Showing posts with label Funnies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funnies. Show all posts

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Isaac "Reads"

Not one to be left in the background, Isaac typically declares, "Me turn now" at some point during the day so he can do "me (school) work wike me big brudders, Ewi and Wukey!" Usually I spent some time reading books, counting fingers and toes, naming body parts, etc. with him during his "school time." After seeing Luke read a book today, Isaac wanted to have his turn to "read" as well.

"The Bus" read by Isaac...

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Counting to 100

We play lots of math learning games with Luke. He participates with Elijah on a lot of his Saxon 1 lessons, but I know he has gaps in some of his math skills due to jumping ahead with Elijah. I've been trying to fill those gaps and one approach that I take with him (and with all the boys for that matter) is to challenge them to "beat" mom or steal all my pieces, cards, etc. away from me by getting the correct answer.

On this particular day, I was using our Abeka Numbers Flashcards (0-200). I gave Luke the cards in sets of 10 and scrambled them to see if he could place them back in the correct order. Then we recited the numbers together as we gathered them up to put away. At first he was reluctant, but after the first few sets and my overly dramatic response to him correctly ordering the numbers, he was hooked. I very much enjoyed his somewhat fake sounding, loud laughter as he watched me check his work with disbelief and shock on my face. I also love the fact that he covers his mouth and starts giggling as I started heading toward him. What a sweet (and very smart) boy!!!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Playing School

Today, the boys wanted to "play" school. Okay! I was informed that in this particular school, the only classes were Math, Lunch and Recess. All three boys sat at the dining room table with their little chunky notebooks writing the numbers and addition problems I dictated to them. Some write better than others, some actually know how to add, and some simply draw their usual circle patterns over and over. They'd stop and raise their hand to ask me a question. They called me "teacher" all evening. I gave out stickers for good work and marked incorrect answers in red. The cafeteria served warm banana bread with milk for Lunch and bicycle skills were practiced in Recess.

I have to laugh at this pretend play (even though it was good review) and wonder what it is they think we are doing every other day...especially during the "school year." It appears that I've done a decent job of not making our school day look like a school day one would normally think of. That makes me happy! It also makes me happy that they would know how to behave in a "real" classroom, too!

Gotta go...Elijah just asked if we can keep playing school!