A few activities from ONE day of our homeschool :-)
#1) I see Samuel coming down with the microscope because
Mrs. Vick used a microscope in science class today. Hannah can’t resist and she
joins him for a while looking at things under the microscope. Samuel asks me to
please let him know the next time I let bread mold so he can look at it.
#2) Faith goes to violin lessons. A neighbor takes her for
me.
#3) I have a conference with Isaac. I assign specific due
dates for a response to literature, a memorization quiz for the preamble to the
constitution, a chemistry lab, and history project involving the names of local
areas. I had watched the lessons on the response to literature the evening
before, and was again reminded how much I love this curriculum with its
encouragement of a personal walk with the Lord.
#4) Faith has a lesson on Beatrix Potter. Since Justin is
studying “authors” and “illustrators” this week in K5 with an emphasis on
Beatrix Potter, I let him watch the lesson with her. Faith has a print out of
the characters that she cut out and attached brads and straws so they are movable. She plans to do a shadow play with them today.
#5) Samuel insists that I go back and watch Lesson 46 in his
reading. So, I sit and watch it with him while eating my lunch. It is a
hilarious poem about a girl who talks to her plants. The teacher discusses
alliteration, assonance, and reading aloud with appropriate emphasis. She also
explains “overstatement” and Samuel prints off a cartoon page where he can
write his own overstatements. We giggle about those all day, and everyone he
shows it to comes up with their own ideas.
The teacher also shows different kinds of plants and how to
put them together into a gift basket. She explains to the students that this
can be a type of ministry for them. (We did a similar thing for a grandma
recently and this is why Samuel wanted me to watch it.) I learned that I can
plant my daffodils behind my hastas and hide them after they’re no longer
pretty. In the afternoon, Faith and Samuel dig up some tiny cedar trees that
were going to be trodden and replanted them for future gift basket use.
#6) Faith asks me to get her a notebook or folder to save
her special work in. She’s especially proud of her poem about Tow Trucks with
the picture she drew.
#7) I find Hannah on the porch with her portable DVD player
and her math book. Yes, it’s a beautiful day! She’s watching her math lesson
and enjoying the great outdoors at the same time.
#8) Faith has made a game (looks like some sort of board
game) and is playing it with Justin. I’m not quite sure what lesson that went
with, but I have time to bake a meal for a new mama.
#9) Justin asks me how to spell several words for a birthday
card for Faith. He also draws a really neat volcano just because he wants to.
I love all this activity in my house. I wouldn't like directing all this activity at my house,
but I love smiling and encouraging their projects.
