Tuesday, October 28, 2008

We're Up to 8!

We found a brand new white board on sale last week at Staples. YEA!
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Shepard does a really (really!) good job with '4.'
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Selah is doing better at writing smaller letters and numbers on the chalkboard.
(And - although it appears that Selah wears the same fleece top everyday - her mother does do laundry. . . Occasionally.)
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

I Pledge Allegience. . .

Selah Elisabeth Goossen: A Patriot.

The Lesson of the Sunflower. . .

See Mom's post on the Lesson of the Sunflower (HERE) for the significance of this splendid piece of artwork.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

1-2-3-4 . . . 5 !!

My daughter is a genius! Today, we introduced the number "4" in Handwriting. I left the room to take a phone call and upon my return Selah announced quite proudly that she had learned the next number. . . . and without further adieu, here she is. . . .

. . . That was a "HIGH FIVE!" at the end. The girl was not hurt. Please don't call Child Protective Services.

- Proud Mom

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

We Love Letters!

These are the letters we know: M, T, F, B and R!

We can write these letters and recognize them in words. We also know the sound that each letter makes.

All these letters start with a long line and then have either short lines or small curves. (See Handwriting With Cool Wood Pieces.)


Here is Shepard's "R:"

















Here is Selah's "B:"












Here is Shepard's Handwriting Workbook for the Letter "R:"














And here is a sample of Selah's handwriting. The highlighted "Selah" is the only thing Mom wrote.












And -- finally -- here's Shepard practicing his "3's:"













Wednesday, October 8, 2008

All in a Day's Work . . .

Our CopyWork today was the last line of our address: Adams, MN 55909. I do not need dotted-lines for all of the letter, so I erase them. "M" I know. And a "5" is a lot like and "S."

~ Selah




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Shepard always starts out CopyWork by saying, "I can't. I can't do it, Mom."


He always does a great job.!










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Today's Handwriting Lesson introduced the Letter "P"


. . . and yes, Selah's "R" is on her LEFT hand. We fixed that. :-)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Reading Time

Dad is the headmaster of our Homeschool and Designated "Reader 'Aloud of all Textbooks"

Shepard:
Reading time is my FAVORITE.
I like science the best. The bears teach us about weather and seasons. I like snow. Wind is strong.

Selah:
I like all the books. I like Mother Goose because the stories are nice when Dad explains them. They rhyme. The words sound alike and are fun to listen to. . .

Mom:
Reading is the Core Value in the homeschool curriculm we've chosen (click here to learn about Sonlight Curriculum®.)

The primary reason we looked into and decided on Sonlight was their slogan, "It's the way you wished you'd been taught."

Children LOVE to be read to. With this curriculum, the children explore a wealth of great literature, and get to wonder and marvel at -- and ask (tons!) of questions about -- a world of fun, diverse places and interesting and important people. As our pictures show, the children LOVE it. Instead of learning history, social studies, and science via the memorization of facts and dates in a textbook, the "textbook" is a story that the kids will actually remember. Beginning at ages 4 and 5!