Week of 4/10/12

1. American Sign Language (ASL), Lesson 2 at Lifeprint 
2. Subtraction (Spaceship Subtraction K, Version 1 from Dad's Worksheets)
3. Subtraction (Two Digit Subtraction, No Borrowing, Version 1)
4. Spelling activities (First Grade, Lists 25 from Super Teacher Worksheets)
5. Read together – Growing Up Protected (Tangerine Press)
6. Solo reading – Jigsaw Jones, The Case of the Mummy Mystery & Jigsaw Jones, The Case of the Glow- In-the-Dark Ghost
7. Movie – The Making of Frozen Planet
8. Board Games – Scrabble, Chess, Uno, Clue
9. Android App/Game – Cut The Rope

Week of 4/3/12

Spring Break!

Week of 3/26/12

1. Creation of original Star Wars comics (see this post for details)
2. American Sign Language (ASL), Lesson 1 at Lifeprint - we're done with Lesson 1
3. Addition (Spaceship Addition, Version N from Dad's Worksheets)
4. Spelling activities (First Grade, Lists 24 from Super Teacher Worksheets)
5. Subtraction (Spaceship Subtraction, Versions I & J from Dad's Worksheets)

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

Sight Words Discovery Jar Bingo

I got this idea from the mama at Mom to 2 posh Lil Divas.  The sight word list is from Super Teacher Worksheets (Dolsch, Pre-Primer level).

J & S really enjoyed it.  the number of words in the jar and on the bingo/word card was a bit overwhelming (next time I'll use less words).  Even so, they were able to stay excited and curious with the involvement of myself or big brother C.

Here's a picture of C helping J find words.  The big jar is filled with rice and individual, laminated sight words (about 1 square inch in size).

J working on a "blackout" of his bingo card

Leprechaun Traps!

We didn't catch any, but we sure did try...