1-28-09

Andrew did the letter B page in his workbook.  He counted smarties and sang Psalter 431.  He is trying to learn Ps. 23.  Heather is trying to learn Hebrew.

On Thursday he played with his Leapster.  On Friday, he did nothing.  Pity.

Leapster

Andrew was playing his leapster.  So I sneak downstairs to do my exercise.  I finished my exercise and was coming back upstairs when Andrew comes running around the corner.  He was devestated to find that I had done my exercise without him.  He likes to watch the video that I watch while I do tae-bo.  So I took him back upstairs, and we watched a few youtubes.  

Fooray!!!

Andrew is phonetically a little challenged.  His joyful shout of triumph is a modification of Hooray.  He yells, Fooray!!  

songs and more

Today, Andrew sung his songs while riding in the car with Heather.  He also spent about 30 minutes on his leapster before he went to bed.

1.22.09

Today we sang through Andrew's repertoire of songs and then we sang a few new songs. He also watched his Word Factory dvd and practiced writing letters on his leapster.

1.21.09

Today we started a little booklet about letters. On each page we are learning how to write the letters and then the child is asked to color in the pictures that start with the correct letter. Today we learned how to write the letter A, but Andrew's fine motor skills need a little work!
We also sang Away in a Manger and Psalter 431.
We have to work on adjusting his attitude. He is unwilling to try things and sulked most of the time.

shapes, colors, numbers

Today, I put a half dozen shapes on my computer screen.  Some were yellow, some red, some green, some blue.  Then I asked Andrew to tell me what color the triangles were, what color the circles, etc.  Then I asked him to count the different shapes, colors, etc.  He can now count to three fairly well.  He does not realize that when he is counting, the last number is how many of something there are.  Suppose there are three squares.  He will count  1, 2, 3,.....then I will ask him, "So how many squares?"  He will reply, "4!"  Ugh.  Any ideas?

1-19-09

Nothing was done yesterday.  Heather didn't feel good.  

First science experiment

Heather did a science experiment with Andrew tonight. At 10:30pm (don't ask me why) she boiled water, took it outside in 5 degree temperature, and threw the water in the air. Supposedly the water would evaporate before it hit the ground. It did work pretty well. Lot's of steam.

We also did some number action tonight. Lesson 1 in Ray's arithmetic and the first lesson of MEP were the materials used. He can now count to about 4 with some accuracy.

We also regularly give him words and ask him to tell us the first letter. He is pretty good at this.

1-14-09

Nothing was done with Andrew today.

1-13-09

Andrew played on Starfall today.  We did some counting before bed.  That all.  

1-12-09

Today we read Mig the Pig. This a book aimed at preschoolers and it has flip pages with a different word ending in -ig on every page. By the second time through, Andrew was able to "read" some of the ig words, but he doesn't understand how to put the sounds of the words together yet.
We also sang Psalter 140 together.
If we have time later today, we will work on numbers. Right now he is napping. 4 shots in one day wore him out!

Update:  Did some number games before bed.

What this blog is

This blog is a record of Andrew's educational progress. Everyday, Heather or I will post what he has done. So.....until he's 18 years old D.V., this blog will be in progress.