August 20th

Fifi:

Math- wrote out the numbers 1 to 20 on raised lined paper

Science- read air pollution book with us. We also went on a field trip to the library to pick out our books on Endangered Animals.

Phonics- using phonics tiles, wrote out spelling words.

ABCs- Spelt out our spelling words in ASL, emphasising the letter H

Sensory- Made chocolate lollipops from scratch with double boiler and chocolate molds with Lola (and me)

Coco and Mimi:

Math- Reviewed the 5s table which they both knew without a number board. Also did a clue finder subtraction with regrouping worksheet.

Science- We read another book about Air Pollution and then we went to the library to pick out our new books on Endangered Animals. I used this trip to also help the girls with their first lesson on finding books at the library. We have been working on sequencing and ordering numbers. So we went on the online card catalog, looked up the kind of books we wanted, choose 4, wrote down the numbers, and then, each girl want through the children's section looking for their books. All in all it took 25 minutes, but they did it themselves!

Geography- The girls started their booklets to Melinda about Alaska. So far we have some polar bears, Eskimos and oh yeah, whalicorns... (narwhals which are STILL FROM GREENLAND!) I plan on the booklets being about 10 pages long with all the info we have gathered on Alaska. I will post a picture when we have them.

Spelling- pretest... HUGE improvement over the last weeks test!! Coco got them all correct and doesn't have to take the spelling test Friday. Mimi only got two wrong and for anyone who remembers... HUGE HUGE IMPROVEMENT!

Language Arts- Of course we did a worksheet, I love worksheets. But we also played verb scavenger hunt. While walking to the library each girl had to find someone walking, talking, eating, running, driving, crossing, working, buying, laughing, flying (birds) and them for a bonus they had to find one verb that wasn't included in the cards. Fifi got it with.... telling... they were telling me their answers!!! LOL!

Lola:

Math- Ordering through One Million on http://www.aaamath.com/. She got a 95%. I am so not worried about her math.

Science- Digestive System Cloze (fill in the word worksheet) from http://www.bogglesworldesl.com/

Geography- Worked with Coco and Mimi and Fifi (when Fifi wasn't watching Diego's Underwater Adventure) on the booklet for Miss Melinda.

Spelling- Lola not only got 100 on her pretest, she got 2 out of 3 of her bonus words. Curriculum, Language, and Laundry right, so we had to pick up her friend Tiki in Brook Park for the rest of the week. Tiki goes to public school but she is Lolas best friend and Brook Park is 90 minutes away. We now have her until Saturday when Big Man can bring her home.

Language Arts- Simple Subjects and Predicates again. We are, at this point, just following the book but this seems so easy for her... Suggestions?

As of October 1st all three of my girls and possibly Mimi are in girl scouts. I may or may not be a leader this year. I don't think I have time though. I have the Revitalization of Canton Committee, The Akron/Canton Homeschool Meetup (I volunteered to be a moderator), Ohio Lore meetup (I am grateful there are so many activities!! I cant wait!) the MDS Center teaching Spanish two days a week and Coco is now doing roller skating lessons on Saturdays.... Not to mention Lola's cheerleading, Coco's 4H and art classes Nacho's Japanese Anime group, guitar lessons and library group. All with no car and a house that I am slowly remodeling so we can move on to the others.

We are buying the three abandoned houses surrounding us and fixing them back up to livable conditions so we can then rent them to the Salvation Army as Women and Children's Shelters. Right now unless you are a victim of domestic violence or a drug addict, there is very little help available to women and children if they become homeless. We are hoping to change that here in Canton. There is pretty high homeless population but at the same time, there are a ridiculous number of empty houses here too...