Cruisin' along...

It hasn't been the busiest week here, but we're still not getting a lot done, school-wise that is. We've done a little math, a little reading, a couple of worksheets, a fun 4H cooking project (chips and "guacamoldy"). We did cook an African dinner, complete with injera and wat. We watched a couple of videos on Africa, and are getting ready to wrap up African studies, with the plan of visiting South America for the next 4 weeks.

Now that the week is coming to a close, I am getting ready for next week. I am trying to be more organized about homeschooling, in that I am making actual plans for the upcoming week, so here they are:

Language Arts
the Elf:
Read aloud another chapter (or two) from Ben and Meg (daily)
Do two drawings and corresponding copywork for The Tale of Paddy Muskrat (2x)
Two worksheet pages from HM Reading Anthologies (2x)

the Fairy:
Introduce story for letter "G" and do related drawings (1x)
Work in HWOT (1x)
Color page for G and read corresponding poem from Flower Fairies Alphabet (1x)
Do printouts on letter "G" (1x)

Math
the Elf:
Introduce the new unit on addition and subtraction (3x)
Saxon Math 2, lesson 104 (1x)

the Fairy:
Saxon Math 1, lessons 16-17 (4x)

Social Studies, both:
Introduce South America as a whole, and then introduce Brazil
Map and flag printout for Brazil
2-4 stories about Brazil
Watch "A Family in Brazil" educational film
Related art or cooking project

Science, both:
Introduce Chapter 3 in RS4K Chemistry (Molecules Meet)
For nature studies, we're focusing on pumpkins. I reserved this book at the library, we have to make jack o'lanterns, and I am planning on making (dairy-free) pumpkin muffins for a Halloween get-together on Friday. IF we have time, we may do an art project, like this one or this one.


So there you have it, a full week of learning fun! Now let's see how well I stick to it....