October 2 - 8, 2011

(We're transitioning to a Sunday through Saturday school week this week.  Our religion lesson and Good Books selection from last week are included in this week because of this.)

What we're working on this week:

Henry

• Religion - Who Am I? Preschool Book B: Miracles of Jesus; October 2nd is the feast day of the Guardian Angels.  Each child will receive a special little gift.  October 7th is the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary.  Henry has a hard time making it past one decade, but we'll try for a whole one and see what happens.
• Math - Saxon Math K: Lessons 13, 14, and 15 - Creating and reading an A/B color pattern, covering designs using pattern blocks, and sorting by color.
• Language Arts - Hooked on Phonics: Letters M, N, O, P, Q review, The Letter Hunt storybook, Unit 2 letter songs and videos, Get Set for the Code: letter s
• Art - Draw Write Now Book 1: Cat
• Science - Science is Simple: Complete "Tell a Ball to Move," "Move the Ball," and "Put the Attention on Gravity."
• Music - We continue listening to our classical music station on Pandora while we do our schoolwork.
• Good Books - The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh: Section 2, Chapter 2

Oliver

• Language Arts - Hooked on Phonics:  Letters M, N, O, P, Q review, The Letter Hunt storybook, Unit 2 letter songs and videos
• Starfall.com.  We recently upgraded to the pay version, since Oliver likes it so much.  Well worth it!
• Let's Talk Together - Home Activities for Early Speech and Language Development, Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers, and Baby Babble 2 - First Words: P B M.