Light school

I have decided to start "light school" this week. Really, it's jut getting up at more regular time, doing some work in the morning, and finishing up some stuff we didn't totally finish last school year.

So this morning after our bike ride to the playground, we started with math practice. We drew a big square filled with 99 squares in rows of 0-9, 10-19, etc. Then we took turns throwing 2 stones on 2 different squares of number. We had to figure if we had to add or subtract to get from the first # to the second # and by how much. Having the square really helped J/W esp. W who is not proficient at adding or subtracting #s beyond 10 like (12+20). But in this game, he could do it fairly well. So we'll be using working on this until he is. J also had little trouble, with problems like 43-24 where you can count back by 10 but then have to add. She was clear on 43-22 for example.




Anyway, it was good way for them to move around and throw some rocks.

Then we did little bit of grammar. J did one sentence of dictation while W copied the same sentence.

After that, since W need some practice cutting, we made some "magic window" cuttings. And that was about it.

Pink is made by J while yellow is made by W

This took us almost to lunch so we did some tiding up and have plenty of time for a nice afternoon of free play, reading, outside play or whatever we feel like.