So I have heard that now for about 4 days straight and it is getting on my nerves. But yeah, I get it, she is really getting into coloring (and getting very good at it BTW), finger painting, and using her new talent......scissors!
Ever since we started the letter books she loves to cut paper, and she colors something at least once a day (fridge is FULL!). But I'm also trying to get her to understand that school is not always about art and that we have to learn about our letters and numbers and lots of other really great stuff.
So I have been trying to combine the two; we learn numbers and letters and add art to the mix. When she is learning her letters we do the books and color pictures that start with that particular letter. With numbers........well I'm still working on that one! And for right now that is all we are really concentrating on because due to my schooling she is a little behind on those things and I want to get her caught up before I go back in the Spring and she gets put on pause once more.
Today we learned the letter H and she came up with 4 words all on her own that started with that letter...(Horse, Helicopter, Heat, and Hug). She also did really well on the letter's F and G last week. She came up with 10 words for the letter F all by herself!
We also read two chapters of Charlotte's web again and a book on Thanksgiving. We went over numbers 11 through 20 (I'm trying to get her to recognize them). Tomorrow we are going to the library for story time!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
My Fall Internship is Finally Over!
Oh and how so happy I am that I do not have to get up early in the morning anymore and go to work (at least till Spring). My internships are required for me to graduate and I have one more to do in the Spring and an online class; then I will be 100% done with school!!!
Which means...... no more interruptions in Aurora's schooling!!!
I started homeschooling Aurora again today and will keep going till January 6th when I will start my other internship and class, then unfortunately it will be put on hold once more till I graduate.
Now, for today's lessons with Aurora. She did really, really well today! She has been acting up a lot lately, coming into her own, and bringing along an attitude with her so I sat down with her and told her about the new "reward system" I was putting into play starting today. Basically I have plastic coins (got from Oriental Trading) and she gets 1 coin when she is caught being good (listening, helping around the house, sharing, being nice to the pets, etc) and get coins taken away for being "bad" (the opposite of everything above). It's working out great so far, she has already earned 3 coins today and had none taken away!
As far as actual schooling we had a very productive day reviewing the letters A-E and starting the letter F. She came up with at least 10 words that start with the letter F all by herself. Then she did a small project finding and cutting out upper and lowercase A's and B's out of old magazines (recycling) to put in a little book using part of a file folder that I had to cut up during my internship and brought the extra pieces home with me (also recycling). She learned how to spot the letters and how to use scissors and a glue stick.
Then after that we had lunch. She then practiced writing uppercase and lowercase F's. Then came the part she had been waiting for all day.... adding with candy corn (hence why I waited till after lunch for this). She did very well adding candy corn and learning the plus and equal signs.
After all this we were done but she said she wanted to play with some play-doh so she did. Then around 4pm she said she wanted to do more school!!! I so love that!!! So she sat down and started cutting out the letters C and D for another little book. Now she has ballet practice.
Tomorrow were going to Barnes and Noble for reading time!
Which means...... no more interruptions in Aurora's schooling!!!
I started homeschooling Aurora again today and will keep going till January 6th when I will start my other internship and class, then unfortunately it will be put on hold once more till I graduate.
Now, for today's lessons with Aurora. She did really, really well today! She has been acting up a lot lately, coming into her own, and bringing along an attitude with her so I sat down with her and told her about the new "reward system" I was putting into play starting today. Basically I have plastic coins (got from Oriental Trading) and she gets 1 coin when she is caught being good (listening, helping around the house, sharing, being nice to the pets, etc) and get coins taken away for being "bad" (the opposite of everything above). It's working out great so far, she has already earned 3 coins today and had none taken away!
As far as actual schooling we had a very productive day reviewing the letters A-E and starting the letter F. She came up with at least 10 words that start with the letter F all by herself. Then she did a small project finding and cutting out upper and lowercase A's and B's out of old magazines (recycling) to put in a little book using part of a file folder that I had to cut up during my internship and brought the extra pieces home with me (also recycling). She learned how to spot the letters and how to use scissors and a glue stick.
Then after that we had lunch. She then practiced writing uppercase and lowercase F's. Then came the part she had been waiting for all day.... adding with candy corn (hence why I waited till after lunch for this). She did very well adding candy corn and learning the plus and equal signs.
After all this we were done but she said she wanted to play with some play-doh so she did. Then around 4pm she said she wanted to do more school!!! I so love that!!! So she sat down and started cutting out the letters C and D for another little book. Now she has ballet practice.
Tomorrow were going to Barnes and Noble for reading time!
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