Friday, August 18, 2006
Our first week was great!
Everything went so well this week!! Bean is super excited about learning everything she can about the Eastern Hemisphere. As I type this, she is off making a Maori mask out of Model Magic to hang up at our Pacific Islands Feast she is making next Friday. I can see her from here and she is concentrating SO hard. I'll post pictures after she paints it next week. I love, love, love, love, LOVE how the Choose Your Adventure projects will help her to learn how to plan out a project, doing a little each day, so that she doesn't wait until the last minute to try to get it done. So far for her Feast she has 1) found a mask design to inspire her, 2) found recipes and created a shopping list, 3) found hula music and directions on how to hula, and 4) is working on her mask. She has little parts of the project planned for each day next week culminating with 8) shopping for the feast and 9) cooking the feast. I love it!!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Off to a good start
Okay, our toe is officially wet! WOOHOO!!
Bean and I got started with Sonlight's Eastern Hemisphere Explorer today. I showed her how I was going to highlight each day's reading assignment for her and then showed her how she may have to leave the main article to find some of the answers needed. We had a great time drawing the flags for Vanuatu, Nauru and New Zealand. She decided we should have a luau for her first "Choose Your Adventure" project. She's going to research recipes, make up the shopping list and make sure we get everything when we go grocery shopping. She's also planning to make a mask out of Model Magic, although as I don't recall the Hawai'ians having masks, I think she's going to do a Maori one instead. Now our biggest task will be to figure out where the Hawai'ian Luau music CD is since it's been two moves since the last time anyone saw it. Ruh-roh, Shaggy!
All in all, a GREAT day! I love easing into the year this way!
Bean and I got started with Sonlight's Eastern Hemisphere Explorer today. I showed her how I was going to highlight each day's reading assignment for her and then showed her how she may have to leave the main article to find some of the answers needed. We had a great time drawing the flags for Vanuatu, Nauru and New Zealand. She decided we should have a luau for her first "Choose Your Adventure" project. She's going to research recipes, make up the shopping list and make sure we get everything when we go grocery shopping. She's also planning to make a mask out of Model Magic, although as I don't recall the Hawai'ians having masks, I think she's going to do a Maori one instead. Now our biggest task will be to figure out where the Hawai'ian Luau music CD is since it's been two moves since the last time anyone saw it. Ruh-roh, Shaggy!
All in all, a GREAT day! I love easing into the year this way!
Friday, August 11, 2006
Hello again!
Oh my gosh, I didn't realize it had been over a month since I last posted. Let's see if I can capsulize it:
1. Turned 40 (good grief)
2. Germany had the hottest July on record (I think it was over 90 degrees every day! And with no A/C or window screens, it was either roast or roast with bugs. Ugh!)
3. Bean went to her Irish Dance camp and had a blast. She is now officially one dance closer to her heavies than I am. She's super excited. She's only lacking the Single Jig and the Primary (Hard) Reel and I'll be shelling out 85 Euros for heavy shoes. Oh boy.
4. Bean went to her swim camp in Austria. She had a great time, didn't really care for the "hiking the Alps" part too much and they didn't fix her breast stroke. I'm not sure if that 516 Euros was worth it or not.
5. While Bean was in Austria, Hubby and I spent 8 days ALONE in a rustic cabin. We went hiking in the Alps almost every day. Okay, yeah, the 516 Euros was worth it!
6. Bean turned ELEVEN!! (double good grief)
We have decided to hold off on the main part of school until after my parents visit. So, we'll be starting on 9/11. But, we will dip our toe into the pond over the next couple of weeks getting the hang of the EHE for our Sonlight Core. Then, starting on 9/11, we'll jump in whole hog with the rest of our SL Core, MUS Zeta, Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space, our homemade English from the Roots Up "curriculum", our Against the Tide bible study and La Français Facile. Hoping for a really great year!
1. Turned 40 (good grief)
2. Germany had the hottest July on record (I think it was over 90 degrees every day! And with no A/C or window screens, it was either roast or roast with bugs. Ugh!)
3. Bean went to her Irish Dance camp and had a blast. She is now officially one dance closer to her heavies than I am. She's super excited. She's only lacking the Single Jig and the Primary (Hard) Reel and I'll be shelling out 85 Euros for heavy shoes. Oh boy.
4. Bean went to her swim camp in Austria. She had a great time, didn't really care for the "hiking the Alps" part too much and they didn't fix her breast stroke. I'm not sure if that 516 Euros was worth it or not.
5. While Bean was in Austria, Hubby and I spent 8 days ALONE in a rustic cabin. We went hiking in the Alps almost every day. Okay, yeah, the 516 Euros was worth it!
6. Bean turned ELEVEN!! (double good grief)
We have decided to hold off on the main part of school until after my parents visit. So, we'll be starting on 9/11. But, we will dip our toe into the pond over the next couple of weeks getting the hang of the EHE for our Sonlight Core. Then, starting on 9/11, we'll jump in whole hog with the rest of our SL Core, MUS Zeta, Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space, our homemade English from the Roots Up "curriculum", our Against the Tide bible study and La Français Facile. Hoping for a really great year!
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