Treetops Academy Schedule - Week 2

From the last week's snow and ice-storm, Monkey came up with a new word - "ice-o-lated" as in "Look Mom, every twig got ice-o-lated and makes a cool jingling noise when I shake it!" 

The full name of our little home school is Treetops Free Learning Academy. I think the "free" part is a good description of our attitude toward specific curriculum choices. We don't follow any. Or rather, we don't follow any specific curriculum for any length of time or with any strictness. 

I can't say we do the whole unschooling thing, but we are definitely leaning that way. The only two classes that are mandatory here are English reading and math. The rest follows the interests of Monkey. 

But even when it comes to English and Math, our schedule is like a multi-colored quilt and much of it is shaped by Monkey's own ideas, like this one. Although English lessons tend to be more regimented (and, possibly because of that, are less loved). I'm still trying to figure out a better way of going about teaching a 7-year old the insane rules of English grammar.

Week of	English Reading	Math
February 17-21, 2014
Monday	Let's Read - Lesson 54 Explode the Code 2	KenKen app MathMania - 3 logic/reasoning puzzles that aren't very heavy on arithmetic How many ways to fold a square into halves, quarters? Imagine that a teapot had two spouts game
Tuesday	Let's Read - Lesson 54 part 2 Explode the Code 2	Yatzee IQ Fit puzzle DIY pattern guesser game
Wednesday	Let's Read - Lesson 55 Explode the Code 2	TipOver puzzle How to make 12 Make your own tesselation, add mirror books Tesselation scavenger hunt around the house Math Circle
Thursday	Let's Read - Lesson 56 Explode the Code 2	Yatzee The Story of Chu - play with tangram The Mystery of the Sunken Treasure - Sailing, Sailing
Friday	Let's Read - Lesson 57 Explode the Code 2	Treasure Quest puzzle The Mystery of the Sunken Treasure - Sea Star Calculations, Underwater Wheel of Fortune

We will also have yoga and our regular family game night on Tuesday (I'm hoping we get to play Settlers of Catan or Tsuro), a Math Circle on Wednesday, and the Young Engineers Club and fencing on Thursday. Unless we get another snow storm or some other unexpected event.