December 20, 2011 – 3:04 pm
We are reading Hanukkah: Eight Nights, Eight Lights by Malka Drucker. There are 8 chapters so we can read for 8 days of the holiday all about what it entails, culminating in a report about what he has learned. We are working on more of his writing skills, as his story telling skills are already [...]
January 21, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Today we learned practiced reading a bit, did some phonics, and learned more about the new President. I used the biography at enchanted learning, as well as the coloring page of the President’s face with the small bio. On Tuesday we chatted about the significance of this president a bit more. He understands why it’s [...]
November 18, 2008 – 3:10 pm
Today he finally got the hang of the knit stitch. I found a way for him to do continental style that matches the way his brain works. He did a full row of 8 stitches by himself, 7 of which were flawless. He is looking forward to doing more another day. This video helped him, [...]
November 17, 2008 – 11:14 pm
Funny as it seems, my son and husband decided to play this war game on Xbox tonight. I got curious as to whether the battle was made of real armies, since there were so many accurate names on the battlefield. It was just weird to see that most of the people on the game have [...]
November 14, 2008 – 2:30 pm
Today we were reading the first 9 pages of Trouble at the Bridge and I realized what a hard time he was having with common endings and letter groups in the middle of words. Since I taught him phonics and not sight words, it is a bit more difficult for him to understand the whole [...]