Hello out there! I know, it’s been awhile. But we’ve been so busy. And it’s all been good. Well, mostly all. And mostly good. The highlights of our weeks have been in reading. DJ is progressing so well with his reading. I am so amazed and really enjoying it as well. Each day I prepare a lesson from Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading. This usually involves a list of words that follow a particular pattern. In the photo above,…
DJ has taken a HUGE leap the past week and he is reading. Really, truly reading! He received this set of Miss Rhonda Readers for Christmas last year. He’s been doing so well with the sound games lately, I decided to try an activity using one of the readers. I chose one of the books and pulled out a few key words for DJ to write with the movable alphabet. After he wrote those words, I then suggested we read…
We’ve been slogging through the winter months lately. I never thought I had a preference for any particular season until I was left inside with a young child for months on end. Winter definitely has a different feel with a 5 year old! But our school time keeps us busy and DJ is making steady progress. We did the next chapter in Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding during January. This one was titled “Concepts of Energy: Making Things Go” and…
Before Christmas DJ and I finished a third chapter in our science curriculum, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding. This lesson, from the life sciences segment is titled “Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things.” Although this is similar to a Living vs NonLiving exercise DJ did back in 2014, it goes a step farther. First it introduces the term biological that includes all things that are living, were once living or are from living things. When asked to…