14th May, 2007
Slacker Mom
I have been so neglectful about posting. Even though I know that we will still consider ourselves homeschoolers after this year is over. But I started this blog to chronicle what we did all day. And so come what may. I will try my best to do that. I have been very pleased that even with my intermittent posting to find some really nice peeps to share ideas with. Thanks! *hugs*
So as per usual I planned this totally awesome unit on plants….AND now we are interested only in rocks. Figures. If this journey has taught me anything it is 1) Don’t plan anything and 2)Don’t buy anything. #2 is by far the hardest for me. Our bookcases are groaning with my rehabilitative backsliding. Anyway, we read about minerals and started a crystal growing experiment. His interest was peaked after a cub scout field trip to the geology lab at our local college. So rocks and the rock cyle will be next. That Geology Badge is in the bag,baby. Math we reviewed a bit. Joe does really well with concepts, but computation still frustrates him. I think we need some more fun ways to play around with basic facts, especially multiplication. He checked out The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the library, but ended up reading Matilda for most of the day today. Fine with me. I did find a great reading motivator web site. Joe was having trouble starting a book and then never. finishing. it. :( Drove me crazy. Then I found Bookadventure.com … so cool. This web site is free and run by Sylvan Learning Center. You and your child register, then pick a list of books to choose from. You select grade level, challenge level and interest categories. Then they read some of the books on the list and can take little 10 question quizzes on them to earn points (You can only take the quizzes twice, be forewarned!). They can redeem the points for the FREE prizes on the site or you can make your own prizes. They cannot receive a prize until you approve it by email. It really gave Joe the little push he needed to get back to reading again. Give it a whirl and tell me what you think. Slacker Mom is singing off to go lay in the bathtub. I might shave, meh, whatever. 
Posted at 9:34 pm |
On May 15, 2007 at 6:00 pm Steph said:
May 15, 2007 at 6:00 pm
LOL! I am trying to teach myself not to plan and especially not to BUY anything, but I am nearly incorrigible.