November 6, 2008 – 1:40 pm
We continued our practice of regrouping and carrying numbers on http://www.dositey.com this afternoon. We also worked on phonics, since it seems that he is still getting mightily confused on his D/B and long/short vowels. It’s tiring, but worth it.
October 22, 2008 – 5:04 pm
How to Make Play-doh – video powered by Metacafe
October 16, 2008 – 2:39 pm
OMG The last week has been a disaster for listening skills. I have been trying really hard not to get angry with him. REALLY!!! It’s like he wants to do school but then he doesn’t want to do what the instructions say he should. I’m like UM OK … >_< let’s try again. We aren’t [...]
September 27, 2008 – 3:02 pm
Today I headed over to our lovely dollar store, where I find some of the most interesting curriculum content out there. Today, I got addition wipe cards. It is a packet of 20 cards chained together at the top with a wife off pen attached. There were 3 different DVDs with bible stories from the [...]
September 12, 2008 – 6:11 pm
Yesterday, we took a trek over to our favorite Bible shop and bought a few things. We got my son a bookmark with Bob the Tomato from Veggie Tales. It says “God made you special and he loves you very much”. We also bought him the Hands-On Bible NLT and VeggieTales – Moe & The [...]
September 8, 2008 – 12:31 am
He asked me what rabbits eat, and why animals eat rabbits. We got to talk about the circle of life. I couldn’t find that nifty chart that shows the animals eating the grass, the animals eating the animals, and man eating the animals … but he got the picture. I tried to make it as [...]
September 2, 2008 – 5:02 pm
He just returned from a lengthy visit with the in-laws and says to me: Mommy, I want to tell you something. I can count to 100. 1, 2, 3… He makes it all the way to one hundred with barely a reminder from me about the next set of ten! This kid!!! I guess we [...]
August 28, 2008 – 9:32 pm
Done with minimal help from me: AppleBeesCatDeerEarFurGoHatI Love youJugKiteLuigiMarioNewOpen PlaneQuiet TimeRatStarTubeUmbrellaVCRWhatX (box/fox)YouZoo
August 13, 2008 – 10:15 pm
“Yes I won and I am a slacker. I am only just now posting about it. I wont these books from a random drawing on Yarns of the Heart. Thanks so much for the books. They are on the shelf just waiting for us to dive in. My son was extremely excited to get these. [...]
August 12, 2008 – 7:06 pm
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet and My G-R-R-R-Reat Uncle Tiger by James Riordan were two books on our summer roster. The first has a picture of the “cat” eliminating, which caught us both off guard. He read most of that one by himself. He is mastering the phonics of [...]