Day 9

Labeled states on US map, drew a cat and a porcupine from "Cartooning for Kids", wb page on phases of the moon, greater than/less than, vowels, read about civilization in the Indus valley, identified continents/oceans/poles and equator on the globe, watched Beakman on teeth, submarines and digestion.

Day 10 


Two digit addition, planets, numbers to works, read about Hinduism and drew a picture of Shiva.  Used money to pay for a watch, told time several times.

Day 11


Did wb page on phonics, practiced cursive, counted by 2s, 5s and 10s, fractions, LEARNED TO SWIM ABOVE WATER AND UNDER!!!, Beakman on Ben Franklin, synonyms, observed fireflies in jar.

Day 12


Synonyms, "what is a character", nouns, complete sentences, drew a mouse from "How to Cartoon", made a book on bioluminescence.

Day 13

Sight words about construction, learned about the Eiffel Tower and found it on Google Earth, learned musical notes, months of the year, did aboriginal art painting, did a math assessment - she is in the 82nd percentile for 2nd grade, and a reading assessment - she is reading at a 4th grade level, practiced cursive, synonyms, reading a map, reading charts, making a chart, science page on exercise.

Day 7

Measured the crawfish, watched documentary "Before the Dinosaurs", played outside, did wb page on place value, wb page on reading a map

Day 8

Saw the movie "African Cats" and wrote about favorite part, wb page on long _o_ words, wb page on translating words to numbers to the thousands, read about photosynthesis and answered questions about it, identified PA, NY and OH on a US map, did worksheet on "African Cats".

Day 6


Read about sentences: subjects, predicates and punctuation.  did worksheet on subjects and nouns.  Read "Anansi and the Talking Melon" and answered questions about it.  2 workbook pages on counting money.  Looked up crawfish behavior on internet and realized one is a girl and she's laying eggs!  Swam in neighbor's pool.

Day 4

Read "Romeo and Juliet" from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children and discussed similarities with "Gnomeo and Juliet".  Discussed life of William Shakespeare.  Did worksheets on: critical thinking, alphabetizing, human body, and self.  Observed crawfish, isopods, and tarantula.  Read book on Ancient Egypt. Played outside.

 

Day 5

Watched "The Beauty of Ugly" Nature episode on PBS. Played a game identifying nouns, adjectives, articles and verbs.  Discussed personal finance, saving her allowance and giving to charity.  Read the tall tale "Davy Crocket" from Tall Tales.  Looked up species of minnows in our fish tank - bluntnoses.  Did worksheets on: common nouns and proper nouns, place value to 1000.  Read the Inuit tale "How Day and Night Came to Be" and answered questions.  Played outside in sprinkler.  Read alone - comic books.

Day 2


Read book about the moon.  Observed and cared for crawfish and learned how to identify males and females.  Solo reading: "A Cat Adrift".  Watched online video about seals and their diet.  Read about Thai geography, religion and language.  Read Thai folktale "Ta-In and Ta-Na".  Read chapter 1 in Queen Elizabeth biography

Day 3


Did worksheet on articles (a, an and the).  Discussed urban vs. suburban vs rural.  Read chapter 2 of Queen Elizabeth biography.  Went swimming and played outdoors.  Worked on number sense by estimating.  Discussed what "emotions" are.  Went over family fire plan.

Flora is in 2nd Grade!

Despite doing a wretched job of keeping track of her learning on here, she sailed through 1st with flying colors.

This is our last year of not needing to officially keep an educational log, but this year I am really going to try my hardest to do it.  Wish me luck!

DAY 1


Compound words, place value, the 7 continents, drew pictures of cats, the frog's life cycle, observed crawfish and minnows in our tank, worked on animated Lego movie with friends, observed and misted isopods in tank, cardinal and ordinal numbers, observed feeding habits of our tarantula, read about Thailand; geography, religion and language, counted money and paid for our items at the store.  Played outdoors.

practice cursive while listening to chapter 1 of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children" on librivox, looked at pictures of wrens online, read 2 chapters in her "Bad Kitty's Birthday" book, caught isopods and a millipede, made up chapter 1 of her story "Good Queen Isopod and Her Adventures", did a R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey lab on isopods, made a model of the volcano from the island of Thera...

...all before noon!  I am exhausted!