October 2012 ~ Homeschool Rewind

Family Read Alouds:

GOD:

• Wisdom and the Millers, chapters 18-19
• David and Goliath, Tomie DePaola's Book of Bible Stories
• The Fall of Jericho, Tomie DePaola's Book of Bible Stories
• The Light of the World, Katherine Paterson
• The Good Samaritan from Sacred Myths: Stories of World Religions
• The 23rd Psalm from the King James Bible, Michael Hague
• The Legend of St. Christopher, Margaret Hodges

NATURE/SCIENCE:

• The Gift of the Tree, Alvin Tresselt
• Miss Suzy, Miriam Young
• A Tree is Nice, Janice Udry
• The Pumpkin Book, Gail Gibbons ~ Life cycle of a pumpkin 

HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES:

• Saint George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges
• Paul Bunyan from The Treasury of Children's Literature
• Robert E. Lee and the Wounded Soldier from The Child's Book of America
• Our Island Story, chapters 1 & 2
• The Sword of Damocles from 50 Famous Stories Retold

LITERATURE:

• Jack and the Beanstalk from The Red Fairy Book
• Rapunzel from The Red Fairy Book
• Sleeping Beauty in the Wood from The Blue Fairy Book
• East o the Sun and West o the Moon from The Blue Fairy Book 
• The Nettle Spinner from The Red Fairy Book
• Bambi, Felix Salten, chapters 1-4
• The Last Little Cat, Meindert DeJong
• Tatterhood from Tatterhood and Other Tales, Ethel Phelps 
• Festival of Stones, chapters 1-6 
• Hansel and Gretel from The Treasury of Children's Literature

POETRY:

• Read lots of poems from Favorite Poems Old and New and Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

AUDIO: 

• Sparkle Stories "The Story of the First Jack-0-Lantern"
• Five Little Peppers and How they Grew, chapter 1
• Tilly Witch (Your Story Home)
• The Luckiest Ghost (Your Story Home)
• The Halloween Candy Nightmare (Your Story Home)
• The Halloween of Edgar Poe (Your Story Home)

The Three Rs:

THE PRINCESS:
Ch and Sh phonics, created a page in her Main Lesson Book
Copywork in print many times, from books we read
Wrote a thank-you card
English for the Thoughtful Child, lessons 1 and 2 orally
Read aloud to me from Harriet Treadwell Reader for 10 minutes several times (finished the First Reader)
Read aloud to me Amanda Pig
Read silently: 

• Prairie Friends, Nancy Levinson
• Chicken Soup with Rice, Maurice Sendak
• In a Dark, Dark Room and other Scary Stories, Alvin Schwartz
• Lionel in the Fall, Stephen Krensky
• The Lad and the North Wind, Treadwell Reader
• Black Beauty and the Thunderstorm, Susan Hill
• Clara and the Bookwagon, Nancy Levinson
• Horse, Malachy Doyle
• Going to Sleep on the Farm, Wendy Lewison
• A Little Prairie House, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder
• A Little House Birthday, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Monster, Jean Leeuwen
• Tales of Amanda Pig, Jean Leeuwen
• Mama Don't Allow, Thacher Hurd
• Mythical Creatures "Dragons", Charlotte Guillain
• No More Monsters for Me, Peggy Parish
• Doctor DoLittle's Great Adventure, Hugh Lofting 

THE HIPPIE: 
Completed 4 lessons in Math U See
Copywork in cursive several times from books we read
Dictation from The Last Little Cat
Written Narration of The Dog and His Shadow
Wrote a thank-you card, addressed envelope and mailed
Typing several times
English for the Thoughtful Child, Lessons 1-11
Lots of storytelling to us
Read: 

• Freckle Juice, Judy Blume
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume
• Bard of Avon, Diane Stanley and narrated
• How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell
• Half of Phantom Tollbooth (decided not to finish at this time)
• Started Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims and narrated (finished in November) 

MATH TOGETHER:

• Playing UNO
• Connect the dots
• Squirrels collecting acorns ~ adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
• Squirrel problems ~ moved from horizontal to vertical
• Lots of practice problems in all four processes
• Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s
• Clapped 2s, 5s and 10s times tables
  

Other Family Subjects:

MUSIC:  Mozart ~ We listened to Masters of Classical Music, Mozart every morning.

MEMORY:  Come Little Leaves by George Cooper ~ Both girls memorized this long poem and recited it beautifully.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: German ~ We listened to several lessons multiple times, all on audio. These are mostly songs and games and the girls LOVE it.

SCIENCE & NATURE:

• Zoo Field Trip as a family ~ fall is a WONDERFUL time to go!
• Nature Study with Daddy at the beach
• Two Nature Walks in our neighborhood
• Collected fall items
• Collected acorns for Squirrel math
• Observed squirrels in our yard as well as birds
• Mythbusters

SOCIAL STUDIES & HISTORY:

• Fort Caroline National Monument ~ learned about Timicuan Native Americans and French occupation of our area
• Watched 3 episodes of Liberty's Kids

HOME LIFE SKILLS:

• Baked pumpkin muffins together
• Cooked pumpkin soup together
• Costume making
• Learned to shuffle cards
• The Princess made birds out of fuzzy sticks.
• The Hippie made masks for a party.
• Several other self-directed crafts and handwork projects

ENRICHMENT:

• Created ALL ABOUT ME pages
• Pumpkin patch
• Pumpkin carving
• Spookle party created by Hippie, enjoyed by family
• Surfing lessons with Daddy 

FIELD TRIPS & OUTINGS:

• Corn Maze field trip
• Park Day with friends
• Downtown Art Walk ~ lots of "lessons" by talking to the artists and asking tons of questions
• Sea and Sky Spectacular Air Show 
• Several library trips