..... the TV series of Little House on the Prairie. It's available to collect now with a magazine each week. My sister and I loved it - apparently dh can't stand it, which I can't really understand. Anyway we went out at lunch to buy the first issue - American pioneer history in educational terms - and popped in the bakers with Hettie carrying it and its excessive packaging. Much to the girls amusement the 3 ladies behind the counter and 2 in the queue all started shouting 'oh that was my favorite' and other such phrases.
Hettie having enjoyed the books asked me if the TV series is the same to which I unfortunately had to reply its about 30 years since I watched it! Isobel, with full confidence in her mummy, said 'well it must be brilliant if you still like it'. So it was with some trepidation I sat down to watch it with them. All turned out well, and it was as great as I remembered. The girls sat riveted and we really did have a good discussion about what life must have been like for Laura and Mary.
The morning had gone fairly well and Isobel carried on with her Sonlight Language Arts and then went onto some Montessori maths, using a home made tens and teens board and then did some spelling work.
And she did some addition using the beads. We worked on number bonds to ten and she grasped it pretty well.
Hettie opted out of Galore Park Maths, but happily got on with some division work using the Montessori board.
Isobel played with the cylinders, which she loves. We have a small set rather than full set which I purchased at Absorbent Minds.
It's actually quite tricky to fit the non coloured ones back in their gaps although Hettie is fantastically quick! We did some matching work with them.
We read our Sonlight history and Read Aloud, and Hettie worked on her geography project and notebooking.
So, after lunch it was a well deserved DVD afternoon I think. Hettie's Chemistry book and workbook arrived today. This is most definately not my area, so I'm wondering if I should have bought the teachers book as well. Oh well I'm sure it can't be to difficult - after all its aimed at children :o) OK I've looked - I may need to use the web for back up here!
I'm hoping to get out tomorrow and have a nature walk, even if it's just around the garden!
4 comments:
The Montessori math work that you're using always looks like so much fun to me. I loved Little House on the Prairie to! My daughter used to playing "Laura and Mary" with her friends; it was so cute.
Malc and I saw the adverts for the mag and we were talking about " The Waltons" "The Sullivans" Lordy me I'm showing my age!
I have to check things on the internet all the time, and I'm not even homeschooling my own kids yet [smile]. I just take it to mean that I'm learning more stuff too.
~Luke
Dawn - we are loving the Monty Maths here!
Bridget - I loved the Sullivans, always got to see it if you were off school sick!
Luke - Children are the steepest learning curve you ever travel, fingers crossed you both start soon!
Lisa x
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