Lesson Planning!

While Chris is out of town tonight, I've been getting myself organized and put together, finally. Hehehe :)

I made out a M/W/F/Sa Schedule, and a T/TH Schedule (since Kaydence goes to school T/TH and it needs to be different!) I also made a chore chart for Kaydence and Laila... it's about time they started with some daily chores! I wish I knew how to put my schedules up here on my blog from Microsoft Word, but I haven't figured that out yet...

I also got to work on homeschool lesson planning for the next week. I decided to push Kaydence along from where we left off back in December when I had Maleah. So M/W/F she will be doing more difficult work along with what's assigned from her school. I also am starting Laila up on a few things. Here's a little of what's planned for next week:

Kaydence-
For handwriting, we're finishing up her Handwriting Without Tears workbook.
For phonics, we are reviewing some of her Abeka and Hooked on Phonics readers, and introducing the first five words from the Wise Guide for Spelling on Monday, with a test on Friday. (We'll do 5 words every week)
For math, we're picking back up in our Singapore Kindergarten workbook B... but I might need to go back a little and review. We'll also review writing numbers 1-20.
For bible, we'll be going through Proverbs, corresponding to the day... so Monday the 14th we'll read Proverbs 14 and discuss.

Laila-
For handwriting, she will be doing some print readiness worksheets from donnayoung.org, and learning how to write an 'L'. (I like to teach them to write their name first!)
For phonics I'll be pulling out the Leapfrog Letter Factory DVD and she'll watch that T/TH while Kaydence is at school. She originally learned all the sounds a long time ago when Kaydence watched it, but it's since been forgotten. We'll also be going over alphabet flashcards. (If all goes well I plan to start reading with her next semester sometime)
For math, we'll be reviewing counting 1-10, working on recognition of numbers 1 and 2, and reviewing shapes and colors. I'm pretty sure she knows most of it, but I've never really sat down with her to make sure she knows everything like she should. :)
Bible will be the same as Kaydence.

That sounds like so much written out, but it's really not too much! I have my day scheduled so that all that school stuff is broken up throughout the day. Any mother of a preschooler knows that a little one has a hard time sitting still and concentrating on one thing for more than 30 minutes!! :)

Wish me luck next week!

School- At Home

Last week we completed our first week of school at school, and first week of school at home. :)

Here's Kaydence coloring:


Laila making a collage (she just glued on whatever random scraps she could manage to cut out, haha):



The girls at work!

It was a pretty easy week last week. I've been debating on whether or not to keep Kaydence where she is at to get more even with the Pre-K level, or keep pushing her on her own level. The real question is, do I want to keep things easy on me, or make it a little more difficult?

Her teacher sent home a sheet to review shapes. I pointed to a hexagon (knowing she knew the easier ones) and asked her what it was. She said, "Hexagon!" I asked her how did she know that... and she said, "It's because I know everything!" Haha I can definitely tell that child came from me. ;)

First Day of School!

Today was Kaydence's first day of school. She handled it quite well. They have a short assembly first thing every morning, where she's supposed to go and sit with her class... she held on to me and refused to go in until a teacher came and led her to her seat. Then we went back to her class and she played with Play-Doh with a few kids, while kids at another table drew pictures and wrote their name. I peeked over at their drawings... it included nice scribbles, including scribbles for names. I asked Kaydence if she showed her teacher that she could write her name, and she said she just scribbled it like the other kids! Hahaha oh man...

She said she had fun for the most part, but she said, "We had SPICY Cheese-Its and we all had to drink lots of water!" and "There was a kid crying during rest time and I couldn't sleep!" She also said that her teacher talked a lot and they had to sit and that was "boring". You can tell she's never had to do that! :) It'll be good for her though, because in life you must learn to do things even if they're boring!

But luckily, since it's a school for homeschoolers... I get to teach her Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! There are a few things that are assigned for her to do... but other than that, I can add whatever I want. I do need to add some things that will keep her on her level. I think most of what she's assigned, I'll have Laila do also. Tomorrow we are fingerpainting, reading (Laila will be starting on recognizing letters and their sounds), handwriting, math, bible study... and that's probably it for tomorrow. Taking it easy on the first day at home!

Now I'm off to get the kitchen cleaned up so we can mess it up tomorrow! ;)