Weeks 16 and 17

This is going to be a pictureless post because I am already behind and it's quicker to just write out what we did. I did take pictures, but they've already been transferred to the external hard drive.

PreK:

Emmett worked through a few pages in What Your Preschooler Need to Know. He did quite a bit of coloring with us too.

Math:

Abby continued to work through Singapore 1A's Intensive Practice and Challenging Word Problems. I also threw in a few problems from MEP Year 1. She still has some work to do in those, but they are mostly review. We are probably going to take a break with learning new skills and allow her brain to mature because math is a lot of work when she's trying to hold a bunch of numbers in her head to do mental math with regrouping past a ten. I'd prefer for her not to memorize her facts to 20 by rote repetition, rather I'd like for her to work these certain problems so much that they've stuck in her head. The only sums past ten that she can remember with consistency are the doubles.

Spelling:

It seems all of the rules Abby learned in All About Spelling Step 1 are solid. It is time to move on to AAS2...but I have to buy it. For now, we're just reviewing words.

Reading:

Abby is still reading whatever ends up in her book box at night. She reads anything posted on walls or signs. Reading is still work for her at times, but her fluency and comfort level is raising.

She's also excited to get back to the book All About Sam, which she started before we left and didn't bring with her.

Unit Study:

The week before Christmas we paused our regular scripture reading for a focus on the Christmas season. We discussed symbols of Christmas and hunted them the entire week.

Scriptures:

Besides Christmas, we also learned about Enos and King Benjamin.

Swim:

Yes, we were those parents and enrolled our kids in swim while we were on vacation. My parents' gym is actually where my kids first took swimming lessons. The instructor is awesome! We enrolled them in semi-private lessons and in just six lessons, we saw massive improvement in stroke, kicks, and side breathing. Yay!