Aug. 27, 2014 - Seneca read Angelina Ballerina Has the Hiccups to me. She also read "The Crow and The Pitcher" in her reading book. She did a lesson in FLL. Homeschool Park Day with other homeschoolers.
Aug. 28, 2014- Reading: Seneca re-read Angelina Ballerina Has the Hiccups with considerable improvement. I read the first two chapters/pages of Paddle-To-The-Sea to her. Grammar: She recited the poem "The Caterpillar," by Christina G. Rosetti. Lesson in FLL. Math: She completed a worksheet of addition problems. Park Day just she and I at Lewis Park for two hours. Science: Wild Kratts
Aug. 29, 2014 - Reading: Seneca read "The Crow and the Pitcher" to her grandpa. Then they added stones to a kettle of water to watch the water rise.
Aug. 30, 2014 - Seneca helped grandpa put a bookshelf together.
9/1/2014 - Reading: Seneca read "The Fox and The Crow." Literature: Seneca listened to Paddle to the Sea. Math: one worksheet. Handicrafts: Woodworking - put together another book shelf with her grandpa. Grammar: lesson in FLL
9/2/2014- Homeschool Enrichment Day: found earth worms! Reading: Seneca read "The Hare and The Tortoise." Literature: Paddle to the Sea Math: worksheet and Sum Swamp Science: using an egg to demonstrate the earth's crust, mantle, and core
9/3/2014 - Reading: "The Boy and the Wolf" Math: money with grandpa!
9/5/2014 - Reading: "The Lion and The Mouse" Grammar: FLL Math: Fractions review and more money and making change
9/11/2014- Grammar: FLL (writing first, middle, and last names) Spelling: copying spelling words Math: math worksheet and money flashcards
9/12/2014- Spelling: Spelling Test -2 Grammar: FLL Poem: "Work" Math: Shopping at Dollar Store. Seneca went in with $5 and planned to buy 3 items, so she would have a dollar left over to buy little toys from the vending machines. I had explained to her that she would need to get one less thing than however many dollars she actually had to spend. She had $5, but she understood that she could spend $4 Art; sketching dress designs
9/14/2014 Handicrafts: Making play dough and then re-enacting scenes from Amelia Bedelia with her play dough and playing restaurant with her play dough. Reading: Seneca read a few pages in Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Music: Recorder Practice
9/15/2014 - Grammar: FLL Math: Addition worksheet and money flashcards PE: 15 minutes of jump roping and jumping jacks 1 hour at the park Art: drawing dress designs
9/16/2014 - Homeschool Enrichment Day! Riding horses and painting a flower pot. Dance: Ballet Spelling: Reading spelling words and then figuring out how to spell random words from sounding them out. Grammar: FLL common nouns: places Literature: I read Seneca the fable "A Man, A Boy, and A Donkey." Science: Wild Kratts: Porcupines and time outside finding bugs and worms at Homeschool Enrichment
9/17/2014 - Spelling: copying spelling words Grammar: FLL writing Bradenton, Florida Art: Sketching dresses
9/23/2014 - Homeschool Enrichment (horse riding, drawing, time in nature) Ballet Class
9/25/2014- Seneca read Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
9/26/2014 - Paddle-To-The-Sea, Working with clay, Wild Kratts
9/29/2014 - Paddle-To-the Sea, Spelling: recopied spelling words, Math worksheet, Mom-Mom showed Seneca the Great Lakes on a map of the United States, jump roping Grammar: FLL writing Bradenton, Florida
9/30/2014 - Reading: Seneca read "The Wind and The Sun" in Second Reader. Grammar: FLL writing Bradenton, Florida and map of Florida Spelling: practice test Math: worksheet
Dance: Ballet Literature: Paddle To The Sea
Oct. 1, 2014 Science: Science class at South Florida Museum. When you stay still, you are actually moving 3,000 miles because the Earth is spinning. Playing at park with other kids.
Oct. 2, 2014 - Grammar: FLL (poem reading and writing names of three states) Reading: Seneca read in her reading book. Math: one worksheet Girl Scouts: had a tea party
Oct. 10, 2014 - Science: Homeschool Day at Mote Marine learning about deep sea diving, mapping the ocean floor, graphing, and underwater robotics. Math: worksheet
Oct. 12, 2014 - Dance: Back to Classical Indian Dance Class! Math: Seneca has discovered math on Khan Academy and she is on a roll! Literature: We finished Paddle-To-The Sea!
