Oooh Brook that is a good point about the youtube music! We did the Animaniacs 50 states song, and now we are working on Yakko's Countries of the World. It is so fun!
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You guys are so awesome. Giving me so many new links and ideas! I LOVE IT!!! Thank you! <3 <3
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We totally do the singing stuff! I bought all the leapfrog vids when Marcus was little and add the new ones when they come out. When he was 2, he had maybe 5 words he'd ever said but was singing the entire alphabet and able to name all the letters and their sounds just from watching that leapfrog letter factory vid a few times. Music is a HUGE key to Marcus learning because it's a separate area in your brain than speech and the music area isn't affected by his communication disorder. We're always looking up songs for things, haha! I'll have to try that animaniacs one. we have a 50 states and a presidents of the US one that I learned while in kindy and it's stuck with me! Music really works!
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So true about music and learning - Jake LOVES learning by song, which is good since CC is full of little songs... and when there isn't a song, he will make one up - like today, he made up a song to learn his church bible version "Love is patient"... learning by song is not my learning style and it can really get on my nerves... :D
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Adrienne, if you think it would make your dh a little more at ease, you could always just print off the TFL reports and leave them out for him to view. I used TFL for my dd our last year of homeschooling before I put her back in public school and I still have printouts of her reports. Made it feel like I had something official to produce should anyone ask me for something while I was registering her.
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thanks, good idea!
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I"m really super proud of Eden this week. She was having a rough day and decided to take the day off, but still did her math and grammar lessons, because she knows those are important to stay on top of. So that was wise decision #1. She worked well the rest of the week and only had a spelling test to take on Fri. Well, I was tired and took a nap and while I was sleeping she went on Spelling City, plugged in her words and took her own test, lol! Wise decision #2 :)
I praised her for being proactive, not waiting for someone to tell her what to do, in hopes that she will continue to make these kinds of choices. I would say that was my 'high' of the week. My 'low' would probably be... gosh. At the moment I can't think of one. Anyone want to share their highs and lows? |
Our highs this week were starting piano lessons with a lady at our church and both boys doing phenomenally better than I expected them to! Jamesen gets stressed easy and rather than crying and refusing to even try (like I expected), he listened and actually did pretty well for his first time! And Marcus has a really hard time sitting and focusing usually, but he was doing awesome too. They even did great the next day (friday) when we practiced at home. I hope it continues! Jamesen (who is in Kindy) also picked up a book and said, "Mom, can I read to you?" and then read me a whole book (Danny and the Dinosaur go to camp) without even being asked to. I was amazing he could read that well! I've never really pushed him to read because he's only in Kindy. It's all because of the pokemon cards I tell you!!
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Val - that is fabulous she chose to do math and grammar on her own!
Adrienne - That is so great he chose to read to you! I love to be able to see those kinds of things happen with my kids, especially when it comes to reading. I'm trying to think of our highs and lows. Honestly, it was a pretty average week I think. The kids did well overall, but I don't think there were any wow factor moments. One thing that was really fun was Thursday when we did interviews. I made up a list of favorites questions which all the kids answered. Then for LA, they each made up 5 more questions and interviewed their siblings for their answers. Hubby and I also participated. Tons of fun, plus now I have some scrapbooking to do with the answers. :) |
OMGI I used to read Danny and the Dinosaur when I was a little kid!
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This is so wonderful Adi! My son decided he would read to me something from the Minecraft manual today. :) I thought, hey...he's reading! :thumbup:
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