My original blog is still up and going but this one is primarly for homeschool activities. It has been a long winter and probably not as much accomplished as should've been. Between my mother's death, remodeling, and health problems our homeschooling has been a little sporatic. Still I'm amazed at what my girls have learned in the past 6 months.
Emily has gome from not being able to read in September, to reading on a 2nd or 3rd grade level. She writes and reads daily and is fascinated with so many things. She is doing well in math with too little instruction the past 2 months, has begun learning fractions. When shes did a unit on birds ,looked up Minnesota birds on the interenet, listened to their songs, colored a realistic bird book, and read her library books all by herself. She likes to make her own books.
Units-over the winter
Birds
Solar System
The Continents
Dolphins
Tide Pools
We like TV. I have no problem using TV for part of thier education. We have watched the most wonderful nature shows, there are great movies that are educational. I think it's great. She loves Word Girl, and Martha Speaks. Kind of dumb cartoons but they have certainly increased her vocabulary along with her reading.
Alison at 2 1/2 is has an amazing vocabulary, learning so much and most of the time adorable. She is 2 though so a handful and definately has a mind of her own. On my birthday , a present was missing..Alison had taken it and hid under the table and unwrapped it. So much for that surprise. It's a hummingbird feeder so she will get to enjoy it.
Alison is aVERY polite little girl..If I give her some treat she'll say "thank you mama, dis is wonderful" If you say thank you to her she always says" you're welcome".
So this is my attempt to record their adventures . I may repost some older things from the other blog just to organise it.
