Morgan: Day 2

August 24, 2010

Math:
Today I used the flashcards, first 1-30 to see if she knows her numbers. She did as long as we were going in order, I think she was counting from memory more than looking at the actual number on the card, so I mixed them up a bit. Then I found out she isn't as comfortable with "seeing and knowing" the numbers as I thought, from learning in public Kindergarten last year. (So thankful she's home with me this year!)

And I had her write her numbers 1-10. Then we did some pages out of her learning books along with ones I printed that had her write the number plus the written out word of the number, which she had never done before. She did well with it, but is not for sure she knows them on her own, so we will continue this for the week. I am slowing it down and not pushing as hard as I had originally planned as I see gaps in areas of her learning that need to be corrected before we move on.

I'm a tad disappointed in the "lack of" learning she did in Kindergarten last year. Standards say they should have been able to count 1-100 but that didn't happen. I fear that "site" of the number was not taught. Amazing what you realize what your child WASN'T taught when you sit down and start teaching them yourselves.... so glad we made this decision to homeschool this year.

Geography:
Oklahoma, we talked about this is the state we live in. I bought a states book at the Half Price Book Store this past week in Texas while visiting family. It gives general information on each state, writing with dry erasers so the lessons can be done again.

English:
We are sticking with the basics for now, she recognizes the letters when she has to circle them out of a number of letters, she knows which one is "A" for example, but her penmanship is not where I want it to be to continue with our work. I think it's better to spend more time making it right instead of hurrying to the next subject. So today we practiced writing the capital and lower case A-D. I had her do many different pages, so that is why I didn't get as far with her in the alphabet today as I had hoped, but I want it to be correct, as this is the fundamentals.

Science:
We talked about things you do during the Day and Night. There were a few worksheets that I found online that she did where you recognize the activities done and when during the day/night.

Health:
We did a few worksheets circling what healthy foods are and what we like to eat. The kids pretty much each all the veggies and fruits we discussed today so they were glad to hear they were healthy.

Spelling:
Today she wrote the spelling words:  to, the, a, and, is, look. We also looked them up in her first dictionary, as a lesson to learn how to look up words and another way for her to recognize seeing the words for her memory bank!

Reading:
We read through the print off book "Zac the Rat" together. We will read it together many times then have her read it herself.