READ ALOUD: 10 minutes
Basic addition flash cards (review)
Time 4 Learning - 1 math & 1 language arts section
Assembled Houdini display for Academic Fair. Practiced magic. Rehearsed potential questions.
Handwriting practice.
Completed thank you cards.
Read the rest of Tuesday, April 24, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes
Finished reading Changes for Molly from the American Girl series. This was the endd of the Molly series and our discussion of WWII.
Time 4 Learning - Completed 1 Language Arts section and one math section
Watched Grand Illusions - Houdini. Discussed.
Music class
Read the rest of Monday, April 23, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes; 15 minutes; 15 minutes
Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 - Lesson 2, page 12
Thinking Skills Grade 3 - page 30 & 31
Practiced writing frequently reversed numerals
Analogies for Beginners - page 18
Verbal review of multiplication concepts. Correctly answered numerous multiplication equations orally. (2X5, 3X4, 4X10, 3X3, etc.)
Singapore Math 1B - workbook ex. 33, 34 & part of 35
Writing Skills Grade 1 - pages 13 & 14
Gymnastics class
Girls Scouts
Ice Skating & playdate with Ariel
Engineering & architecture of structures using Marble Mania
Read the rest of Thursday, April 19 & Friday, April 20, 2007
READ ALOUD: 10 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Spectrum Spelling - Introduced Lesson 2, spelled all words correctly on pre-test. Completed pages 10 & 11
Think A Minutes - 2 pages
Dr. DooRiddles - 2 pages
Reviewed Lesson 3 for music class - quarter note, solo/duet/trio/quartet, also reviewed piano & forte
Singapore Math 1B - Multiplication: textbook pages 42, 43, and 44; workbook exercises 30 and 31
Jumpstart Spanish CD-ROM
4H Meeting
Practiced magic tricks for upcoming Academic Fair
Playdate with Jordan
Finished reading The Fish in Room 11 by Heather Dyer.
Read the rest of Tuesday, April 17, 2007
You know, the guy even had the audacity to say he was on the way to the gym and just wanted to give Rover some exercise before he left. ARGH! At least he isn't driving a Mercedes or something - that would really put me over the edge.
Read the rest of THIS is why Americans are hated!
READ ALOUD: 15 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Practiced writing numerals correctly (2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7, 9)
Writing Skills Grade 1 - Page 10 & 12
Anaolgies for Beginners - 2 pages
Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 - Page 9
Art Co-Op
Music Class
Read a chapter in Fish in Room 11 - only one chapter left!
Read the rest of Monday, April 16, 2007
READ ALOUD: 15 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Worked on Academic Fair project - finalized content and design
Singapore Math 1B - textbook pg. 40 & 41; workbook Review 1
Writing Skills Grade 1 - pages 6 - 11 (took off with this one - seemed to love it)
Thinking Skills Grade 3 - 4 pages (finished Map Skills section)
Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 - page 8 (continued Lesson 1)
History Pockets - Life in Plymouth Colony - Learned about work and jobs in the colony. Created a sign for her own shop - she decided she wanted to be a Cobbler and make shoes (go figure).
Time4Learning - Completed 1 phonics sections plus antonyms; completed 2 math sections (patterns)
Watched the SEC Gymnastics Championship and then set up her own meet in the living room. Performed numerous (death-defying to Mom) stunts and was "judged."
Read the rest of Sunday, April 15, 2007
READ ALOUD: 2 hours
Girl Scouts
Homeschool Park Day
Gymnastics
PE Class
Played LIFE with Dad
Independent reading
Worked on Academic Fair Project
Read the rest of Thursday, April 12 ~ Saturday, April 14, 2007
I make a LOT of cakes. It is kind of something I have to do by necessity (food allergy) but grew to really enjoy. I think I like the challenge. I stink at anything artistic or creative, but I feel half way competent at making cakes. I am always looking to stretch my abilities and improve.
