Posted in strategies, special needs, Journal, Living and learning on Dec 13th, 2006 1 Comment »
Sean finished Algebra book 6 today, doing well on the final test and telling me that his brain was working well today. I noticed it too; he was going on all burners. Neither of us can predict when his good days will be.
Kieron did two lessons of Saxon today which […]
Posted in strategies, Math and Logic, Journal, Living and learning on Dec 12th, 2006 2 Comments »
Math Thinking
Sean is almost through with Book 6 of Key to Algebra. It is getting to feel like hard work. I remember getting to this point with Brendan when he used the series. I keep telling Sean that it gets to be second nature, factoring and simplifying, just like he […]
Posted in Literacy and Language, Links, Living and learning on Dec 10th, 2006 3 Comments »
I wanted to get this link to lots of notebooking resources up here.
This is a continuation of my last post on notebooks.
I was not a very consistent mom about keeping up a baby book, and I never got the hang of picture-taking until I got my digital camera. Lesson there — […]
Posted in recordkeeping, Literacy and Language, Early Childhood on Dec 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
Have you read Cushla and her Books? It is about a disabled child who was read to by her parents and overcame some significant limitations through her relationship with books. The author’s depiction of Cushla’s response to different books at different developmental levels is perceptive and thought-provoking. (I think it […]
Posted in Journal on Dec 8th, 2006 1 Comment »
Today was one of those days that seems very busy and full, yet I don’t get anywhere near checking off everything on my to-do list. On the whole, I like those days better than the ones where I haven’t planned enough and find myself drifting through the day spinning my wheels — and […]
Posted in Links, Math and Logic, Journal on Dec 7th, 2006 3 Comments »
Sean is getting close to the end of Key to Algebra book 6. He will easily finish by mid-month, even if he keeps going at a slower pace. He still spends about the same time per day on math — 20 minutes or a bit more — but it takes […]
Posted in Big Picture on Dec 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
Still thinking about notebooks …. in an earlier post, I wrote:
I would like to start them (the kids) on a bit of very relaxed notebooking — after reading Cindy Rushton’s book and looking through my closet with the older kids’ notebooks and other bits of memorabilia. We never did it in a […]
Posted in Journal on Dec 4th, 2006 No Comments »
We are scaling back on academics for Advent. That sounds sort of funny once I write it out, because our academics aren’t very intensive anyway. But I want some breathing room to do a few extras and just “be present” during the season.
I told Sean that once he’s finished with Book […]
Posted in Early Childhood, Milestones, Math and Logic on Dec 4th, 2006 3 Comments »
Here he is being a youngest “Son of Willa Elder“, photo and costume courtesy of his sister.
The other big movie favorites around here recently have been:
Captains Courageous
Boys Town
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bells of St Mary
Paddy has been a counting demon recently. He counts EVERYTHING, even letters in the title of a […]
Posted in Milestones on Dec 2nd, 2006 2 Comments »
Before today, I don’t think I’ve ever woken up on December 1st and thought: this is the day to start making Advent preparations. When I think about WHY this is so, I guess the term “living Advent,” comes to mind. It seems that every December for the past […]
