Reading
I cannot emphasize enough how good the OPR teaching method is. Currently we are at Lesson #54, digraph ng. Also, we went over the Hooked on Phonics Kindergarten set and G did it instantly. It was no brainer for him. We wiil continue with the First Grader set and see where they are compared to OPR.
G also read several small stories, that makes him more and more comfortable reading.
With Explode the code we finished the first three lessons, words with a.
Spelling
We just started All About Spelling and it goes well so far. More on it later.
Handwriting
We do regular lessons from Handwriting without tears, just finishes Capital B.
Math
In Singapore math K edition we finished chapter 13, will start chapter 14.
Vocabulary
In Worldy Wise 300 K we are at the middle of lesson 2. It is fun :)
Art
We started with Renoir study, paintings, books on Renoir
Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Renoir: Art Activity Pack
Music
Piano lessons
Geography
We just got Scholastic Success with Maps and Places around Me. We are ding both simultaneously because it is fun.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
New Year, New Beginnings/ Kindergarten Curriculum for Spring 2012
Although G attends Montessori School PreK during the day, we always did extracurricular at home. He is more advanced and I do not think that this interferes with what he does in school.
Kindergarten Curriculum for Spring 2012
Reading (Phonics)
- Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading (OPG) – 5x/week; main coursebook. We are at Lesson 51 right now. He sails through the lessons.
- Explode the Code (ETC) – 3x/week; We do it concurrently with the OPG. I thinks it is helpful, he recognizes the words and understands their spelling too.
Handwriting
- HWT K – Letters and Numbers for Me: 3x/week; G's handwriting is behind compared to other subjects, he knows all his letters, but like a boy he spends more time with his toys than sitting and writing :)
Spelling
- We just started All Bout Spelling Level 1 3x/week.
Math
We love Singapore Math Kindergarten 4x/week.We use both the activity book and the supplemental books. They are both helpful and help in mastering the subject. Repetition is the key.Besides this we always play, count in everyday life.
Vocabulary
We use Wordly Wise 3000 K 3x/week.The lessons are very colorful on enjoyable, G loves it.History
We haven't started it yet, but soon will Story Of The World.Science
- We use Sonlight's Science A - 5that we
Art
- We use Child size Masterpieces to study several artists, somewhat following Harmony Art Mom's curriculum. We plan incorporate Meet The Masters soon.
Logic
Writing
We started The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease that we incorporate with our readings. We do not follow the exact books the book recommends. We also do Writeshop Primary A occasionally. For G this is very good introductory to start with. At school they do some writing too.
Spanish
G is in a English/Spanish immersion program at the Montessori school. He knows a lot of Spanish words, expressions. We plan to do some Spanish K workbooks that will be fun.
Music
G is attending Suzuki piano classes one on one since last fall that we will continue. We also listen to some classical music while on the road.
Gegraphy
We started some Geography Workbooks too Maps, Charts, Graphs level A and Scholasti Success Workbook along with A Child's introduction to The World book.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Great Giveaway
There is a great spelling giveaway at Homeschool Crew website. Please head over to see it.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Letter F week
This week we started to learn abut a new letter F. Started with Montessori activities, sandpaper letter F f, match object which start with F to pictures, sound book, letter F book, Get Ready for the Code letter F activities.
Some prctical activites we did: thonging, stringing beads, funneling water, funneling solids.
Art: draw a frog from I can draw Animals from Usborne. Cutting paper.
Gross motor activites: hiking to a waterfall in a close State Park.
Some prctical activites we did: thonging, stringing beads, funneling water, funneling solids.
Art: draw a frog from I can draw Animals from Usborne. Cutting paper.
Gross motor activites: hiking to a waterfall in a close State Park.
Week of March 15-19 Activities
We followed quite well our last week’s schedule and did more or less all the activities I planned.
Language: we learned letter M, and followed some Montessori activities: sand paper letter M m, match object to pictures, learned new words with letter M, also did some Confessions of a Homeschooler letter of the week activities, learned some rhyming words, activity words with picture match. We also did from the Get Ready for the Code the letter M section.
