Our last Few Weeks

Week in Review February 22, 2013

Daddy was off for Presidents Day so the boys enjoyed some outside time.  Jonathan tried to learn to ride his bike without training wheels.  It was a really good workout for Daddy:)  

He still needs more practice balancing so we moved the training wheels up further.  

For bible we are still enjoying Bible Study Guide for All Ages.   We are finishing up the story of Joseph.  I have also added in readings from The Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos.  It has been a really nice review.

In Right Start math Jonathan is learning the concept of 100.  Here he is adding "big" numbers.

We are continuing to play Go to the Dump to learn his math facts.  I can really see him starting to not need his abacus for all the combinations.  

Week in Review March 1, 2013

We started out this week painting bird houses.  Grandpa sprayed them with varnish to help them survive the elements.  Hopefully a family moves in.

Here is Jonathan's

Here is Christopher's

For math we continued on learning about 100 and learned to play Old Main.  This is another game to teach Jonathan his math facts and is similar to Old Maid.  

Jonathan wanted more practice writing his letters so we are going back through Delightful Handwriting.  

For science this week we read the book Chipmunk at Hallow Tree Lane by Victoria Sherrow.  Jonathan loved it!  He had me read it several times in one day.  

The weather this week was perfect.  The boys spent most of their time outside and we were out each day riding bikes.  We ended the week with art using stencils.  

Week in Review March 8, 2013

The favorite read aloud this week was The True Story of Noah's Ark.  Jonathan loved the illustrations!  

One day for math this week we played with block patterns.  For Right Start math we continued playing games and practiced adding 2 digit numbers.    

I started wording building with Jonathan this week to see if he is ready for word building lessons.  It is very slow going and we will see how next week goes.  

For geography Jonathan did a geopuzzle of North America.

That brings you all up to date in our world!

Review of our Last Few Weeks

Week in Review January 25, 2013

After being out of town for a week, we slowly got back into our routine.  Monday we had no lessons and Tuesday we filed our affidavit to home school with the state of AZ.  By Wednesday we were already to get back to lessons when Maple came to visit.  As we were saying goodbye to Daddy in the garage a little lost dog came running up to us.  She spent all morning with us until her owner could pick her up.  The boys had so much fun playing with her and cannot wait to get a dog someday!

In math this week Jonathan learned about partitioning 5 and 10.  Below is Jonathan's first written equation.  He of course had to break the mold and do 6 instead of 5 or 10:)  We are still learning about Joseph in bible and he is still doing copy work with about 2 words per day.  

Week in Review February 1, 2013

This week was Christopher's first week in his big boy bed and Jonathan's first week in a high back booster seat in the van.  We had a busy week with lessons and errands.  Jonathan helped me sort through Mom L's belongings and found lots of fun treasures he got to keep.  We had a fun time with math games, read alouds and copy work.  

We went on a fun field trip this week.  Grandma, the boys and I went to see a play based on the book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type.  It was really fun and we went to lunch with our friends after the show.  

Week in Review February 8, 2013

This week we are back in the groove of lessons.  We did math lessons, lots of read alouds, cleaned bathrooms and copy work.  The weather has been fabulous so the boys have had lots of outside play.  The boys made a birthday card and painted pictures for a favorite friend.

Week in Review February 15, 2013

This was a very busy and fun week.  In math Jonathan learned the game "Go to the Dump".  It helps to learn your math facts 1+9=10, 2+8=10, etc.  He loves it and we played it several time this week.  The boys were given an art table at Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa and we finally got it put together.  Here is Jonathan playing go to the dump during nap time.

Jonathan had a "first" this week in Kenpo.  He broke his first brick.  It was such an exciting accomplishment for him to achieve.  

We had two play dates this week.  Here is such a cute picture of Christopher feeding his friend her lunch:)

This week's weather was even better than last week and the boys spent many hours outside.  Jonathan decided to build some nests in our trees so the birds could move right in.  He also was proud of his tree climbing.  

On Valentine's Day we did lessons and then went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for cookie making, cookie decorating and lunch.  Grandma and Grandpa had a valentine presents like Lego's and candy.  Christopher also got a spider man costume and has worn it for every day since.  Here are some pictures after the boys put together their Lego's.

We ended the week with a math project of building tens and ones.  Here is Jonathan completing his project.  We had a great few weeks and we are so glad you are here to enjoy the journey:)

Catch up:)

Oh where has the time gone?  Here is a catch up for the last month.

Week in Review December 14, 2012

This week was Jonathan's birthday week so lessons were only just the basics of math, read alouds and some fun crafts for Christmas.  Jonathan had is first loose tooth and his birthday all in the same week.  I even sewed some tooth fairy pillows for the boys.  Here are some fun pictures from Jonathan's birthday dinner with the family.  Yeehaw!!!

Week in Review December 21, 2012

This week we started a new bible study curriculum called Bible Study Guide for All Ages.  I started Jonathan on the beginner level and he loves it!  I have since purchased the CD of songs and the beginner time line cards.  The lessons are taking about 30 but he seems engaged the entire time.  Since I follow a Charlotte Mason method of teaching, I like to keep lessons around 15 minutes for each subject.  If his attention span is gone after other lessons, we do the bible in the afternoon after he has had some playtime and lunch.  Here he is enjoying his first lesson.

Week in Review December 28, 2012

We just enjoyed family time and Christmas this week:)

Week in Review January 4, 2013

This week we did some lessons but my MIL (we affectionately call her Mom L) was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia.  We did try our hands at a new handicraft, origami.  I purchased The ABC's of Origami and Jonathan and I made an Albatross and a Boat.  It was challenging...even for mommy:)  The boys also signed their thank you cards for all the great Christmas presents and helped take down Christmas decorations.  

