Weekly Recap 8/23-8/27

I'm afraid to post how well this week has gone.  I know it's only our first full week of school and there is no telling what the rest of this year will bring but this week TOTALLY ROCKED!  We had so much fun doing history and science.  Check out our monk's meal and our air experiments!  We've read a ton of Aesop's fables with the youngers.  M6 even included a moral on The Tale of the Three Little Kittens today in grammar.  I'm enjoying Beowulf with H11 like I never did when I read it in high school.  She likes it too!  H11 also found interest in the calligraphy books I checked out to go along with our history lessons.  She spent quite a bit of her free time today learning how to write in a new way. 

Everyone settled in and found their groove so quickly.  Even the hurdles were easily jumped.  S8 saw the front of the Song School Latin book and dug in his heels.  He's a child that is easy beyond belief so I knew I'd better come up with a plan b quickly and not push this.  He hates to sing and I just hadn't thought it through very well when I picked this curriculum for M6 and S8 to share.  M6 loves, loves, loves that monkey and the songs so it was a great pick for her.  Latina Christiana is on it's way for S8.  He's pleased.  He already likes the name of the program.

Our other switch this week was from Phonics Pathways to Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading.  M6 has hated Phonics Pathways since we left the single letter pages.  There are just too many words per page and it overwhelms her.  She throws up her hands in defeat before she sounds the first word and she's not fooled when I cover parts of the page.  She knows the words are still lurking there, waiting to be read.  We'd tried Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading before Phonics Pathways and the verdict then was, "You are talking too much, Mommie."  I've cut back on the talking and she's much happier with the amount of time and number of words per lesson.  We'll see how long this works.

K13:
Algebra, French and Band at the high school
Community Bible Study - The Acts of the Apostles
Analytical Grammar - Unit 1
Writing Strands 5 - Lesson 5
HOTMW - Chapters 1-5
TMW - Lecture 1
Physical Science - Scientific Method and Air
First Form Latin - Unit 1 Lesson 1

H11:
Community Bible Study - The Acts of the Apostles
Reading together - Beowulf
Analytical Grammar - Unit 1
Writing - Writing Strands 4 - Lesson 10
Math - review of multiplication facts 0-12
History - SOTW2 Ch 3
Physical Science - Scientific Method & Air
First Form Latin - Unit 1 Lesson 1
Music - Flute

S8:
Community Bible Study - The Acts of the Apostles
Reading together - Aesop's Fables
Writing - Writing Through History
R&S Grammar 3 - Lessons 6-9
Math - review of multiplication facts 0-12
History - SOTW2 Ch 3
Physical Science - Scientific Method & Air
Latina Christiana - on it's way
Music - violin

M6:
Community Bible Study - early ed. program
Reading together - Aesop's Fables
OPGTTR - through Lesson 27
First Language Lessons - #71-74
Abeka - Writing Lessons 4-7
Math - addition
History - SOTW2 Ch 3
Physical Science - Scientific Method & Air
Song School Latin - Ch 1