This Christmas was the best Christmas EVER! Both of the children were finally old enough to understand exactly what was going on and to enjoy finding presents that they had asked for and wanted. Despite the mess from Hurricane Ike, we had a lot of fun and enjoyed every minute.
Abram LOVED his Light Saber!
Abby and Abram were both in need of bigger bikes and really liked them.
Santa left a red firetruck for Abram. He played with it ALL MORNING long!!!
Both of the children recieved instruments to play with for school:
ROAR!
Abram's got a thing for Dragons! Dragons and a light saber were the only things he asked for this year.
After our morning Christmas, just the four of us, we headed to Josh's parent's for Christmas lunch.
Then, later that evening we went to Nana and Papa's house (my parents) for Christmas dinner.
He LOVES his train conductor outfit!
Between Marmi and Pappi's house and my parents, we stopped by home to let the dog go potty and let the kid's ride their new bikes for a little bit.
Abby and Abram are sister and brother who are homeschooling from the start! We 'do' school mostly with Sonlight Curr., but are a little eclectic with our approach. We love learning together, so we combine with whatever we can, and only do seperate work where levels are important (math, learning to read, etc). Because of this, grade level is very blurry and we are in multi-level material all at the same time.
We love to learn together, which is just one more thing we love about Sonlighting. Almost every day, our Science, Bible, History, and Read-Alouds are done together--switching back and forth between early learning and more advanced/challenging material. This gives them a chance to participate and learn from very light, enjoyable material and material that will stretch their ability.
Even though they are both participating in the same material, they are not required to participate on the same level. For example, in Science we may be studying plants. Abby would be required to listen, do a worksheet, discuss, and do a project. Abram, on the other hand, would only listen in and observe/participate with the project.
In order to be listed on the Completed List, the child participating will have 'proven' to me that they understand the material. If they haven't, then it will not be listed even though they participated. In a later year, these books/material that were not well understood will be repeated.
P3/4 Completed List:
The Bee Tree
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Horton Hatches the Egg
Eloise Wilkin Stories
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young
A First Book of Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury
Mike Mulligan and More, A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
Harper Collins Treasury of Picture Book Classics
P4/5 Completed List:
The Year at Maple Hill Farm
The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature
Usborn's First Thousand Words
Dr. Seuss's ABC
American Tall Tales, cd
Core K Completed List:
Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
The Story About Ping (Abram's favorite book of all time, so far!)
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