This week and lesson planning

Well we only did school for 2 days this week but the kids learned about the sun and started working on learning the things we will work on this year.

I just finished 5 hours of lesson planning for Bubby and Baby Girl, and for the Co-Op class I am teaching.

Here are the lesson plans.

BUBBY AND BABY GIRL WEEKLY LESSON PLANS

 

JULY 22

MONDAY- CIRCLE- DAYS OF THE WEEK SONG, MONTHS OF THE YEAR SONG, YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, WEATHER, ALPHABET SONG, LETTER OF THE WEEK A

                     READING- LETTER SOUND SONG, PHONICS FACTORY LESSON 1 STEP 1 REVIEW LETTER SOUNDS SOUND ALPHABET

                    MATH- 10 LITTLE NUMBERS SONG, COUNTING SCAVENGER HUNT(LESSON PATHWAYS)

                        LIT- READ PRINCESS AND THE PEA

                        HANDWRITING- ZIG ZAG LINES

TUESDAY- CIRCLE- DAYS OF THE WEEK SONG, MONTH OF THE YEAR SONG, YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW, WEATHER, ALPHABET SONG, LETTER OF THE WEEK A

                        READING-LETTER SOUND SONG, PHONICS FACTORY LESSON 1 STEP 1

                        MATH-10 LITTLE NUMBERS SONG,  FISHING FOR NUMBERS (LESSON PATHWAYS)

                        LIT- ACT OUT THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

                        ART- MAKE AN ANT

WEDNESDAY-CIRCLE- DAYS OF THE WEEK SONG, MONTHS OF THE YEAR SONG, YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, WEATHER, ALPHABET SONG, LETTER OF THE WEEK A

                        READING- LETTER SOUND SONG, PHONICS FACTORY LESSON 1 STEP 1

                        MATH- 10 LITTLE NUMBERS SONG, MAGNETS IN A BAG (LESSON PATHWAYS)

                        LIT- SIGHT WORDS DOWN, COME, FIND (LESSON PATHWAYS)

                        HANDWRITING-WRITE THE LETTER

THURSDAY- CIRCLE- DAYS OF THE WEEK SONG, MONTH OF THE YEAR SONG, YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW, WEATHER, ALPHABET SONG, LETTER OF THE WEEK A

                        READING- LETTER SOUND SONG, PHONICS FACTORY LESSON 1 STEP 1

                        MATH-10 LITTLE NUMBER SONG, NUMBER 5 MAKE A NUMBER BUDDY (DLTK WEBSITE)

                        LIT-MY FUNNY STORY (LESSON PATHWAYS)

                        MUSIC-SING LETTER A SONG

FRIDAY-CIRCLE- DAYS OF THE WEEK SONG, MONTH OF THE YEAR SONG, YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW, WEATHER, ALPHABET SONG, LETTER OF THE WEEK A

                        SCIENCE- PLANET MERCURY

                        ART- DRAW A PICTURE OF SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH A

That is one of about 10 weeks I completed planning for with those two.  Now to get Princess and Fairy all set up.

 

Lifes Little Crazy's

We were suppose to start learning today.  We did not all do to life's little crazy's.

We have been setting up the classroom and unpacking everything for the last month, or at least trying too.  I still am missing things I need for this year and I know it must be in the garage in a box. 

We were going to work around the clock this past weekend to get it done and the kids let our cat out.  We have had her for 4 years, her entire life and my son's as well, so instead of unpacking we were on a cat hunt.  Thankfully she was found Saturday evening. I was then reminded that we had previously agreed to help some friends of ours so we needed to do that instead. 

So needless to say we are not starting school today.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day to start.

I am back!

We have been moving and it has been crazy.  We are far from almost unpacked and I have to finish up atleast the school room this week.

I finished next week's lesson plan.  It is going to be just like I wanted to do without the charter schools.  We start back at CAVA and Greater San Diego Homeschool Academy (GSDA) in August.  Princess has decided to go to San Diego Homeschool Academy.  Fairy really wanted to stay with CAVA.  I am not so ok with Fairy's choice, but I can make it work.  She will learn lots of new things and besides making me a ton of extra work it is not a bad curriculum.

I am hoping that GSDA will work well with us and get Princess challenged and keep her that way.  If not we will be moving away from public charters and strike out on our own.  I am a little scared and a lot excited about that.

Since I last blogged, we got a bearded dragon.  He is adorable.  We also rescued a baby kitten.  She is a pain, but no one will take her and the shelters are full of kittens so they can not take her either.  So I guess we have another cat who will probably forever be named Kitten.

