Day #64/175 Days

Lego-Man

• Bible Study - Read John 1
• Finish TenMarks worksheets (TOS Review product)
• Work on Christmas Thank-You notes
• Play "Roman Town" for 30  mins (TOS Review product)
• Practice the piano
• Work on state notebook
• Read to Happy
• Read to self for 60 mins

Conductor

• Bible study - Read John 1
• Complete math worksheets
• Finish all Christmas Thank-You notes
• Play "Roman Town" for 30 mins (TOS Review product)
• Practice the piano
• Read to Happy
• Read to self for 30 mins

Happy 

• Compete all worksheets (used winter activity sheets from KB Teachers)
• Finish all Christmas thank-you notes
• Play "Roman Town" for 30 mins (TOS Review product)
• Practice the piano
• Read Alpha-Phonics words on the chalkboard
• Pick a book for Lego-Man to read to you.
• Pick a book for Conductor to read to you.

Together

• Money Camp - final report
• 4-H meeting

Day #63/175 Days

Together

• Read: Seeker of Knowledge by James Rumford
• AWANA

Happy

• Get Ready for the Code Book A - pgs. 44-47
• Piano Practice
• Alpha-Phonics - reviewed Lessons 1 & 2 - did Lesson 3
• MUS - Lesson 12
• AWANA verses

Conductor

• State notebook
• Piano practice
• President research (read about George Washington in the DK Presidents book)
• Money Camp - final report
• AWANA verses

Lego-Man

• TenMarks (TOS Review product)
• Walking
• President Research/complete notebook pages (Washington & Adams)
• State Notebook
• Piano practice
• Money Camp - final report

Day #62/175 Days

Happy

• Get Ready for the Code Book A p. 34-41
• Alpha-Phonics - review Lesson 1, Lesson 2
• AWANA verses
• Greek - Lesson 3 (TOS Review product)
• MUS - pages 11E&11F
• Speekee video (TOS Review product)
• Piano Lessons
• Christmas Thank-You notes

Conductor

• TenMarks (TOS Review product)
• State Notebook
• Independent Reading (Island of the Blue Dolphins)
• Piano Lessons
• Christmas Thank-You notes

Lego-Man

• TenMarks (TOS Review product)
• State Notebook
• Times Tales (TOS Review product)
• President Notebook
• Independent Reading (Swiss Family Robinson)
• Piano Lessons
• Christmas Thank-You notes

Day #61/175 Days

And so it begins. We have made an attempt at using Tapestry of Grace. I'm using Year 3 Classic Design with the boys.

Happy

• Rod & Staff ABC book (biggest/smallest, left/right, tracing/copying) - I did realize this was probably now a bit young for him since it is a preschool program.
• Get Ready for the Code Book A - Letter 'M' pgs. 26-33
• Alpha-Phonics - Lesson 1
• Greek - Lesson 2 (TOS Review product)
• Math-U-See Lesson 11 pgs. C&D
• Piano Practice
• Speekee Video (TOS Review product)
• Read The 18-Penny Goose by Sally M. Walker

Conductor

• TenMarks (TOS Review product)
• Piano Practice
• Independent Reading

Lego-Man

• TenMarks (TOS Review product)
• Piano Practice
• Walking
• Independent Reading

Together

• Set up TOG notebooks
• Create covers
• Read The Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness
• Began constructing state and president notebooks
• Watched "This is America, Charlie Brown" video

Holiday Break

We are currently on our Christmas break - we have been since last Monday. Starting on January 3rd we'll be using a brand new (to us) curriculum called Tapestry of Grace (TOG).

TOG is a classical curriculum which means it follows a cycle of set topics. For instance in history it is Ancient Times, Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern. You would start with a general overview for younger students (grades K-4), then in the next four year cycle (grades 5-8) you would build upon the earlier knowledge, and finally in the high school years you would get in to more details. There is more to this but that is the basic overview.

What I like about TOG at this point is the ability to study the same topic with all of my boys at the same time. Obviously Lego-Man will be doing things in a bit more detail than say Happy but we'll all be on the same topic which will (hopefully) make it easier to do school work together.

Things will definitely be changing around here and I'll be taking this next week to put together all of our material. See you back on January 3rd!