Oct. 13, 2014- Math: more math on Khan Academy
Oct. 18, 2014 - Science: Chimpanzees and exploring at Lewis Park Math: math practice in notebook Literature: Meet Felicity
Oct. 19, 2014 - Dance: Classical Indian Dance class
Oct. 20, 2014 - Just over one hour at Bayshore Gardens Park with cousin learning to bat a ball, catch, climb on monkey bars, and climb on rock wall
Oct. 21, 2014 - Homeschool Enrichment. Dance: Ballet Class. Started the movie Meet Felicity. Seneca made up a tea party. Grammar: FLL Reading: Seneca read the poems "The Caterpillar" by Christina G. Rosetti and "Work" by M.A. Stodart
Oct. 22, 2014 - Reading: Seneca read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Seneca read the poem "Hearts Are Like Doors" by Anonymous. Science: Chimpanzees Grammar: FLL Math: Worksheet and activities on Khan Academy Socialization: Homeschool Park Day
Oct. 23, 2014 - Reading: Seneca read first half of Scat Cat and re-read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Socialization: Girl Scouts and Sarasota Krishna House.
Oct. 25, 2014 - Gills Club learning about Stingrays
Oct. 26, 2014 - Classical Indian Dance Class
Oct. 28, 2014- Homeschool Enrichment: Ziplining, held a chick, catch and release fish in a pond Art: Sketching and Musical Notes Grammar: FLL lesson Dance: Ballet Class
Oct. 30, 2014 - Grammar: FLL copying sentences, drawing common nouns Reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Math: Worksheet Science: I finished reading Chimpanzees to her. Socialization: Girl Scouts!
Nov. 4, 2014 Homeschool Co-op Day! Ballet Class
Nov. 9, 2014 Classical Indian Dance
Nov. 11, 2014 - Lantern Walk with Waldorf School Story of St. Martin
Nov. 16, 2014 - Lantern Walk with MSU Reading: Seneca read "The Hare and the Tortoise"
Dance: Classical Indian Dance
Nov. 17, 2014 - Classical Indian dance rehearsal for recital Math: worksheet
Nov. 18, 2014 - Homeschool Enrichment Dance: Ballet Dance: Classical Indian dance rehearsal for recital
Nov. 20, 2014 - Thanksgiving Dinner at Girl Scouts, worked on cooking badge
Nov. 21, 2014 Classical Indian Dance Recital!
Nov. 23, 2014 - Classical Indian Dance class. Seneca did really well today.
Nov. 26, 2014 - watched CATS on PBS
Nov. 30 -Yahtzee, Mancala, Math games, baked blueberry muffins
Dec. 1 - Homeschool Co-op, Ballet, FLL Reading: "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg"
Dec. 3, 2014 - Homeschool Science Class
Dec. 15, 2014 - Ballet Recital! Holiday Revue 2014
Dec. 16, 2014 - Homeschool Co-op, Dance: Ballet class Reading: Pinkalicious
Dec. 17, 2014 - Science: Class at museum, light spectrum, finding constellations, gravity of the sun
Math: working with rods to learn how to do double digit addition, math games focusing on adding Reading: Math At The Airport
Jan. 4 - Indian Dance Class, Lewis Park (finding raccoon and owl)
Jan. 6 - Homeschool Co-op, ballet class
Jan. 7-Homeschool Science class, library visit, Reading: Pinkalicious Drink Pink
Jan. 9 - Reading: The Crow and The Pitcher Math: Money Bags
Jan. 10 - Reading: The Little Red Hen Math: Khan Academy History: Evolution and Cavemen
Jan. 12, 2015 - Math: Subtraction with math gems and Money Bags Science: Usborne book of Astronomy History: Intro in SOTW 1 Grammar: FLL
Jan. 15 - Girl Scouts
Jan. 16, 2015 - Math: subtraction with math gems Reading: The Fox and The Crow History: Nomads in SOTW Grammar: FLL Science: Usborne Book of Astronomy
Jan 19 - learned about MLK and Montgomery Bus Boycott Rye Preserve with homeschool friends History: SOTW Chapter 2
Jan. 20 - Sick kiddo
Jan 27 - homeschool co-op: Horseback riding Dance: Ballet
Jan. 28, 2015 - Reading: The Fir Tree in 2nd Reader Writing: FLL and History writing History: SOTW: Chp. 3 Math: 2x tables, 3x tables Science: Usborne Book of Astronomy and video on the sun's energy (nuclear fusion)
Jan 29 History: sotw mummies. Math: worksheet grammar: FLL literature: the monkey and the crocodile Writing: history writing
Feb. 4 - Science class at the museum. History: The Pyramids
Feb. 9, 2015 - History: SOTW: Abraham Math: Money Bags Science: learning about Venus Literature: Jataka Tales Grammar: FLL Crafts; Seneca made a camisol out of old tights
Feb. 10 - Dance: Ballet
Feb 16 - Indian Dance
Feb 17 - Ballet, Money Bags, Beethoven's 5th, Van Gogh's Wheatfield by the cypress tree, FLL
Feb 18, 2015 - Science: homeschool science class Math: Odds and Evens review History: review of Hammurabi Literature: Jataka Tales Composer Study: Beethoven's 5th symphony Artist Study: Van Gogh Wheat field and cypress trees
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Second Grade
Second Grade Seneca
Saints and Heroes
Books Read to Seneca:
Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
St Francis of Assisi retold by Nina Bawden
The Librarian of Basra retold by Jeanette Winter
History
7/31/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive (South Florida Museum)
8/2/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: Jump Into Reading (South Florida Museum)
Science
-Tell Me Trees, All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
-7/31/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive (South Florida Museum)
-8/5/2014 Lewis Park - leaf rubbings, Seneca spotted an owl in the trees and watched it for a while. She also told me about how male birds dance to show the females how strong they are.