We also found a Co-Op/playgroup.  It is a Christian one, which may cause problems, but only because my husband is not a Christian and wants to be involved.  We will have to see how that plays out.  I have volunteered to teach the littlest children who are ready for school to read and do early math.  I am really excited.  That does not start till Sept. though so I have a lot of time to plan.

Bubby and Baby Girl can not wait for school to start.  They ask everyday if it is school time.  I told them not till next week.  I am just going to do a few small things with them and give them worksheets.  But they do get to be a little more active in school this year.

Moving and Summer Break

We have been moving for the last month. That is part of the reason I have not been blogging. We are staying on break till July 15th. Then we will start our summer work.

The girls finished strong with CAVA and can not wait till next year.

We are working on setting the school room up and unpacking for the next month.

Both of the older girls are starting Jui-Jitsue this week. We are also meeting with a home school group next week.

Moving......

We are prepping to move and will be moving in 2 weeks.  Princess, Fairy and Bumble Bee are not handling it well. 

Princess is crying and hurting people and just an emotional mess.

Fairy has started to use her hands and feet in anger and refuse to do time outs.

Bumble Bee is doing the worst by far because she knows that she will no longer see us all the time.  Her and her Mommy are staying put.  She is really sad and clinging to me. 

So todays class lesson will be for everyone.  We are going to talk about thier fears and make charts.  We are going to discuss the good things and the bad.  They are going to make pro and con lists and we will discuss how we can help the con list to not be so bad.  It should be a productive day.

Belated Mothers Day

I am such a lucky Mommy. 

I was blessed  a little over 7 years ago with a beautiful baby girl.  She is now 7 and working at so many levels.  Socially she is in kindergarten, Emotionally she is 7.  In reading she is working on 4th or 5th grade work.  In math she is working on 3rd grade work.  We are so very lucky to have such a beautiful little girls.

Princess





 

The following year we were blessed with our amazing Fairy.  She is socially light years ahead.  She makes friends everywhere she goes.  She is working at a first grade level most of the way around.  She is such a sweet child.

 

Fairy

 

Two years after we were blessed with Fairy we were lucky enough to have our one and only boy.  He is such a very sweet boy.  He loves to give hugs and kisses, and cuddle.  He loves cars and trains and giving me gray hairs.

 

 

 

Buddy

 

Our youngest was born 3 years ago.  She is such a very sweet baby and the only Mommy's girl I have.  She loves to color and play like she is doing school work.  I am so very happy that she loves school and hope she continues to love school.  She is a joy and a blessing.

 

 

Baby Girl

 

We have been extremely blessed to have these children and as a mother I could not be prouder or more blessed.  My children are all healthy and happy.  They are all smart and well rounded.  They are not perfect but they are mine.  I would not change them for anything in this world.







Liturature 2nd grade, 1st grade, Prek

Since I last posted things have been really crazy.  We are moving.  We had a plan in place and now that may be changing.  So I am now fully going to plan to homeschool all four children, no public school charters or anything for next year.  If we are still close enough they can do it, if not then I at least have a plan in place.

 Princess will have her own literature curriculum.

    July to August- She will be studying The Phantom Tollbooth.  We will read the book, discuss the plot, write a story about Princess and a magical tollbooth and we will make a toll booth.  We will also be making a Lap book.

    August to September -She will read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.   We will do similar projects with each book we read and a lap book for each book we read this next year.

    September to October-She will be studying poems with Where the Sidewalk Ends.  In this unit we will be writing different kinds of poems.  She will put together a book of 10 of her favorite poems that she wrote by the end of this unit.

    October to November- She will be reading Prince Caspian.

    November to December- She will be writing a factual story on the subject of her choosing.  She can write about a person, place or event that she would like to research and learn more about.

    January to February- Will find Princess reading George Washington's Socks.

    March to April- Princess will read the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

    May to June- She will pick a book, write a full book report, verbally tell the book report.  It has to include plot, character descriptions, and the setting of the story. 

   
Literature for 1st and PreK

    July to August- We will be studying The Magic Oatmeal Pot and The Lion and the Mouse- The children will complete lap books and art projects to go along with both stories.

    August to September- We will study The Frog Prince and The Star Maiden and the Flax Flowers.

    September to October- We will be studying Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes for the Preschoolers and Fairy will join her older sister for Where the Sidewalk Ends.

    October to November- We will go back to fairy tales.  Snow White and Rose Red and Why the Manx Cat Has No Tail.

    November to December- The Elves and the Shoemaker and Twas the Night Before Christmas

    January to February-  The Princess and the Pea and The Twelve Dancing Princesses

    March to April- Cinderella and Chicken Licken

    May to June- Rumpelstiltskin and How Jumbo Went to the Moon.