Week in Review January 11, 2013

This was a hard week for the Logan family.  My sweet mother-in-law, Martha Logan, passed away at the age of 86.  The boys were able to see her one last time a couple of days before she passed.  She was so excited to see them and we were blessed to have her so lucid on that day.  She had suffered with dementia and the last 2 years have been hard.  She was a wonderful Christian woman and is now in the arms of Jesus.  

Week in Review January 18, 2013

We traveled to Las Cruces, NM to the funeral and burial of Mom L.  The boys have done very good with her death and were full of questions.  Jonathan helped to pick out what she wore and was just fine seeing her at the viewing.  Christopher looked once and then stayed across the room.  The trip was packed with making arrangements, viewing, funeral and graveside service.  On Friday we finally had some time for some fun.  We took the boys to the NM Farm and Ranch Museum.  It had exhibits and hands on activities for the boys.  They had a blacksmith demonstration and a cow milking demonstration.  They boys also got to grind corn.  Here are some pictures from our day.

Thanks again for sharing in our journey!

Week in Review December 7, 2012

Well, this week was really rough.  Monday and Tuesday the push back from Jonathan was awful.  Wednesday and Thursday we did not even do lessons. I just think we both needed a break and by Friday I felt like we were more on track.  

One fun thing he did this week was make an abacus bracelet. 

The only new concept we did in math this was week was to start to learn how to write equations.  He did really well and seemed to make sense to him. 

We also had a fun day playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Jonathan also beat me in a game of Sorry.  Even though the week was rough it ended good and we look forward to Christmas and Daddy being on vacation.  Have a blessed week!

Week in Review November 23rd & November 30th, 2012

We had a great Thanksgiving week!  We did lesson on Monday and Tuesday and then took the rest of the week off.  Thanksgiving eve we went to see Zoo Lights at our zoo.  The boys especially love the talking giraffe.  It is life size and loves to answer all the kids' questions. 

Thanksgiving day Jonathan and Daddy went to the downtown civic center for a car show.  They had a blast and even got to ride in a Jeep.  Jonathan, of course, had to sit in every car.  

We had a very laid back Thanksgiving meal at Grandma and Grandpa's to end the day.  Friday was all about Mommy being able to shop without kiddos.  I got everything on my list and did not start until about 10 AM.  

The week after Thanksgiving was back to lessons and our routine.  Jonathan was all about legos this week. He is getting very comfortable with the little legos and had so much fun moving parts around.

I decided to not have any new math concepts this week.  We are well into Right Start A and there is no rush to get it done since we have until next September.  The week was all about math games and practicing writing our numbers.  

We had our daily bible reading and prayer.  We also read several Aesop Fables and several picture books.  For science this week we read about trees from Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees.  

The Christmas decorations are slowing going up and the boys had to decorate their house (tent).  Notice their cars in the driveway and the yard all decorated!  

Thanks for sharing our journey!

Week in Review November 16, 2012

We had a pretty good week of lessons and learned some life skills.  Each day we had bible time, prayer time, math and read alouds.  The weather is so perfect this time of year the boys are spending lots of time outside playing.  

This week for read alouds we read from Aesop Fables, Blueberries for Sal and The Story of Ping.  

For science we read the book A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Aston.  

In math we continued to learn about money with dimes, nickels and pennies.  Another math lesson this week was learning about half by folding shapes in half.  Here is Jonathan cutting his shapes out (love the tongue!).  Of course little brother had to do one also.  This is the first time I have allowed him to use scissors.  

Jonathan has been asking to learn to read so we started some word building exercises.  For two days we did word building with 'at'.  It is very slow going since he is not really ready.  He loved doing the word building so I will continue with 'at' until he gets it or if it is no longer fun.  

I had been wanting to teach the boys to clean their bathroom but the cleaners I use are just too harsh for them.  I went to the mommies on one of my favorite homeschooling forums and this is the cleaner I made for them.

2 cups water
1/2 cup vinegar
20 drops of lavender essential oil

The boys had so much fun cleaning their bathroom!  

Week in Review November 9, 2012

This week had a rough start.  Monday was going to be a stay at home day.  We were going to get things done around the house and play.  Our normal routine is to start around 9:00 and do some lessons for about 45 minutes.  We did bible reading, prayer time and story time.  Then came MATH...  For some reason Jonathan wanted nothing to do with the lesson.  It is unusual since he loves math.  Since he was so uncooperative, I put up the math items.  This made Jonathan's attitude even worse so he ended up in his bedroom to cool off and I decided lessons over for the day.  The rest of the day was spent playing and getting stuff done around the house.  

The next day in math I decided to move on to a lesson involving building blocks.  After the bad start to the week I had to remind myself to teach the child, not the curriculum.  He chose to use his Trio blocks and we took turns building a structure that the other person would copy and also made reflection copies.  He loved it and said he wanted to do this every day!  

Later in the week we started to learn about money.  This week we learned about pennies, nickels and dimes.  We ended the week with playing math games.  

Since the weather is so nice this time of year Jonathan and I went outside with our nature journals and drew a map of the backyard.  We talked about observations and each took turns adding to the map.  It was kind of nature study, geography and drawing all in one.  Here is his finished map.  The blue is the pool and the big green area is the grass.  The brown at the bottom are the rocks.  There were 4 small planes that flew over the house this morning and Jonathan added them as well (see to the left of the grass?)

Since I anticipate the boys looking back over this blog for years to come, I wanted to add that this week there was a presidential election.  President Barack Obama (democrat) was elected to a second term.  The republican candidate was Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan.  This got me thinking about what will be the boys' first presidential election they will be eligible to vote in?  Ironically, they will both be voting for the first time in the year 2028.  Jonathan will miss the 2024 presidential election by about a month. 

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