Monthly Archives: June 2010 Our last few math lessons are starting to introduce story problems. We thought we’d make it a little more interesting by playing store. Of course he loved it and could have played store all afternoon! I bought scissors for $3.00, a pencil for $5.00, but the best thing I bought was a smile for the...  It’s a hot day and he finally got to open his super soakers! Ooooh so much fun! Click the thumbnails to view them all.  “Every two to three weeks, the child should memorize a poem and recite it to you. Memorization and recitation of poetry is an important part of the reading process; it exercises the child’s memory, stores beautiful language in his mind, and gives him practice in speaking aloud…” Our main home school philosophy comes from this... Recently Griffin has shown a lot of interest in singing while playing the piano. I think previously he had to concentrate so much on just playing that he wasn’t able to sing. Now that he’s practiced this song enough, he’s putting it all together. It was his idea to put his play microphone on the...  Here are a few photos from the last 2 – 3 weeks. We’re already enjoying a wonderful summer! Photos taken with: Canon PowerShot G11  Yesterday we started our new science curriculum, REAL Science Odyssey: Life (Level One). Although Griffin is officially a kindergartner this fall, all of the curriculum we are using begins at the first grade level. It took quite a bit of searching to find a good, solid secular science program. So far, we really like it! ...  Miquon is one of the math programs that we are using. I consider it a supplement and use it whenever we have the time. I like to use it more like a game and we like to do it outside or in the evenings for fun! We just started with the workbook as I let... |
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