-Building with Blocks
Animal Studies: Wild Kratts PBS Kids
Desert Owls
Crocodiles and Alligators
Wolves
Elephants
Fireflies
Handicrafts
Knitting - July 7, 14, 28 Aug 2,
Cooking: Mini Chicken Pot Pies
Cooking: Shaking cream into butter
Woodworking: 2 bookshelves
Math
Sum Swamp Game - Aug. 3, Aug. 7, Aug. 8, Aug. 25
Starfall Math
Language Arts
Reading:
Starfall dot com
Second Grade Reading Primer by Free and Treadwell
Angelina Ballerina Has the Hiccups
Grammar:
First Language Lessons
Books Read to Seneca:
Art Study
Katie and The Waterlily Pond: A Magical Journey Through Five Monet Pieces by James Mayhew
Art
Dance
Saints and Heroes
Books Read to Seneca:
Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
St Francis of Assisi retold by Nina Bawden
The Librarian of Basra retold by Jeanette Winter
History
7/31/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive (South Florida Museum)
8/2/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: Jump Into Reading (South Florida Museum)
Science
-Tell Me Trees, All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
-7/31/2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive (South Florida Museum)
-8/5/2014 Lewis Park - leaf rubbings, Seneca spotted an owl in the trees and watched it for a while. She also told me about how male birds dance to show the females how strong they are.
-Building with Blocks
Animal Studies: Wild Kratts PBS Kids
Desert Owls
Crocodiles and Alligators
Wolves
Elephants
Fireflies
Handicrafts
Knitting - July 7, 14, 28 Aug 2,
Cooking: Mini Chicken Pot Pies
Cooking: Shaking cream into butter
Woodworking: 2 bookshelves
Math
Sum Swamp Game - Aug. 3, Aug. 7, Aug. 8, Aug. 25
Starfall Math
Language Arts
Reading:
Starfall dot com
Second Grade Reading Primer by Free and Treadwell
Angelina Ballerina Has the Hiccups
Grammar:
First Language Lessons
Books Read to Seneca:
Art Study
Katie and The Waterlily Pond: A Magical Journey Through Five Monet Pieces by James Mayhew
Art
Dance
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Volunteering
June 17, 2014 - Yasmeen and Liam 1 hour All Faiths Food Bank
Oct. 22, 2014 - Liam Manacon orientation 1.5 hours at Manatee County Central Library
Oct. 25, 2014 - Liam Manacon 5 hours
Oct. 22, 2014 - Liam Manacon orientation 1.5 hours at Manatee County Central Library
Oct. 25, 2014 - Liam Manacon 5 hours
Monday, June 2, 2014
Unschooling Seneca
June 2, 2014 - Seneca saw a chemistry kit at Michael's, so we bought it. We did the first few lessons in the kit on the 3 stages of matter. Seneca also played at the park and told me about how bees pollinate flowers - something she learned on Wild Kratts. She read some of the lesson instructions i the Chemistry book and learned to read the word chemistry. That sparked a conversation about how sometimes - but not often - ch can make a "k" sound.
June 5, 2014 - Seneca copied a math problem she saw on a tv movie. I made fraction strips to show her that 4/6 =2/3. We went to books-a-million and sat outside doing math practice including 5+3 = 4+4. I gave her some similar problems and she did well. I gave her 6+3 and she came up with 3+3+3. Seneca also chose out a 48 piece puzzle. Seneca came across her new writing notebook and practiced the printed letter A,a. A new book arrived and she asked me to read the first half of it to her. It was a biography of Augusta Savage. Co-op Day: Found and held a frog, swimming in the pond, sprinkler play, time with her friends, and washing Daisy the horse. Wild Kratts: Flight of the Draco (lizard)
June 12, 2014- wet-felting craft class, pool day with grandpa and cousins, and read Aesop's The Sun and The Wind in Reading Primer. She also found a kids' exercise video online and worked out to that.
