Preschool - K4

She is reading so fast now and gets quite insistent we move quickly sometimes. While she is fine with me helping her sisters who are usually sitting near us, she will impatiently move my finger along the story if I get behind! Unlike her sisters mistakes don't bother her. What a blessing! She'll thoughtfully look at a letter or word and simply say, "Mommy, I don't remember that sound." We review it and she moves on. Her older sisters definitely struggled with the need for perfection. in some ways she is a little too unconcerned with doing things well, but I'm appreciating her laid back attitude very much.
And yes, she is wearing a pumpkin shirt. It is one of her favorites no matter the season or weather!
I have a nice assortment of workbooks for her to complete. This one is an ABC dot-to-dot. She really enjoys it and it is a nice way to review her alphabet. This particular book has been used by both her older sisters and is one of the few I have with all of their handiwork included inside!
Math right now is all about patterns, what belongs together, and the terms alike and different. She is learning excellent critical thinking skills and I enjoy watching her process a problem. She typically figures out an answer, giggles, and then tells me the wrong answer! I know she knows all along because she'll immediately say something like, "I was just kidding you, Mommy!" or "I'm funny!" and then follow with the correct answer.
Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory: Unit 15

We are continuing with book two of All About Spelling as well as our spelling words from the Beyond lists. We are getting to more and more difficult words in the Beyond guide so I do not assign more than 5 words each week. Typically after her pretest the words she needs to work on are from the 2nd year list so I'm very pleased with her spelling at the moment.
Beth is 1 short lesson away from finishing up Rod and Staff 1st grade math! We're making a switch in math curriculum due to cost effectiveness. Rod and Staff has served us well, but I was able to save us quite a bit in the long run with a program I have researched and reviewed at one point. My mathematically minded husband thinks it is a solid and good option so I took the plunge! We will be moving into Math Mammoth soon and I'm excited for Beth to give it a try first.
Rod and Staff came out with a new book in their ABC series this year which completely thrilled my sweet Beth! Just Thinking and Choosing is now one of the highlights of her day. Cutting, pasting and coloring in Beth's world are as good as life gets!
Cursive is such a beautiful thing. It's beautiful to read and a lot of fun for my girls to write. There are numerous studies out about the benefits of cursive. I begin cursive instruction much earlier than HOD suggests in 1st grade. I have found cursive to be less frustrating for my girls than print and they love how artistic their handwriting looks. Beth is progressing slowly through Classical Conversations Cursive and really enjoys it.
Beth's art project for the week was weaving a Native American blanket. I've struggled this time around our history books using the word Indians. I've talked with Beth about why they were called this because of confused early explorers and explained why Native American is a more respectful term. So now as I read aloud I just replace Indian with Native American. Anyway, we used felt to do the project so she could use her blanket with her new doll from Christmas.
Beth's art project for the week was weaving a Native American blanket. I've struggled this time around our history books using the word Indians. I've talked with Beth about why they were called this because of confused early explorers and explained why Native American is a more respectful term. So now as I read aloud I just replace Indian with Native American. Anyway, we used felt to do the project so she could use her blanket with her new doll from Christmas.
Preparing Hearts for His Glory: Unit 9 (2nd half)
Rose is hard at work with her times tables! She is nearing the finish line and then we'll start with division. For whatever reason she much prefers multiplication over addition and is doing really well.
Math Rider is a huge part of times tables sine I can adjust to have her practice specific numbers.
There are so many things which make Heart of Dakota so wonderful, and the integration of history and geography is one of them! Subjects learned independently of one another do not have the same meaning as those learned incorporated with others. This week Rose found where the locations concerning the Trojan war are located now. We have a very old copy of A Child's History of the World which means some of the expected maps are missing. I use historical maps from Knowledge Quest I purchased a few months ago and like them very much. I don't print them, but we view them on the iPad and it has worked out quite well.



All the girls joined in with Beth's project this week. They had a lot of fun and even Grace was able to join in and make little blankets for her baby twin dolls.
When I think of the great responsibility I have been given to disciple my girls I can't help but feel inept to the task. Only by the grace of God am I up to the task. I feel unbelievably blessed to have found a curriculum which enables me to do this task. I also feel blessed my girls can learn alongside one another. It's not without its bumps ad frustrations, but overall our family feels very peaceful. It was a good week...a very good week!
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