A friend's sons (yes, 3 of them) had a birthday recently. I guess that would be birthDAYS actually. There are twin 4 year olds and a newly minted 6 year old. The 6 year old is REALLY into Super Mario. He saw a picture of a Super Mario cake in a magazine and begged his Mom for it. She, being the daring person she is, promised him to give it a go. But with 4 kids and a husband who suddenly needed surgery, I felt that making this Super Mario cake might actually be a way I could help her out.
I was really pleased with how it turned out. Most of the adults commented on how great it looked (and tasted). My friends husband even suggested I go into business (as IF!). But the absolute BEST compliment of the day came from the birthday boy himself.
"I totally love my cake! It's even BETTER than the picture!"
This adorable little boy melted my heart. I'd make him 10 more in a heartbeat. 
Super Mario Birthday Cake 1
Super Mario Birthday Cake 2
Super Mario Birthday Cake 3
Read the rest of Super Mario Cake!
READ ALOUD: 15 minutes; 15 minutes
Ramona Quimby show at The King Center
Playtime at Brianna's
Drama class
Spanish Co-op - learned spanish alphabet and who to ask someone their name (as well as respond with her own).
Worked on typing up list of magic tricks for Academic Fair.
Read aloud from Who Was Harry Houdini?
Worked on Mad Libs for well over an hour (car ride). Lots of handwriting and spelling! Had to discern between adjectives, nouns, adverbs, etc. Did a couple sheets with friends as well.
Read the rest of Wednesday, April 11, 2007
READ ALOUD: 45 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 - Lesson 1, 2 pages
MindBenders A1 - 2 pages
Time 4 Learning - Phonics (kn, wr). Took chapter test in Language Arts "Bee's" section and scored 100%.
Wrote Thank You note for Aunt Chris. Created wording and wrote everything with spelling support on just one word.
Clifford show at The King Center.
Read the rest of Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Girl Scouts
Gymnastics class
Field trip to Karate school - learned history of Karate, and about other forms of martial arts. Learned a few basic exercises.
Playdate with J.
Birthday party for Keegan, Hayden, & Gavin
Spent Easter with Grandma and Grandpa C.
Music class
Afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa P.
Some independent reading, some verbal math review
Read the rest of Thursday, April 5 ~ Monday, April 9, 2007
Time4 Learning worksheets on estimating, fractions, and number lines.
Time4Learning online - Phonics "ie"
Reviewed spelling words
Practiced writing numerals that she often prints backward. Wrote a row of each and then circled the one she felt was her best effort.
Thinking Skills - used a map key to answer questions and then created her own map.
Drama class
Spanish co-op
Read the rest of Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Sydney started her new music class at Little House of Music. She loved it (I knew she would) and was excited to teach me about music. Her afternoon and evenings have been full of the CD from the class.
Swimming
4H Meeting - made anemometers. Played on the playground.
Went back to the magic shop where we had our field trip. Sydney picked out a few more tricks and has been honing her act.
Read the rest of Monday, April 2 ~ Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A friend in my local homeschool group posted a link to a song that should become the anthem for all homeschoolers, educators, teachers, and parents who recognize that No Child Left Behind is one of the worse things to ever suck the life out of a student.
Read the rest of It’s Not on the Test
READ ALOUD: 15 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Played the Place Value Toss game. A grid of 4 spaces is set up on the floor, each representing ones, tens, hundreds, or thousands. Bean bags are tossed and then counted according to each place value. 2 bean bags in the hundreds box means 200. Syd interpreted the info and wrote the numbers. Also discussed higher value numbers and how ALL numbers are just hundreds, tens, and ones. The only thing that changes is the name of the comma. (For example: 356,876,382,892 is really just 356 BILLION 876 MILLION 382 THOUSAND 892.)
Had a spelling test on this weeks words.
Played the Subtraction Tic-Tac-Toe game
Independently read 2 chapters of Ulysses.
Read togther, Subtraction Action.
Time 4 Learning - Completed Phonics section in Language Arts. Tested out of Math - Fractions.
Visited Grandma & Grandpa P. Spent HOURS at the beach. COMPLETELY mastered riding the boogie board!
Read the rest of Sunday, April 1, 2007