When Fairy was a preschooler and Princess had just started homeschooling we found a great website. The kids loved sitting down around the computer and listening to Ms. Cullen, more than they did just me. We had a plan and stuck with it. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays were preschool. I used it to set things up and give me some great ideas. We eventually went out and made some of our own lesson plans to add in the other two days.
Now that Baby Girl is showing such an interest in doing school, and Buddy will enjoy it also I have pulled the website back up. They have changed it up a bit and added so much more. It is a great site! We will be using it with the younger to kids this week. We will be working on the Space theme. I think they will love it.
Buddy will also be working some off Lesson Pathways, another great lesson plan site. Here are both their websites if you would like to visit.
http://cullensabcs.com/ninasmommy/DIY_Online_Preschool
and
lessonpathways.com
Monday, October 14, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Been awhile
So I have not been blogging every week like I would like. I am having a hard time because we are so busy.
Princess received her math books and we have to go next week to pick up the last of her books from the charter school. I am thinking I got the wrong level in math. It is pretty easy for her and she is flying through it. We are studying history this month and learning about Ancient Egypt. I think this is going to be a 2 month journey though. She is learning it and loving it. We made the Nile river valley in play do the other day. She wrote a paper on the Planets, though it has taken her a month, she just needs to correct it and it will be good. She had a great thought process but her spelling is horrible. This is a picture of her corn husk doll from Co-Op. They are studying pioneer days.
Fairy was advanced to the spelling part of her Phonics. She is ahead in reading and math. We are behind in History and Science but I am taking my time in those so that we can explore those more deeply. We are also behind in art but I do not like K12's art program, so I do not care about that at all.
Buddy is spelling 3 letter words and loving it. I inserted a picture. We need to focus more on his handwriting as it is sloppy and some of it is backwards. I think he is doing fairly well for only being 4 1/2 though. He is enjoying being in class for co-op and having so much fun with addition and subtraction. He is sitting in on History with his sisters and suprising me with answers about ancient Egypt. He is also trying to teach his baby sister how to write a lower case A.
Baby girl learned to write the Letter A. She goes up the mountain, down the mountain and across the bridge. She likes to do school and loves that she gets to go to an art class at co-op. Though she hates going back to the nursery after class is over. She is such a funny little girl. The picture below is of her writing the letter A.
For circle time we hung up our huge calendar from Lakeshore Learning. It is amazing and it is so much fun to use. We stuck our flag behind it and underneath is a small calendar on poster board for us to work with patterns, plus I take that to co-op. We also have color and shape posters below it.
On one wall I have Buddy and Baby Girl's learning tables. They have nursery rhymes, numbers and the alphabet on their walls. They are also going to get chalkboard paint on part of the walls so they can write on the walls there. Above each child's desk, or table I put a few fun things as well. They have things they made, birthday cards and their graduation certificates from last year.
Here is a picture of our other wall, we have our frog tank on the children's bookshelf that will stay down stairs. The cursive writing chart, so Princess can see it. A few boxes of junk we need to put in the shed. And the bookshelf I am taking upstairs. We still have a long way to go but we are getting there and the kids are still learning and loving it.
Princess received her math books and we have to go next week to pick up the last of her books from the charter school. I am thinking I got the wrong level in math. It is pretty easy for her and she is flying through it. We are studying history this month and learning about Ancient Egypt. I think this is going to be a 2 month journey though. She is learning it and loving it. We made the Nile river valley in play do the other day. She wrote a paper on the Planets, though it has taken her a month, she just needs to correct it and it will be good. She had a great thought process but her spelling is horrible. This is a picture of her corn husk doll from Co-Op. They are studying pioneer days.Fairy was advanced to the spelling part of her Phonics. She is ahead in reading and math. We are behind in History and Science but I am taking my time in those so that we can explore those more deeply. We are also behind in art but I do not like K12's art program, so I do not care about that at all.
Buddy is spelling 3 letter words and loving it. I inserted a picture. We need to focus more on his handwriting as it is sloppy and some of it is backwards. I think he is doing fairly well for only being 4 1/2 though. He is enjoying being in class for co-op and having so much fun with addition and subtraction. He is sitting in on History with his sisters and suprising me with answers about ancient Egypt. He is also trying to teach his baby sister how to write a lower case A.Baby girl learned to write the Letter A. She goes up the mountain, down the mountain and across the bridge. She likes to do school and loves that she gets to go to an art class at co-op. Though she hates going back to the nursery after class is over. She is such a funny little girl. The picture below is of her writing the letter A.
The other thing we have been doing is setting up the class room. I am trying to get rid of clutter and give the children more floor space. I am almost done so I added a few pictures. We still have to take a bookshelf upstairs and get a little more organized.
For circle time we hung up our huge calendar from Lakeshore Learning. It is amazing and it is so much fun to use. We stuck our flag behind it and underneath is a small calendar on poster board for us to work with patterns, plus I take that to co-op. We also have color and shape posters below it.
On one wall I have Buddy and Baby Girl's learning tables. They have nursery rhymes, numbers and the alphabet on their walls. They are also going to get chalkboard paint on part of the walls so they can write on the walls there. Above each child's desk, or table I put a few fun things as well. They have things they made, birthday cards and their graduation certificates from last year.
Here is a picture of Fairy and her desk. I am still organizing so it is not the neatest. On the other side of her desk is Princess's.Here is a picture of our other wall, we have our frog tank on the children's bookshelf that will stay down stairs. The cursive writing chart, so Princess can see it. A few boxes of junk we need to put in the shed. And the bookshelf I am taking upstairs. We still have a long way to go but we are getting there and the kids are still learning and loving it.
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