Monday 2/5: We started our day around 10:30. They got their chores and morning work done. After, Ariana started her Easy Peasy lessons, Sammy read and Addy watched some Superwhy because she had been singing the song all weekend. It was totally cute and that is the only time she will sing is to herself. She gets shy in front of us and won't sing anything.
Tuesday: No School. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADALYN!
Wednesday: We had an early start day. Sammy started at 8AM. She did some Easy Peasy lessons and she learned about polygons and congruent shapes. An hour later, I got Ariana and Addy started because they had finally woken up and had their breakfast. When they got done with their morning work, we all piled into the living room and watched Heidi with Shirley Temple. We had been reading that book for months and Sammy really enjoyed it, and it also introduced them to Shirley Temple who I grow up watching with my dad whenever it was on.
she had to make a picture with polygons
After the movie went off, we went straight into watching more Wild China. Those shows are so fascinating. Afterwards, we reads chapters 9-10 of A Wrinkle In Time. I can't wait to see this movie. To end the day, Ariana did workbook pages. Samantha was done for the day since she started earleir then her sisters. Addy finished her day with making a second rabbit craft.
Thursday: We had another late start today. We started at 10:40 because I slept in. They had their morning work done and then we watched Wild Madagascar because we just can't get enough and it is also our topics of conversation while eating dinner. They recap what we watched to Cayce and they are learning, so it's justified. After that, I had Addy watch the Leapfrog videos again. I know I said I was going to stop showing those to her this half of the school year, but she asked. So while she was watching that, Sammy and Airy were doing another summary on Wild Madagascar.
When they got done writing, Sammy did some Easy Peasy lessons and this is when the day went down hill and we stopped early. Ariana was doing workbook pages and doing amazing. They finished their day with reading time together because I was trying to calm my nerves and Sammy just needed to have some time to herself and work on her reading which is finally getting better every day it seems. Addy finished her day with writing practice and this is when I decided to do the one on one with them during the weekend. Addy needs to work on her writing. Ariana is doing wonderful and she is ready to move on to more things. Sammy needs to work on reading comprehension.
Friday: Addy's Day. We started at 9:25 and I had Sammy and Ariana play at their end of the house to not distract Addy during her time and they were very well behaved and trying to make up for the awfulness that was the day before. Addy loved her one on one time with me. It got me thinking that I may do this once a month till the end of the school year, but as I am writing this a week later.. I am not so sure because I am wrecked. Anyways, Addy got a lot of Easy Peasy lessons done. She made a shape mobile and one thing I learned is that she needs more practice with shapes.
After her mobile was done, she moved on to writing and this is where she needs the most help. She is switching hands when she writes every time. One day she will write with her left hand and then the next day she will write with her right hand. She also needs my hand on top of hers when she writes and I did that with Sammy and Airy but it never took them this long to learn how to write. Every time she goes over to my parents, I ask my mom to help her write because my mom is left handed.
She started getting tired of the writing practice and I didn't want to push her any farther and it result in tears, so I got the number flash cards and she counted to 25 for me and then I quizzed her on which number the card was and she got some wrong and most of them right. She watched a couple of YouTube videos on months of the year and days of the week and she sung them out loud with me. That is something else that we need to work on vigorously before the end of the year. We read some library books and then to end her long day, I got her back with her sisters and we sat and finished A Wrinkle In Time. The girls absolutely loved it and I immediately requested the second book from the library.
Saturday: Ariana's day. We had a late start to the day. Cayce had to leave to go work at our pastor's house and he fed the kids breakfast and they let me sleep in. I wasn't worried about Ariana having a bad day because she has been doing great with everything. She did workbook pages for an hour and a half. Then we read for an hour together. She read Captain Underpants and I read the book I was currently reading at the time which I can't remember.
After we got done reading for the day, she worked on Reading Eggs Mathseeds and she got through a couple lessons and aced her quiz at the end. The she finished her day with one lesson on Easy Peasy. She did have some trouble with the worksheet by being distracted by the TV and Cayce resting from working. She had a good day and loved her one on one time with me.
Sunday: Sammy's Day. We started around 10AM when I woke up. Cayce had woken up early again and fed them and entertained Ariana and Adalyn while I worked with Sammy. She did her morning worksheets and then I had her start her day with spelling pages. I knew that she would do well with those. Then I had her go to some worksheets in the back of her binder where we started working on her reading comprehension. These sheets are much easier than what I gave her the other day and she did amazing on these sheets. She ended up wanting to do more on Monday, but we will get to that in the next post. After she got done with those pages, I didn't want her to get bored, so we only did one lesson.
We ended up reading together for an hour. Afterwards, I decided to get her to start learning more about the states and I bought a puzzle that has the states, a world map, and the presidents. Growing up, I had a state puzzle that i put together a lot and he also had a world map on the back. I loved that puzzle and my dad was glad that I enjoyed it and I think that is what sparked my love of learning about different lands and wanting to travel and explore.
she loved this puzzle, and she read the state names out loud and the capital names as well.
After she got done with the puzzle, she did an Easy Peasy lesson and she also had to do a writing assignment that she thought was the most hilarious thing. Her writing prompt was "Your Day As A Inanimate Object".. she chose a spoon. To finish her day off, she did one lesson of Reading Eggs mathseeds. She started messing up, so I ended the day so we wouldn't have another meltdown. I was happy with how she read so great today.
Overall, they enjoyed the one on one time with me and I really want to do it again, but I am so exhausted. I am mentally exhausted because they got two days off, but I went straight ahead into a new school week without taking a break. This weekend, I am going to be taking a much needed rest and decide that if I do do this again, I will have to come up with a schedule to allow me a day off to recuperate and to also stay on track with our year and finish on the day I have down as our last day.
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