Crossing a Finish Line

1/28/16

Today was a fairly normal day for us, but I  wanted to mention something exciting - E completed All About Spelling Level 1!!! He could spell most of the 170 words a long time ago, but we did the work to reinforce the key rules. 

Here he is learning about open and closed syllables. We learned open syllables usually have a long vowel

Sound, and closed syllables have a short sound. We did learn two exceptions - a and the. They can go either way. 

Back at it!

Started back up yesterday after a long break.  Feels good to be back at work! 

I've decided to speed up our spelling, so he's getting an entire lesson in two days. He LOVES it! 

Math was a bit of a struggle today, as he kept forgetting to properly carry the 1 when adding 4 digit numbers. If that's our biggest issue, we're good.

We didn't start formal school until after lunch today. This morning we took a field trip to the county vital records office to pick up N's birth certificates. Eli decided that was a "cool" experience. After that we went to Your Delalb Farmer's Market for some groceries. He helped by checking things off the list.

This afternoon, we are meeting friends of ours who just became a homeschooling family at the park. Our kids are almost the same age, and we will be studying Hebrew with them starting next week! (We started working on reading/writing yesterday.)