June 15, 2014 - Classical Indian Dance class in the morning. Kids Yoga class in the afternoon.
June 18, 2014- Scrabble with cousin Ashlynn and Great-Grandma. Seneca's scrabble words were rock, bad, me, and write. Math: Seneca learned how to multiply by one.
June 19, 2014 - a wading hike at Rye Preserve. Mad Science at Palmetto library.
June 23, 2014 - I read One Grain of Rice by Demi to Seneca. Wild Kratts: Monkey
June 24, 2014- Seneca asked where her Red Math workbook was. I showed it to her and she started to work in it on fractions. Seneca decided that she wanted to play Spelling Bee, so she asked her brother and I to give her words to spell. And, Beach Day!
June 25, 2014 - Seneca did some more work on fractions in her math workbook. She read a few pages in Frog and Toad All Year. She also went to a friend's house to play for a few hours.
June 26, 2014 - Seneca decided that she wanted to paint, so she did some free painting.
June 28, 2014 - Seneca wanted to review rhyming words, so we did that for a little while.
July 1, 2014 - Seneca examined some rocks of hers. She named them according to their characteristics. Then, she used the rocks to play math. She had also been playing some imaginative games with the rocks. She asked me to read Dream Snow by Eric Carle to her.
July 6, 2014- Classical Indian Dance class. Math drill review of counting by 4s at Seneca's request.
July 7, 2014 - Beach coop! Jump rope, knitting, child-led puppet show, and playtime
July 28, 2014 - Beach coop!
July 31, 2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive
Aug. 2, 2014 - Family Night at the Museum: Jump into Reading
Aug.3, 2014 - Sum Swamp
June 5, 2014 - Seneca copied a math problem she saw on a tv movie. I made fraction strips to show her that 4/6 =2/3. We went to books-a-million and sat outside doing math practice including 5+3 = 4+4. I gave her some similar problems and she did well. I gave her 6+3 and she came up with 3+3+3. Seneca also chose out a 48 piece puzzle. Seneca came across her new writing notebook and practiced the printed letter A,a. A new book arrived and she asked me to read the first half of it to her. It was a biography of Augusta Savage. Co-op Day: Found and held a frog, swimming in the pond, sprinkler play, time with her friends, and washing Daisy the horse. Wild Kratts: Flight of the Draco (lizard)
June 12, 2014- wet-felting craft class, pool day with grandpa and cousins, and read Aesop's The Sun and The Wind in Reading Primer. She also found a kids' exercise video online and worked out to that.
June 15, 2014 - Classical Indian Dance class in the morning. Kids Yoga class in the afternoon.
June 18, 2014- Scrabble with cousin Ashlynn and Great-Grandma. Seneca's scrabble words were rock, bad, me, and write. Math: Seneca learned how to multiply by one.
June 19, 2014 - a wading hike at Rye Preserve. Mad Science at Palmetto library.
June 23, 2014 - I read One Grain of Rice by Demi to Seneca. Wild Kratts: Monkey
June 24, 2014- Seneca asked where her Red Math workbook was. I showed it to her and she started to work in it on fractions. Seneca decided that she wanted to play Spelling Bee, so she asked her brother and I to give her words to spell. And, Beach Day!
June 25, 2014 - Seneca did some more work on fractions in her math workbook. She read a few pages in Frog and Toad All Year. She also went to a friend's house to play for a few hours.
June 26, 2014 - Seneca decided that she wanted to paint, so she did some free painting.
June 28, 2014 - Seneca wanted to review rhyming words, so we did that for a little while.
July 1, 2014 - Seneca examined some rocks of hers. She named them according to their characteristics. Then, she used the rocks to play math. She had also been playing some imaginative games with the rocks. She asked me to read Dream Snow by Eric Carle to her.
July 6, 2014- Classical Indian Dance class. Math drill review of counting by 4s at Seneca's request.
July 7, 2014 - Beach coop! Jump rope, knitting, child-led puppet show, and playtime
July 28, 2014 - Beach coop!
