Almost weekly the TOS Crew has a blog walk to highlight blogs of some of the members. Up until that time I wasn't sure of Blog Walk etiquette or what it actually was. I have now learned when there is a new group of blogs highlighted that I can post the list of blogs on my blog to allow my readers to discover new blogs. So... here is the list of this weeks blogs.
I plan on visiting these blogs, but it will probably take me most of the week to do so. Enjoy, have a good week!
1. Homeschool Circus
2. Discover Their Gifts
3. The Joys of Homeschooling
4. Nicki Black A Mosaic in the Making
5. Ever After... My Way
6. Created 2B Creative
7. Wrightsboro Sonrise Center
8. Knee Deep in Grace
9. Indoor Garden Musings
10. Mom of Many Bentzs
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Mothers Homeschool Journal Weekly Review
In my life this week...
Continuing my organizing and going through things.
Planning a furniture rearrangement.
In our homeschool this week...
We have put our noses to the grindstone and really accomplished a lot.
Both of the children participated in the online math drill "games' for World Math Day. Over the years my daughter has struggled with Math, but she did well at this and was encouraged to see her scores and percentages go up with each game.Places we're going and people we're seeing...
We have stayed pretty close to home this week, so not seeing too many people. Daughter had piano lesson and we visited with her teacher for a little while.
Also visited the library. My favorite thing this week was...
Seeing and hearing both of my children enjoying their new Latin Curriculum.
What's working/not working for us...
Spelling Power. Both of my children have really seemed to taken off with this and are spelling better.
Homeschool questions/thoughts I have...
Not really questions or thoughts, but I have been working on preparing several mini month long studies about nutrition, music, and book genres. We will spend a short amount of time on one of these a couple days a week throughout the month. I try to make them more interactive and less about paper and pencil.
I am continuing to think about resources for next year. I finally wrote out two charts for subjects and will begin to fill one in with what I have and the other with thoughts for what I would like or programs to check into.
A photo, video, link, or quote to share...
http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/
This is a great site and not just for homeschoolers. Each day they have a new resource to download or a unique website. Many of their resources are older publications which are no longer in print. When you visit their sight you have the chance to sign up for their weekly newsletter to receive an email listing the resources for the week as well as a bonus resource just for newsletter subscribers.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Spelling Pirates
A couple of my previous posts have been about how much we enjoy playing games here.
For Christmas my son, who is 6, received the game Spelling Pirates. To play you shake the dice which features numbers, build, or block faces. The numbers are 8, 9 and 10. If you roll a number you get to choice that many letter die which you shake, spill, and then use to build a word. However, you must build your new word on your previous word. Sometimes that is not easy.
The build face allows you to put a bridge in place rather than building a word and block gives you a stone wall to put in front of an opponents current word.
Unlike another popular spelling game, each player only builds words on their previous words, not on any open letters. Players start in their own corner of the board and work towards the center. The goal is to build a word which ends in one of the 4 squares in the center. The first one to do so is the winner.
We have played this a number of times and enjoy it, but also find it challenging for several reasons. One, you have a limited number of letters to work with. While 8 or 10 letters may sound like a lot, when they are all random it may turn out not to be. Imagine getting only 1 vowel or even all consonants. The second challenge is trying to make a new word which you can build on a previous word. While he is a good speller, sometimes he needed help to come up with ideas and then he could play on his own.
For Christmas my son, who is 6, received the game Spelling Pirates. To play you shake the dice which features numbers, build, or block faces. The numbers are 8, 9 and 10. If you roll a number you get to choice that many letter die which you shake, spill, and then use to build a word. However, you must build your new word on your previous word. Sometimes that is not easy.
The build face allows you to put a bridge in place rather than building a word and block gives you a stone wall to put in front of an opponents current word.
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| Word Pirates game in progress |
Unlike another popular spelling game, each player only builds words on their previous words, not on any open letters. Players start in their own corner of the board and work towards the center. The goal is to build a word which ends in one of the 4 squares in the center. The first one to do so is the winner.
We have played this a number of times and enjoy it, but also find it challenging for several reasons. One, you have a limited number of letters to work with. While 8 or 10 letters may sound like a lot, when they are all random it may turn out not to be. Imagine getting only 1 vowel or even all consonants. The second challenge is trying to make a new word which you can build on a previous word. While he is a good speller, sometimes he needed help to come up with ideas and then he could play on his own.
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