Week in Review

Well, I survived my first week of homeschooling 2 children in 2 different programs. Woo Hoo!! Actually, it went a lot smoother than I thought it would, and I praise God for that. Both of the kids did very well and I am proud of what they did this week.

The novelty of school wore off for Nathan by Wednesday, but he stuck with it and had a good attitude about it. As long as we were done in an hour he did very well. He is already reading and knows his numbers, so I am focusing on helping him learn to write and to sit and listen to read-alouds. I also have him read to me each day to improve his reading skills. Then we always have a fun craft or activity that is part of our Little Hearts curriculum.

Here he is with a craft he made showing that Jesus is at the center of all of history.



This is him doing his math today, which is his favorite subject do far.




Audrey did very well this week with Bigger Hearts. This program fits her perfectly and she enjoyed all of the activities we did. She especially liked notebooking for science, doing science experiments, drawings maps, looking up vocabulary words, and learning to write in cursive. For history we read about Columbus sailing across the Atlantic so we practiced learning all the continents and oceans. Here is a shot of a geography project we did to help her learn where they all go. She wrote the names of all the oceans and continents on the index cards and then had to put them on the balloon in the correct location.



In science we are learning about the ocean and we looked at tides and waves this week. We did an experiment to find out why some items sink and some float. I made this worksheet for her to fill out and she loved it. We are big Sid the Science Kid fans around here. :) I did the writing for her because she can't write that small yet, and she did the drawings.



This is a notebooking assignment she did showing the affect the moon has on the tide. Underneath her drawing she wrote Psalm 95:5 The sea is His, for He made it.



Here she is this morning practicing her cursive writing. We are using Cheerful Cursive and I love it. It not only teaches her to write in cursive, but to read it as well. This is one of her favorite things to do each day and I am surprised at how good she is at it.



I hope you enjoyed seeing a snapshot of our week. I am so pleased with my curriculum choices so far, especially Heart of Dakota. I will try and do a review each week so you can follow us in our homeschooling journey this year. God bless!!