Monday, February 22, 2016

Jane- Age 8.


Andy is talking about buying the Amazon bundle for kindles. If he does, we will have one for each child older than Jane. I would likely give her her Grandma's old tablet (android).I don't know about the tablet, but the kindles have parental controls that let me program the amount of time they are allowed to be on there, require them to do their educational sights first, and shut off at certain times. I like the idea of this extra control.



  • Bible
    • Private Prayer- Just make sure she knows she is supposed to do it.
    • Private Bible-Make sure she has a Bible and reading chart, 15 minutes/day. Set goal of reading through Genesis, John, Acts, Ruth, Ester,
    • Together Proverbs dictate
    • Bible Story - Draw a picture, give a caption. Ideally, I would have any famous pictures plus a couple of children's Bible pictures of each story, but that's work I know I won't always get to.
    • Memory Verse- copy into a notebook, practice each day
    • Trivia/Catechism 
  • Language Arts
    • Reading- require to have a fun book going though that is not usually an issue.
    • Penmanship- finish the book 
    • Typing- Learntyping.org, https://www.typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html, or http://www.keybr.com/#!game Create an account and practice 15 minutes a week?
    • Spelling- All About Spelling: level 3: 
      • Go through AAS app
      • Copy rules and new words to a 3x5
      • Review none-masterd cards
      • Spelling City is $30 for 5 students.
      • Play some games (including the one that alphabetizes and the one that identifies the parts of speech)
      • Either test with me or let the program test.
    • Grammar- Easy Grammar and Daily Grams. Go ahead and finish 2nd grade, wont finish before the end of the year.
    • Composition-Honestly, what we are doing is fine. Writing on blogs daily. May add weekly assignments ("What I did this weekend" on Monday, comment on the news on Tuesday, etc.) but probably not.
    • Poetry- Same o
    • Modern (Spanish)- Duolingo. Already has an account
    • Classical (Latin) - English from the roots Up (I have. Would have her copy each root onto a 3x5) supplemented by the Latin web site http://headventureland.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=20 Maybe include in spelling cards?
    • Alternative Languages (Signs-help Josh with videos?
  • Math
    • CTC-  
    • Logic - Games/links on AllInOneHomeschool.com/thinking minimum of 15 minutes a week, Mind Benders, Fallacy Detective, Thinking Toolbox, Youtube classes. Have Logic Primer.
  • Social Studies- I think I will just require everyone to be reading or researching something in this category at all times. This allows everyone to pursue their own particular interests.
    • World History- Abeka or SOTW or EP
    • US History- abeka third grade?
    • Economics- Biblical economics in comics
    • Geography- games on the internet or phone.
  • Science-
    • Health and Nutrition- Edit Masterpiece with an eye towards making a child's book, emailing each bit as I do it to them?
    • Astronomy- Weekly, Wednesday night lessons?
  • Art- Goal would be to understand the connection between art and religion. Also that they would be able to express themselves and communicate in picture/drawing.
    • Appreciation/history- Easy Peasy
    • Drawing- Drawing textbook each year.
    • Crafts- make a crochet doll blanket
  • Music- Goal is to be able to play piano, guitar (or other string), and recorder (or other wind) in church. To have enough basics to be able to learn anything they want later.
    • Appreciation/history- Easy Peasy?
    • Theory/reading- apps? good application for kill and drill.
    • Rhythm- apps?
    • Voice-iPhone app- blobs.
    • Piano-Probably use the Fake Book. monitor it better. Look at instruction books at dads plus fake books.
    • String- Teach lap harp without papers. Fake book. Or should I learn enough to teach her one song on the uke?
    • Wind- print a chart. fake book.

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