"Summer School" 2009

We don't usually school in the summer, but after having to start fresh last fall, I think I'd like them to keep more current this year.

the Fairy
Learn-on-the-Go Capital & Lowercase Letters (2 letters/week), along with Scholastic's Alphabet Mini-Books
Saxon Math 1 (approx. 1 lesson/week)
Playing around with a huge set of phonics activities the charter school gave me

the Elf
Daily reading for 20 minutes (minimum)
Free writing in his journal, alternated with using Scholastic's Writing Prompts Mini-Books
Bellwork Mathematics Level 2 (4 problems a day, review work)

Both
The Composer Is Dead (for an intro to parts of the orchestra)
A brief study of early man through Ancient Egypt, using the reading list below...

Reading List
(note: items in brown have been read)
Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution
The Visual Dictionary of Prehistoric Life
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
Stone Age Boy
The Days of the Cave People
Sunset of the Sabertooth
Gilgamesh the King (Gilgamesh Trilogy)
Revenge of Ishtar (Gilgamesh Trilogy)
Last Quest of Gilgamesh (Gilgamesh Trilogy)
Who Built the Pyramids?
Boy of the Pyramids
Mummies in the Morning
Who Was King Tut?

And a...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY 8 YEAR OLD ELF!

At age EIGHT

Age SIX

Age FOUR


I am amazed every time I look at him! He has grown so incredibly - mind, body, and all - over the last eight years. I am more proud of him every day!