July 31, 2014 - Family Night at the Museum: History Comes Alive
Aug. 2, 2014 - Family Night at the Museum: Jump into Reading
Aug.3, 2014 - Sum Swamp
Friday, September 13, 2013
List of Books for First Grade
Books Read To Seneca
1.Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
3 Katie And The Dinosaurs by James Mayhew
4 Katie Meets The Impressionists by James Mayhew
5 The Bremen Town Musicians The Brothers Grimm
6 Peter in Blueberry Land by Elsa Beskow
7 Scuffy The Tugboat
8 The Blue Fairy Tale Book by Gordon Laite
9 Saint George And The Dragon by Margaret Hodges
10 The Brave Little Tailor by The Brothers Grimm
11 Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
12 Amos and Boris by William Steig as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume II
13 The Princess in The Forest by Sybille von Olfers
14 The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie Di Paulo
15 Bumblebee At Apple Tree Lane by Laura Gates Galvin
16 Ladybug At Orchard Avenue by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
17 Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
18 Dinosaurs Big and Small by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
19 Dinosaur Dinners by Lee Davis
20 The Golden Goose retold by Dennis McDermott
21 Annie And The Wild Animals by Jan Brett
22 Cordoruy by Don Freeman
23 The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
24 The Hut In the Forest by The Brothers Grimm
25 The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
26 Mary Cassatt by Mike Venezia
27 The Gift of The Nile by Jan Mike
28 Wooly Mammoth In Trouble
29) Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow
30 Rumplestiltskin as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume II
31) The Snow Bears by Jan Brett
32) Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
33) Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dreams Come True by Faith Ringgold
34) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Fisherman and His Wife
Snow White and Rose Red
The Queen Bee
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White
The Six Swans
Mother Holle
Little Red Riding Hood
Brother Acorn
Books Read by Seneca
Dick and Jane: We Look
Dick and Jane: Go, Go, Go
Dick and Jane: Something Funny
Little Bear by Elsa Minarek
Little Bear'sVisit by Elsa Minarek
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Fox In Socks by Dr. Seuss
Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
"Three Billy Goats Gruff" in Elson's Reader Book One
"Bobbie's Yellow Chicken" in Elson's Reader Book One
Picnic by Bobby Lynn Maslen
The Train by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
Chickens by Bobby Lynn Maslen
1.Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
3 Katie And The Dinosaurs by James Mayhew
4 Katie Meets The Impressionists by James Mayhew
5 The Bremen Town Musicians The Brothers Grimm
6 Peter in Blueberry Land by Elsa Beskow
7 Scuffy The Tugboat
8 The Blue Fairy Tale Book by Gordon Laite
9 Saint George And The Dragon by Margaret Hodges
10 The Brave Little Tailor by The Brothers Grimm
11 Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
12 Amos and Boris by William Steig as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume II
13 The Princess in The Forest by Sybille von Olfers
14 The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie Di Paulo
15 Bumblebee At Apple Tree Lane by Laura Gates Galvin
16 Ladybug At Orchard Avenue by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
17 Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
18 Dinosaurs Big and Small by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
19 Dinosaur Dinners by Lee Davis
20 The Golden Goose retold by Dennis McDermott
21 Annie And The Wild Animals by Jan Brett
22 Cordoruy by Don Freeman
23 The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
24 The Hut In the Forest by The Brothers Grimm
25 The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
26 Mary Cassatt by Mike Venezia
27 The Gift of The Nile by Jan Mike
28 Wooly Mammoth In Trouble
29) Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow
30 Rumplestiltskin as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume II
31) The Snow Bears by Jan Brett
32) Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
33) Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dreams Come True by Faith Ringgold
34) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The
Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
Bill
and Pete Go Down The Nile by Tomie Di Paulo
Children
of the Forest by Elsa Beskow
James
Herriot’s Treasury For Children by James Herriot
Clouds by Anne Rockwell
Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz
All About Birds by Catherine Sill
(read by Seneca)
Giant Pandas by Patricia A.
Fink Martin
Designing Dandelions: An Engineering Everything Story by Emily Hunt and Michelle Pantoya
Older Than The Stars by Karen Fox
Stories Told To SenecaThe Fisherman and His Wife
Snow White and Rose Red
The Queen Bee
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White
The Six Swans
Mother Holle
Little Red Riding Hood
Brother Acorn
Books Read by Seneca
Dick and Jane: We Look
Dick and Jane: Go, Go, Go
Dick and Jane: Something Funny
Little Bear by Elsa Minarek
Little Bear'sVisit by Elsa Minarek
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Fox In Socks by Dr. Seuss
Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
"Three Billy Goats Gruff" in Elson's Reader Book One
"Bobbie's Yellow Chicken" in Elson's Reader Book One
Picnic by Bobby Lynn Maslen
The Train by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
Chickens by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Sunday, August 25, 2013
First Grade Science
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