One of the things that I believe is very important for our school time is Memory Work. I looked into Classical Conversations this year because of their emphasis on Memory Work but the expense and the distance were too much for us right now. So when I saw that Miss Moe does Memory Monday as a meme, I jumped on it!! Check it out at http://missmoe-thesearethedaysofmylife.blogspot.com/
We started today with our Memory work so this is our plan for the year.
Each morning during our Morning Basket time, we will focus on 2 things to memorize. Before lunch we will read through all Current Memory Work. Afternoon snack time we will review all Previously Memorized Works.
Our Morning Schedule will be:
Monday - Psalm and Math Fact
Tuesday - Hymn and History Fact
Wednesday - Poem and Spanish Vocabulary
Thursday - Other Scripture and Science Fact
Friday - Folk song and Nursery Rhyme
First we will be doing:
Psalm 150
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Hymn
Blessed Assurance
Folk Song
Simple Gifts
Poem
The Caterpillar by Rosetti from FLL
Math Fact
Skip count 1s and 2s to 12
History Fact
7 Days of Creation
1 - Day and Night
2 - Heavens
3 - Earth, Plants and Seas
4 - Sun, Moon and Stars
5 - Fish and Birds
6 - Animal and Man
7 - God Rested
Science Fact
Nursery Rhyme
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
Spanish Vocabulary
madre - mother
padre - father
ablulo - grandfather
abula - grandmother
hermana - sister
hermano - brother
tia - aunt
tio - uncle
I expect they will master some of these faster than others! We will "test" on Friday. After A-1 and A-K have mastered the material, we will move it to our .Previously Memorized Works.
What do you think is important to memorize?
Monday, September 5, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Weekly Report Aug. 29 - Sept. 2, 2011
Group time with all 4 (or at least 3)We read about Noah from Genesis in the Bible, daily Psalms, daily from A Child's Garden of Verse, in our Morning Basket time.
We listened to the whole first disk (Chapter 1-7) of The Story of the World because they did NOT want to turn it off. We then talked about the concepts in the first chapter - fertile crescent, the wall of Jericho, nomads to farmers, where the lived, and more.
The grandparents were here this week and so we did not do as much as I would have liked but it was good to spend some time with them. The kids got to do some woodworking projects from Home Depot with Granddad. They got to ask about their dad's history as well as their grandparents history.
We also took a day trip and met some friends at the park in Staunton, VA. This meant lots of time in the car to talk about everything from caves to the golden rule and then great chances to practice the golden rule especially.
We started working on our memory work which will come in a later post.
A-1 individual timeWe did lessons 2 and 3 in First Language Lessons. We started seeing what words from the 100 most used words list A-1 can read without sounding them out.
We did math drills 1's, 2's and 3's addition as well as a short worksheet.
During Quiet Time A-1 is listening the The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A-K and L-PA-K and L-P worked through lesson 3 of OPG. They also spent time coloring and drawing and doing verbal math facts.
Next week we need to add science, nature walk (in a more formal way), artist and music.
In an effort to not spend to much time blogging my goal is to spend less than 30 minutes start to finish on any post.
Post time: Start - 9:25
End - 9:57
Total - 32 minutes
We listened to the whole first disk (Chapter 1-7) of The Story of the World because they did NOT want to turn it off. We then talked about the concepts in the first chapter - fertile crescent, the wall of Jericho, nomads to farmers, where the lived, and more.
The grandparents were here this week and so we did not do as much as I would have liked but it was good to spend some time with them. The kids got to do some woodworking projects from Home Depot with Granddad. They got to ask about their dad's history as well as their grandparents history.
We also took a day trip and met some friends at the park in Staunton, VA. This meant lots of time in the car to talk about everything from caves to the golden rule and then great chances to practice the golden rule especially.
We started working on our memory work which will come in a later post.
A-1 individual timeWe did lessons 2 and 3 in First Language Lessons. We started seeing what words from the 100 most used words list A-1 can read without sounding them out.
We did math drills 1's, 2's and 3's addition as well as a short worksheet.
During Quiet Time A-1 is listening the The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A-K and L-PA-K and L-P worked through lesson 3 of OPG. They also spent time coloring and drawing and doing verbal math facts.
Next week we need to add science, nature walk (in a more formal way), artist and music.
In an effort to not spend to much time blogging my goal is to spend less than 30 minutes start to finish on any post.
Post time: Start - 9:25
End - 9:57
Total - 32 minutes
What are we reading? Aug. 22-31, 2011
Working on -
Paddle to the Sea
Finished -
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
The Elephant's Child
Around the Clock with Harriet by Betsy and Giulio Moestro
Respect and Take Care of Things by Cheri J. Meiners
Only One Woof by James Herriot
Several kid picks by Darlin (Grandma)
Bedtime books by Dad
A-1 read
The Little Red Hen
Paddle to the Sea
Finished -
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
The Elephant's Child
Around the Clock with Harriet by Betsy and Giulio Moestro
Respect and Take Care of Things by Cheri J. Meiners
Only One Woof by James Herriot
Several kid picks by Darlin (Grandma)
Bedtime books by Dad
A-1 read
The Little Red Hen
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