In my life this week...
This week went by pretty smoothly... and I'm thankful for that. The boys and I got some good outside time when the weather cooperated. I've started back to using My Fitness Pal (on my phone, and it has a barcode scanner, oh how much easier it is now!) and so I've been trying to be intentionally more active as well as watch my calories and portion sizes. We ran around the park and today we danced to some old Audio Adrenaline albums... so much fun (and without the cost of a gym membership, lol).
Overall, the boys' behavior was better than usual this week... so I certainly can't complain about that. In fact, there were several sweet moments between them... being helpful to each other and getting along really well. This isn't always the case, for sure, they know how to push buttons with each other, but it was nice to see some tender moments in there.
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| Preston reading Callen a bedtime story. |
Thursday, Jill and Steve came over to watch the boys so I could go do a book party in Lancaster. It was really fun, a great group of women to hang out with! And with that, I have a head start on my February sales goal (since I had already met January's, yay!). I am working towards earning my trip to Convention for free, with a sales challenge each month January through April.
A Picture to share... Last Saturday, Preston took part in our Pack's Pinewood Derby. His Shark car won 2nd place every race it was in, so overall for his Den, he won 2nd place and got a fun trophy.
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| Second Place for the Wolves. |
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| The Shark! |
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| The track! |
Tot School: We continued the 1plus1plus1equals1.net "Tot School" printables this week with letter "R" for Rainforest! We read a few books having to do with rainforests, like Up a Rainforest Tree and The Rain Forest Counts. Callen also helped Preston with his Spelling work one more. Preston's questions were things like, "Which word has the 'er' sound spelled 'e-a-r' and when he read that to Callen, Callen quickly pointed out the words that had e-a-r. That boy definitely knows his letters!
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| Callen helped Preston with his Spelling work. |
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| Callen had some help, but told me where to put things. |
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| Preston did his by himself. Nice Chef's hat! |
Reading/Writing: We continued Spelling by Sound & Structure. Continued with lesson 52-54 in Primary Language Lessons. We continued our read-aloud, On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
History: This week Preston learned about four states... Maryland (read Island Boy), Missouri (read Pony Express), Arkansas (read Good Morning, Granny Rose) and Michigan (read The Real McCoy and The Michigan Counting Book).
Math: Preston continued Part B of Math Mammoth, Second Grade. Started Chapter 8, which is adding three-digit numbers and regrouping. We do need to work on addition facts, as he still often uses his fingers for facts he should just know off the top of his head. Need to do some drilling!
Science: This week's theme continued with the human body, and we covered subjects like the brain and senses in the First Encyclopedia of Science and made pages in his Science Notebook. Also did some sense experiments from Science in the Kitchen.
Music/Art: Continued practicing "The Star-Spangled Banner." We also continued our World's Greatest Artists, Vol 1 unit study, with our third artist: Monet. This week, we read from Monet & The Impressionists for Kids, Monet's Impressions and the Usborne Children's Book of Art. Preston colored in a black and white version of "Woman with a Parasol" and created his own version of a "Japanese Footbridge." We are also listening to and learning more about Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and read Swan Lake.
Spanish: Continued with the next episode of Salsa. We reviewed words having to do with "El Tiempo" in our First Thousand Words in Spanish and went through some review using the Spanish Words & Phrases Flashcards.
We are using Adventures in My Father's World. See our curriculum here.
[This post contains affiliate links for Usborne Books & More and Amazon.com. By clicking on those links and purchasing items, you are helping me continue to be a SAHM so that I can focus on homeschooling my children! Thank you!]
History: This week Preston learned about four states... Maryland (read Island Boy), Missouri (read Pony Express), Arkansas (read Good Morning, Granny Rose) and Michigan (read The Real McCoy and The Michigan Counting Book).
Math: Preston continued Part B of Math Mammoth, Second Grade. Started Chapter 8, which is adding three-digit numbers and regrouping. We do need to work on addition facts, as he still often uses his fingers for facts he should just know off the top of his head. Need to do some drilling!
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| Three digit math and a puzzle to solve. |
Science: This week's theme continued with the human body, and we covered subjects like the brain and senses in the First Encyclopedia of Science and made pages in his Science Notebook. Also did some sense experiments from Science in the Kitchen.
Music/Art: Continued practicing "The Star-Spangled Banner." We also continued our World's Greatest Artists, Vol 1 unit study, with our third artist: Monet. This week, we read from Monet & The Impressionists for Kids, Monet's Impressions and the Usborne Children's Book of Art. Preston colored in a black and white version of "Woman with a Parasol" and created his own version of a "Japanese Footbridge." We are also listening to and learning more about Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and read Swan Lake.
Spanish: Continued with the next episode of Salsa. We reviewed words having to do with "El Tiempo" in our First Thousand Words in Spanish and went through some review using the Spanish Words & Phrases Flashcards.
We are using Adventures in My Father's World. See our curriculum here.
[This post contains affiliate links for Usborne Books & More and Amazon.com. By clicking on those links and purchasing items, you are helping me continue to be a SAHM so that I can focus on homeschooling my children! Thank you!]
1 comment:
Preston looks great in that chef's hat! (It finally fits him! ;)
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