is Tricked by the Serpent (day 4)

Literature: picture books -
Animal Orchestra, by Ilo Orleans
The Lion's Paw, by Jane Werner Watson
Baby Animals, by Garth Williams
The Golden Egg Book, by Margaret Wise Brown

audio books - Chronicles of Narnia:
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian

Memory Work: our phone number

Poetry: My Very First Mother Goose -
Jack and Jill went up the hill...
Shoo fly, don't bother me...
Boys and girls come out to play...
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

Wordless Wednesday

The Wonders of the Internet

It has only been recently (in the last year or so) that I have been consistently online, and I have found that it has been endlessly useful to me. I have been able to stay better connected to my family and friends than I probably would have otherwise. I have found a multitude of freebies for homeschooling (games, worksheet sites, lapbooks, multimedia, public domain books, etc.). I have found it to be a wonderful creative outlet. And the shopping possibilities are endless! It seems one can find a use for the net in almost every aspect of life. I know that I've certainly found many reasons to be thankful for it.

My Blogging Dreams...

As I sit here tonight working on my blog, I consider all the things I want it to become. I see in it an ongoing family letter, a photo album, a scholarship report, a lesson-plan book, a shopping list, a useful link collection, a sounding board, a networking tool, a writing class for myself. Essentially, I want a well-rounded portrait of all the thoughts and activities that make up our homeschool and our lives. And I want the commentary of my family and friends on all the pieces of that portrait. I want to look back years from now and revisit the love, the learning, and the growing that we shared down through the years and feel the thankful smile inside that I took the time to capture it all. If my blog can become all of these things, I will consider it a success indeed.