Here are a few pics from August. It is cooling off here, and I miss the warm days, but there are lots of great things about Fall that we are looking forward to!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Starting our 2014-2015 school year!
Alex is in Kindergarten! We have been doing stuff on and off all summer, but started a more structured schedule of the end of August. It is going alright. The kids still want to play outside a lot, so I am hoping the cooler weather that is on the way will help everyone settle into a good routine. I need to figure out what to do with girls when I am working with Alex so they aren't climbing all over me. Telling them to "go play" doesn't work, and they return after 5 minutes and want my attention. I am hoping that participating in a busy bag exchange in a few weeks will give me lots of fun new things for them to do!
We are trying to do a full schedule 3 mornings a week. Co-op is on Tuesdays, and Fridays will just be a few subjects, religion and reading, and maybe some fun stuff, like science or art. I also want to try to make it to Mass or Adoration on Fridays.
Here is our plan for the year:
Religion: We are following the Mother of Divine Grace suggestion, plus some extra stuff. We read a Bible story, and then he does a short narration and I write it down. He then illustrates the story. He will have his own little Bible at the end of the year! We are doing a virtue program called Virtues in Practice, and trying to live liturgically by celebrating all the important feast days.
Reading: We are a little more than half way through "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". Not sure what we will do after this, but there are lots of options I am looking into.
Writing: Various activities to help with penmanship. I am considering starting cursive halfway through the year.
Math: Alex is finishing up a computer program called Funnix. We are also practicing telling time, using money and using various manipulatives to practice addition and subtraction.
Memory Work: Classically Catholic Memory (in co-op and practice at home). This program will also be the base of our History and Geography.
Science: I am going to try and do nature study with the kids, since botany is the focus in co-op for the first semester.
Art: I still have to purchase "Child-size masterpieces" for art appreciation, if I decide to use that program. He has art at co-op, and we will be working on drawing and painting at home.
Music: We will be learning a list of hymns that MODG recommends, and using the song lists from "Making Music, Praying Twice", He will also have music class 2nd semester at co-op.
I am also trying to keep logs of what we do so I can use the stuff that works in a couple years for Mary. Hoping for a fun, fruitful year!
We are trying to do a full schedule 3 mornings a week. Co-op is on Tuesdays, and Fridays will just be a few subjects, religion and reading, and maybe some fun stuff, like science or art. I also want to try to make it to Mass or Adoration on Fridays.
Here is our plan for the year:
Religion: We are following the Mother of Divine Grace suggestion, plus some extra stuff. We read a Bible story, and then he does a short narration and I write it down. He then illustrates the story. He will have his own little Bible at the end of the year! We are doing a virtue program called Virtues in Practice, and trying to live liturgically by celebrating all the important feast days.
Reading: We are a little more than half way through "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". Not sure what we will do after this, but there are lots of options I am looking into.
Writing: Various activities to help with penmanship. I am considering starting cursive halfway through the year.
Math: Alex is finishing up a computer program called Funnix. We are also practicing telling time, using money and using various manipulatives to practice addition and subtraction.
Memory Work: Classically Catholic Memory (in co-op and practice at home). This program will also be the base of our History and Geography.
Science: I am going to try and do nature study with the kids, since botany is the focus in co-op for the first semester.
Art: I still have to purchase "Child-size masterpieces" for art appreciation, if I decide to use that program. He has art at co-op, and we will be working on drawing and painting at home.
Music: We will be learning a list of hymns that MODG recommends, and using the song lists from "Making Music, Praying Twice", He will also have music class 2nd semester at co-op.
I am also trying to keep logs of what we do so I can use the stuff that works in a couple years for Mary. Hoping for a fun, fruitful year!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Visit from the Luppino's
We had a great first weekend of August when our friends from CA came to visit! It has been about 4 years since we have seen them, so it was great to catch up and meet their youngest two. Here are some pics from the weekend...
The guys went on a tour of Coors field while the mamas took the kiddos to a park.
Casa Bonita! Notice Alex's yellow napkin that the magician gave him during the magic show. He was so excited and kept it for a few weeks. He called it his magic hankie :)
Not sure how to fix these pics, but we got a few good ones in front of the fountain.
Centennial Center Park and dinner at our house.
We hope to see you again soon, Luppino family!
Monday, August 18, 2014
July 2014
Catching up again, so only one post for July stuff :( A bit of what we have been up to...
We had a quiet 4th of July at home, and invited a few friends over for bbq. I didn't take many pics, but managed to get a few cute ones of the kiddos together. After it got dark, the kids played with glow sticks and watched some fireworks from our front lawn.
The next day Alex went moose hunting with a friend. He didn't get any good pictures of the one they saw off in the distance, but he got some beautiful pics from their hike!
Play dough + spaghetti noodles + cheerios = 30 minutes of uninterrupted cleaning time (at least from the bigger kids). Yay!
We had some extended family from Nebraska and Boston in town a few weeks ago. I haven't seen them since I was a kid, so it was great to catch up and meet their cute kiddos!
A few pics I snapped while waiting to pick up Alex from VBS.
They are practicing their team cheer :)
Cow Appeciation Day at Chick-Fil-A!
Tiny Town w/ my parents, grandma, sister and nephew. Waiting for the train ride!
They were so excited to ride in the caboose!
The Dr. Seuss house :)
I will miss beautiful days at the park with friends once the weather starts to get cooler. It is a favorite activity for the kids, and we have discovered several new places this summer!
We had a quiet 4th of July at home, and invited a few friends over for bbq. I didn't take many pics, but managed to get a few cute ones of the kiddos together. After it got dark, the kids played with glow sticks and watched some fireworks from our front lawn.
The next day Alex went moose hunting with a friend. He didn't get any good pictures of the one they saw off in the distance, but he got some beautiful pics from their hike!
Play dough + spaghetti noodles + cheerios = 30 minutes of uninterrupted cleaning time (at least from the bigger kids). Yay!
We had some extended family from Nebraska and Boston in town a few weeks ago. I haven't seen them since I was a kid, so it was great to catch up and meet their cute kiddos!
A few pics I snapped while waiting to pick up Alex from VBS.
They are practicing their team cheer :)
Cow Appeciation Day at Chick-Fil-A!
Tiny Town w/ my parents, grandma, sister and nephew. Waiting for the train ride!
They were so excited to ride in the caboose!
The Dr. Seuss house :)
I will miss beautiful days at the park with friends once the weather starts to get cooler. It is a favorite activity for the kids, and we have discovered several new places this summer!
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