Treetops Academy Schedule - Week 3

Coding a secret word in binary system at the Young Engineers Club.

Surprise-surprise, Monkey actually knows the name of our homeschool. Which is funny because I only mentioned it in passing a couple of times 2 months ago. It must had been really important to him.

Next week's schedule is ready. Here's what it looks like:

Week of	English Reading	Math
February 24-28, 2014
Monday	Let's Read Explode the Code 2	Homeomorphism - play with string/rope Three houses puzzle - try again, discuss Mathmania (pink)
Tuesday	Let's Read Explode the Code 2	Homeomorphism - letters, numbers Gauss's problem Mathmania (pink)
Wednesday	Progressive phonics - "ch" sound reader Explode the Code 2	Mathmania (pink) The Search for the Mystery Planet
Thursday	Let's Read Explode the Code 2	Mathmania (pink) The Search for the Mystery Planet Two-Dimensional Nim
Friday	Let's Read Explode the Code 2	Mathmania (pink) The Search for the Mystery Planet Rainbow Logic game

I've added Progressive Phonics readers to our schedule based on the tip from Natalie of the wonderful Afterschool for Smarty Pants (which is a terrific blog if you're looking for what to read to/with your child next). We tried one of the Progressive Phonics readers last week and Monkey liked it enough that I'm now adding this resource to our lessons. 

Math this week will be most about arithmetic, but also logic puzzles (all from an old issue of Mathmania magazine). I noticed that Monkey is spending lots of time tangling pieces of rope and twine (he doesn't tie knots yet). So I think next week we'll do a bit of topology/knot theory inspired by this old post on Moebius Noodles. Plus we'll look at the letters of the alphabet to see which ones can be morphed into others without cutting/gluing. 

This is this week's math storybook, The Search for Mystery Planet (another awesome find from our favorite thrift store). I'm not planning too many games for this week, but both the Two-Dimensional Nim and the Rainbow Logic are from the Family Math book. 

Finally, this week is the last yoga class. Monkey wants more yoga, but I'm not sure if it will be offered in the spring and if yes, what would the schedule/cost be. He will also go to at least one fencing practice (maybe even two). This is also going to be the last winter session of our Math Circle (we will take a month-long break from our little Math Circle so we can attend a different local Math Circle). On Thursday we will go to the Young Engineers Club. And on Friday... oh boy, the most exciting of all, is the LEGO FEST!