Once again the weather is throwing a wrench into our plans for park playdates and yardwork. I guess, we'll concentrate on the academics then. So here's this week's schedule (subject to change, as usual):
| Week of | English Reading | Math |
| March 17-21 | ||
| Monday | Let's Read 5 min of practice reading from a Stage 1 or Stage 2 early reader | 5-a-day arithmetic - multi-digit addition (no regrouping) Math for All Seasons Kangaroo |
| Tuesday | Let's Read 5 min of practice reading from a Stage 1 or Stage 2 early reader | 5-a-day arithmetic - multi-digit addition (no regrouping) River crossing puzzle See You Later, Escalator! |
| Wednesday | Let's Read 5 min of practice reading from a Stage 1 or Stage 2 early reader | 5-a-day arithmetic - multi-digit addition (no regrouping) What comes next? (function machine + patterns) Visualpatterns.org - 1-2 puzzles |
| Thursday | Let's Read 5 min of practice reading from a Stage 1 or Stage 2 early reader | 5-a-day arithmetic - multi-digit addition (no regrouping) Functions - reverse engineering Graph paper programming |
| Friday | Let's Read 5 min of practice reading from a Stage 1 or Stage 2 early reader | 5-a-day arithmetic - multi-digit addition (no regrouping) Code.org - Stage 5 (artist) Алиса в стране математики |
Reading: Yep, I know, I said I was going to switch to a different textbook. But then I decided against it. Here's why - at this point I think Monkey would be considered a struggling reader (if he was to attend school). His progress is very slow and very painful and our reading lessons have been torturous to both of us. Fortunately, I picked up Reading Rescue 1-2-3 book at the library. I read and felt like somehow Peggy Wilber peeked in on our daily struggles. So I made some changes to the Friday reading lesson and it worked! Monkey read flawlessly and, most importantly, enjoyed the lesson. So I'm going to continue using the same Let's Read book, but we'll use the techniques from Reading Rescue 1-2-3 in our lessons.
Writing: I haven't talked about writing we do because Monkey does so little of it. Essential tremors (and other fine motor issues) make it very hard for him to write well. And he knows that. And gets very frustrated. But this weekend we picked up an electric typewriter as a flea market. He seems very excited and has already typed a short (and full of typos) Classifieds ad for his new idea - a Minecraft Explorers club for kids.
Math: This week we will continue working on the arithmetic problems, doing 5 of them each day (plus a bonus extra-hard one, which is not mandatory, but he usually does it to show off). Monkey's been enjoying programming, so we will spend a lot of time exploring functions and doing some more Code.org classes.
Today we had Monkey's friend over (the one he built a robot with last week). Monkey showed him how the typewriter works and suggested they would write a program for their next robot. Midway through pecking on the keys, Monkey stops and asks me: "Mama, please help, I can't find the "Repeat until" and the "If... then..." buttons!
Extra activities: This week we will have the math circle where the kids will continue explore objects of revolution and sliceforms. Monkey will also have his regular yoga and fencing practices and an engineering club. Since we plan on going camping next weekend, Monkey decided to put together a survival kit (with Papa's help) and a water filter (with my help). So this is also in our plans. And, if the weather gets nice again, we'll have more playdates and adventures at the local parks.
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