Weekly Report~ January 30, 2009

And the snow just keeps on coming!! We had a 'snow day' on Wednesday and spent the day building Zoobs, reading the rest of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (part one), and playing in the snow. I haven't been keeping up with my weekly reports lately due to transitioning to my new (awesome) computer. I am now located downstairs right in the middle of all the action, which I love. But I've yet to install Word, Excel, and my photo software..... which are the three main things I use for recording/planning our school and blogging. In the meantime, I've snuck back upstairs to the old computer in hopes of posting a quick report.

D continues to show great progress in reading. It has come so naturally for him, and for that I am grateful. He has completed his Singapore EarlyBird 2B workbook, so yesterday we began first grade math (Singapore Primary Math 1A standards edition). I want him to master his math facts before proceeding to the next level, but he gets bored and frustrated with too much repetition. So we spent two weeks playing math games, finishing up EB 2B, and doing some worksheets before jumping into our new book. D really enjoyed our unit on outer space, but to my surprise B has become fascinated with all things space as well. He proclaimed he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up, builds Lego spaceships all day long, and often wants me to read space books throughout the day. It's fun to see his personality taking shape and his interests developing.

The rest of the week we spent going to homeschool gym class, finishing up D's Explode the Code 2 workbook, working on handwriting, and reading Hugo Cabret (D loves loves loves this book.... thank you Uncle K and Uncle C). It is truly the most unique, captivating read aloud we've ever done and it has inspired D to find a little notebook and fill it with sketches and 'secrets' of all kinds.