Friday, January 14, 2011

Wrapping up the Week - 1/14



Family Read Alouds ::
During the Day Reads ~ Five Children and It
To the boys ~ The Hobbitt
To the girls ~ selections from Listen to This! Stories to Read Aloud Handbook

My Reading List ::
The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur
The Happiness Project
On my Kindle: Digestive Wellness for Children

Around the House ::  Nothing extra, this week I was just glad to stay caught up with laundry!

Around the Kitchen ::  Homemade hamburger buns and homemade tortillas.  The hamburger buns weren't quite right, I think my kitchen wasn't warm enough for them to rise properly.  Not sure if I will try them again.  The tortillas on the other hand were a bit more of a success.  From Jonah, "mom these are way better than the store kind, can you make them again?"


Winter Outings :: lots of sledding and shoveling


Education ::  I planned to order Jacob’s next MUS book, but the website was having a glitch.  I got a wee bit frustrated I couldn’t get what I needed, so I went to another site to order a few other new books, Jonah and Sarah needed new phonics books, and ended up getting Horizons math for Jacob.  How’s that for choosing a new math program?  Also, we just ordered these great new planners that the kids really like using.  In the past we used a checklist, but I think these feel more “official”.
  
Jacob ~ Calculadder Drills, Nate the Great books, Handwriting, Vocabulary
Jonah ~ MUS, Top Readers series, Handwriting, Copywork, Phonics
Sarah ~ MUS, all kinds of easy readers, Handwriting, Phonics

   Along the Alphabet Path: - Letter “N” Week ~ I have to admit I couldn’t get too fired up about N week, I am thinking ahead to letter R week.  We are going to spend the week immersed in Russia, and I am really looking forward to it.  We are going to more year round schooling and I have decided when we wrap up the Alphabet Path we are going to get back into Five in a Row.  I love the program and the excellent literature and look forward to revisiting the books with the younger kids.  

Anyway, here’s what we did for letter N:  Some worksheets from Enchanted Learning, read about St. John Neuman, and read nursery rhymes.  We also read a few Fancy Nancy books and Noisy Nora.


No craft, no pictures, sorry!  ~  Some weeks are just like that ;)









Join along and link up your week!






11 comments:

Patty said...

I bet you are all ready for R week! How exciting. Will you be doing anything special for the Chinese New Year? We may join a TX Korean/adopt. group in Austin for some celebrations.

Gotta LOVE it when they tell you how good something tastes. WooHoo!

Patty said...

I meant to say that I'll link up later in the day. :)

Jill said...

Sounds like a great week! I'm looking forward to seeing your post about R week!

Kat said...

Homemade tortillas? Yum. You need to post that recipe. We eats lots of those around here. I did loads of laundry this week too!

Have a restful weekend. :)

Tiffany said...

I'm just impressed that you stayed caught up with the laundry! It's my ongoing Achiles heel:-) Did I spell that right? LOL

Gardenia said...

oh I see you have St. John Neumann for your patron saint for 2011 -- how wonderful! I wouldn't have a craft or pic to share either if I was making homemade hamburger buns and homemade tortillas ! :) ahh, the weekend is here.

Nancy said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I've enjoyed looking through yours, too. Your week looks lovely - full of ideas and beauty.

Ring true,
Nancy

Tracy said...

HI Jen!
Thanks for the link to the planners, it looks like an interesting way to organize lessons, but I don't have confidence in my children to have them fill out their own schedule :) Maybe one day these planners will fit our needs :) Looks like a fun and productive week once again with or without crafts and pictures :)
God bless! Tracy

Tracy said...

PS: thanks for linking your post up to No Ordinary Blog Hop :)

Tracy said...

HI Jen!
Thanks for the link to the planners, it looks like an interesting way to organize lessons, but I don't have confidence in my children to have them fill out their own schedule :) Maybe one day these planners will fit our needs :) Looks like a fun and productive week once again with or without crafts and pictures :)
God bless! Tracy

Patty said...

I meant to say that I'll link up later in the day. :)

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