Sensorial: did knobbed cylinder blocks 3, pink tower and one of the extension cards, geometric solids sphere and cube, also matched shapes.
Practical: our practical activities go quite well, spooning beans, thronging pom-poms, pouring lentils, pouring water, also pouring water through funnel, funneling solids, sorting by size and color.
Math: did some math counting, number matching, picture to number matching.
Animals: we learned about monkeys since we learned letter M last week, and matched mini monkeys and apes (Monkeys and Apes) to monkey pictures.
Art: we try to draw an animal each week for the “I can draw animals” book by Usborne.
Gross motor skills: play ground, monkey bar, visited and hiked a trail at a local state park.
After all it was quite a productive week.
Language: we learned letter M, and followed some Montessori activities: sand paper letter M m, match object to pictures, learned new words with letter M, also did some Confessions of a Homeschooler letter of the week activities, learned some rhyming words, activity words with picture match. We also did from the Get Ready for the Code the letter M section.
Sensorial: did knobbed cylinder blocks 3, pink tower and one of the extension cards, geometric solids sphere and cube, also matched shapes.
Practical: our practical activities go quite well, spooning beans, thronging pom-poms, pouring lentils, pouring water, also pouring water through funnel, funneling solids, sorting by size and color.
Math: did some math counting, number matching, picture to number matching.
Animals: we learned about monkeys since we learned letter M last week, and matched mini monkeys and apes (Monkeys and Apes) to monkey pictures.
Art: we try to draw an animal each week for the “I can draw animals” book by Usborne.
Gross motor skills: play ground, monkey bar, visited and hiked a trail at a local state park.
After all it was quite a productive week.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Artistic Pursuits Giveaway
There is a fantastic giveaway going on at Raising Olives blog. I checked out the preliminary pages of Artistic Pursuit which look great. She has a wonderful family and great blog too :)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Great Tropical Traditions shredded coconut Giveaway
Michelle at Delighting in Journey has a great giveaway of "Tropical Traditions shredded coconut". Head over to read about it and enter for a chance to win!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
New Beginnings
It is hard to believe that January and February is over. March first we started our new curriculum with my son. We just finished getting over the alphabet that we started last September. From now on we follow a sort of Montessori Language development, sensorial, math and culture curriculum. However, there are many extra activities that we do and are nor Montessori.
This week we started letter R, sandpaper letter R, tracing letter R in sandbox, all sorts of object matching activities, that begin with letter R. We also used Confessions of a Homeschooler's Letter R activities. Learned about the Rabbit as social studies activities. George enjoyed the Rabbit Lapbook that I prepared for him.
He also got a Rainforest Toob animal set. He loves animals.
His Handwriting got better since we started tracing lines and letters and numbers since last September thank to the different fine motor skills activities.
As for reading: we read a lot. The new book introduced this week is: The Velveteen Rabbit, which he adored.
Imagination is part of our everiday life. Quite ofted George imagines things and talks about being in the middle of a jungle and sees animals walking or jumping around him :)
We aslo do a lot of math activites, by counting, sorting, matching numbers.
I hope my blogging skills will get better soon, so I would be able to attach pictures and more graphics.
This week we started letter R, sandpaper letter R, tracing letter R in sandbox, all sorts of object matching activities, that begin with letter R. We also used Confessions of a Homeschooler's Letter R activities. Learned about the Rabbit as social studies activities. George enjoyed the Rabbit Lapbook that I prepared for him.
He also got a Rainforest Toob animal set. He loves animals.
His Handwriting got better since we started tracing lines and letters and numbers since last September thank to the different fine motor skills activities.
As for reading: we read a lot. The new book introduced this week is: The Velveteen Rabbit, which he adored.
Imagination is part of our everiday life. Quite ofted George imagines things and talks about being in the middle of a jungle and sees animals walking or jumping around him :)
We aslo do a lot of math activites, by counting, sorting, matching numbers.
I hope my blogging skills will get better soon, so I would be able to attach pictures and more graphics.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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