Field Trip/Birthday Trip

Half Pint chose the zoo for her birthday trip.

The whole family really enjoyed themselves and it was such a beautiful day (which has been few & far between around here).

C'mon, you gotta love Kumon!

I *heart* Kumon workbooks. I bought them for Half Pint when she was a Pre-K'er. I bought a few for Farmer Boy and he really enjoys them. Right now, we're just playing around with pencil practice. There is something about those big fat pencils in this boy's hands that makes me want to giggle. He loves doing "school" like his big sister.

I do have to pace him, or else he'd finish a whole book in 38 minutes.

Picture study

Half Pint wrote a store about a picture that we studied last week.

I absolutely love Queen Homeschool Supplies Language Lessons books. They are gentle, yet very thorough. The picture studies are so beautiful and really gets HP thinking.

Math: It can be fun, afterall!

here is proof!!

A good math day

So, I can't help but be really excited about math today.  HP is really enjoying Math Mammoth worksheets and it's easy for me to teach (so far).   I actually started HP back at the "beginning" of 1st grade math, just so she can get the basics under her belt.  I believe that was a good decision, simply because HP really needed the reinforcement.

It was another breezy Math day.  We ended school early today so we could hang out with the Grandparents this morning.  They are leaving for a 10 day cruise!  The kids are going to miss them so much.  They see them every day, since they live around the corner.  I'll miss them, too.  :(

School bell ringing earlier

Yes.  That's right.  I have found that instead of starting at 9am, starting a 8am makes for a much more pleasant school time.  Half-Pint seems to be more focused and more willing to do her work.  Her attitude is better and enjoys her school time.

So guess what that means??

I have to wake up consistently by 6:30am and make sure that breakfast is prepped the night before.  YIKES!  I better get on the ball!

I have also made a discovery with her Math.  Half-Pint really does well with word problems.  She can easily add 3-4 numbers and come up with the correct answer, IN HER HEAD.  But, if she sees those same numbers printed out on paper, she can't figure out where to start.  Interesting.

So, math today, was lots of fun for HP.

Farmer Boy did some maze work in his Kumon book.  He really loved it.

Little Brown Braid??  She practiced her whining.  ew

Making the switch

First of all, I am a complete heel for not posting enough on this blog.  Okay.  Next...

We switched math curriculums.  Right Start wasn't working out for us.  The manipulatives are great, but the book and teaching style didn't work for us at all.  I decided to try out Mammoth and it's going splendidly.  We're basically starting over from scratch, which will put Half-Pint behind a bit, but I really do feel that it's what is best for her.