Oct 18 (Wednesday)
October 18th, 2006 — 9:01pm
Yardwork
Karate
Category: Homeschooling
Oct 17 (Tuesday)
October 17th, 2006 — 6:29pm
Karate (helping Tiny Tigers)
Mythology (various creation myths)
Musical Theater
Baked cookies
math at aleks.com — subtraction with re-grouping, calendars, fractions
origami shuriken
Oct 16 (Monday)
October 16th, 2006 — 6:24pm
math club — measuring with metrics; mass
made origami shuriken
Karate
Oct 13 (Friday)
October 13th, 2006 — 10:40pm
field trip to the monarch program – life cycle of butterfly – brought home caterpillars to raise!
created home for monarch caterpillars
wrote thank-you letter (handwriting)
Oct 12 (Thursday)
October 12th, 2006 — 7:13pm
Math at aleks.com – fractions, place value
went over 7-times table
karate
The Dark is Rising
Oct 10 (Tuesday)
October 10th, 2006 — 6:38pm
Karate (Tiny Tigers)
Mythology
Musical Theater
subtraction
The Dark is Rising
Oct. 9 (Monday)
October 9th, 2006 — 8:27pm
Science club — scientific classification of pastries and examining different kinds of goop
Worked on his comic (handwriting/art)
karate
Dark is Rising
Oct. 8 (Sunday)
October 8th, 2006 — 8:21pm
Dan helped Henry with his handwriting
Henry finished his two-volume Deltora book
Read chapter 6 of The Dark is Rising (our bedtime story)
Oct 6 (Friday)
October 6th, 2006 — 8:29pm
Did free trial placement test at http://aleks.com/ . Henry enjoyed it so we’ll ask Karen to sign us up.
Worked on handwriting a bit on the big whiteboard.
Henry read his Dragon Quest book for hours and hours.
Baked oatmeal-rasin cookies.
Oct 5 (Thursday)
October 5th, 2006 — 10:08pm
Subtraction practice
grocery shopping
karate
The Dark is Rising
Oct 2 (Monday)
October 2nd, 2006 — 8:25pm
Consultation with Karen; she says we’re doing fine.
Need to learn about volcanoes and earthquakes this year to keep the State happy. Karen suggested http://aleks.com for math, so we’ll check into their free trial this week.
Went to library; Henry got a new Dragon Quest book and read it all day.
Karate
Sept 28
September 28th, 2006 — 10:02pm
Art class — watercolor landscape
Science — air-powered rockets
Spanish — colors
Read more about Ancient Celts — House and Home, Food and Farming, Feasts and Celebration, Religion and Ritual
Karate class
Piano — playing along with Tom Lehrer
Sept 26
September 26th, 2006 — 6:20pm
Helped teach little kids’ karate class
Field trip to Palomar Planetarium — constellations and Our Solar System
Mythology class
Musical Theater class
Sept. 22
September 22nd, 2006 — 8:57pm
Read three or four chapters of Murderous Maths — time, clocks, angles.
Discussion about Jazz while listening to good old swing bands.
Read more about Ancient Celts – migration, clothing, jewelery.
Henry created a new cardboard sword and shield with great diligence and artistry.
Listened to part of “This Side of Paradise” together.
Sept. 21
September 21st, 2006 — 5:49pm
Art class: warm and cool colors
Science: alka-seltzer rockets
Spanish: drawing with captions
Murderous Maths
September 20th, 2006 — 9:17pm
After hearing a lot of good things about Murderous Maths, I ordered a copy from Amazon UK (not available in the US for some reason). It arrived yesterday, and Henry and I read several chapters this morning. It’s just as good as all the reviewers say it is! Stories and neat facts about math, told with humor, are much more fun for Henry than boring old worksheets. (Which do have their place, but having some fun with Math is great!) Highly recommended!!!
Here’s the official Murderous Maths site: http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/
Looks as if the author has lots and lots of other books for us to look forward to!
Update! Murderous Maths books ARE available in the US! http://www.fun-books.com/books/murderous_maths.htm