The Month in Review--September

NOTE: The week in review was getting to be a little too much to keep up with (not to mention a little boring), so I've switched to the Month In Review format instead. That will free up some time to focus on the more interesting/exciting things happening in our homeschool. --Elissa

We accomplished so much in September! Our co-op is turning out great! We all love our classes and Mom says that it isn't as bad as she thought it would be to spend six hours on Tuesdays at the school.

By the end of the month, here's where we all stood in our schooling:

AMMON

-Math: Math-U-See Beta weeks 4-12.
-History: From the fall of Rome (about 286 AD) through the Byzantine Empire with Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora (527-565 AD).
-Grammar: Letters lessons (practiced the proper way to write and address a letter) and Well-Trained Mind First Language Lessons Level 3 Lessons 1-9 (nouns, forming plurals of nouns, pronouns, memorizing The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson).
-Science: The study of Sound (half of the six-week unit at co-op). Also did cooking projects, participated in a Science night at Ben's pack night, and listened to Ben's and Daniel's science lessons (see Ben's post).
-Reading: Various books--he really didn't keep track of the titles. Did finish "The Silver Chair" by C.S. Lewis (book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia series) and started "The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester during read-aloud time with Mom.
-Art: In ceramics he made pinch pots (some plain and others with designs on the side), a pinch plate, a coil coaster to place the pinch pots on. In drawing/painting he drew scribble art, drew a boot (realistic drawing), and then did an owl with charcoal. At home he also made a Byzantine-inspired mosaic with paper squares and crafted his own "Barbarian" war axe from cardboard.
PE: Tag games, relay races and scooter games at co-op. At home, rode his bike and dueled with brothers using toy lightsabers or anything else that could be turned into a "weapon." Lots of running involved in that!

BEN

-Math: Math-U-See Alpha lessons 1-4 (place value, counting to 100, adding +0)
-History: See Ammon's history section above.
-Grammar: First Language Lessons Level One lessons 1-13 (intro to nouns, dictation, memorizing The Caterpillar by Christina G. Rosetti).
-Science: Animals (Rhino, Buffalo, Giraffe, toucan).
-Reading: The Magic Treehouse #2: The Knight at Dawn. Various Dr. Seuss books (his favorite).
-Art: In Ceramics class did pinch pots and coil plates. At home he also made a Barbarian war axe with cardboard.
-PE: Same as Ammon (see above).

DANIEL

-Math: Counting, sorting, shapes. No formal math program, just everyday math.
-History: See Ammon's history section above.
-Science: Animals (see Ben's science section above).
-Reading/Phonics: Worked on ABC book (added pictures of things on the proper letter page) and practices letter sounds while doing it. Also worked on a few lessons in Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons with Mom. Not quite ready for more, so Mom put it aside to focus on phonics with him.
-Art: See Ben's ceramics above. Also did paper mosaics with Ammon and lots of drawing on his own.
-PE: Participated in brother duels (see Ammon's PE section above).

ELIZABETH

Since she is still really young, even for preschool, she mostly worked on her colors and shapes with Mom. She also loves to spend time painting and dancing to music. She also worked on phonics with Daniel.

GRACE

She mastered the art of sitting up and worked on learning to crawl.