Weeks of 5/1/12 & 5/7/12

1. Board Games – Monopoly Jr., Clue
2. Jigsaw puzzles
3. Math – fact family practice where the highest number is 10
4. American Sign Language (ASL), Lesson 2 (finished) and Lesson 3 at Lifeprint
5. Solo reading – Bounty Hunter: Boba Fett (Star Wars: The Clone Wars chapter book)
6. Read Together – Predators (Tangerine Press) & Animals Exposed!  The Truth About Animal Intelligence (Tangerine Press)
7. Baking
8. Spelling review - First Grade, Lists 9-25 from Super Teacher Worksheets
9. Android App – Draw Something (drawing, phonetics & spelling!)
10. Grade 2 Evan Moor Daily Math Workbook

Weeks of 4/17/12 & 4/24/12

1. American Sign Language (ASL), Lesson 2 at 
Lifeprint 
2. Addition (More Complex, 2 Digit & 2 Plus 3 Digit  with carrying - many versions Dad's Worksheets)
3. Subtraction (1 & 2 Digit Subtraction, No Borrowing - many versions)
4. Similies
5. Poetry writing (two pieces: The Airplane Ride and Legos)
6. Read together – Porpoises (non-fiction) & Astronomy (non-fiction)
7. Movie – The Making of Frozen Planet
8. Board Games – Chess, Uno
9. Android App/Game – Cut The Rope
10. Baking
11. Lego kit building (three Star Wars kits)
12. Very large and very small number concepts (as pertain to astronomy and space)
13. Rounding to the nearest 10 and the nearest 100 at the grocery store
14. Movie - Walt Disney Legacy Collection: True Life Adventures Volume 3: Creatures of the Wild 
15. PS3 Game - Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7

Kitchen Learning. A List.

Reading.
Measuring.  Estimating.  Fractions.
Reactions.  Thickening.  Thinning.  Effects of temperature.
Kitchen vocabulary.  Rolling boil.  Simmer.  Saute.  Roast.  Puree...
Nutrition.  Balanced meals.
Multi-tasking.  Dice onions while rice simmers.  Clean spinach while onions sautee.
Kitchen management.  Onions are gone.  Put onions on grocery list.
Improvisation & creativity.  No pasta.  How about rice?
Pride in creating something.
Sense of accomplishment.
Joy in creating something together.
Smells.
Eats.

Curriculum. Lesson Plans. Worksheets... Just.  Can't.  Beat.  This.

Week of 3/19/12

1. American Sign Language (ASL), Lesson 1 at Lifeprint - we're almost done with Lesson 1! 
2. Cooking with mom (see this post for quick thoughts on "Kitchen Learning")
3. Genetics game using Punnet Square - Crazy Plant Shop at Filament Games
4. Creation of original Star Wars comic (see this post for details)
5. Board games