It feels good to be back on track. I tried to cover more this week and to spend more time out of lesson hours playing and reading with him, as I am anticipating the next two weeks to be rather taken up with revision and tutoring RM for his mid year exams.
English Literacy
In step with our "two units a week" plan, we covered You Can Read Units 7 and 8. Mouse already knows what to do with each activity, so I only have to teach him to sound out the words as an introduction, before handing him one sheet at a time.
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| Using bottle cap letters to build sight words |
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| Cut and paste (with assistance for the fiddly bits) |
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| Building sight words with alphabet magnets |
Math
Patterns: Mouse is pretty good at following simple patterns so I encouraged him to take the next step of creating his own with this free worksheet from This Reading Mama. He quickly grasped the concept of A, B and C each being it's own repeating entity and did the rest on his own.
Shapes: Learning to count the number of sides to a shape. I created a worksheet for him, based on a similar one which I found on Pinterest but which was a paid product. My skills aren't up to par at all, so it took me quite some time to complete the worksheet, but I'm glad I did!
(available in B&W and colours)
Subtraction: After practising Addition for a couple of weeks, we are moving on to Subtraction. Actually I think it's easier to understand than Addition. We are using a cookie sheet addition and subtraction printable that I found years ago (when RM was 6yo) which says "childcareland.com" in the corner, but I can't find it on the site now. We used number magnets on a cookie sheet and I also provided pebbles for him to count.
Chinese Literacy
This week I'm sharing two of the pages in Mouse's Daily Notebook. Unlike his character writing practice sheets that I swop out every week or fortnight, these pages always remain in his notebook and he must do them every day. He started out doing the English ones that I got from COAH and 1+1+1=1 first, then somewhere along the way, I introduced the Chinese version, and since he's already rather masterful at reading the bilingual desktop calendar that's on his table, he usually has no problem completing these.
With the help of a dry erase marker, he circles each day and the day before and after, much like this page from 1+1+1=1. The second page is a Month page, where he identifies the current month and the previous and subsequent ones. The pages are in sheet protectors and are erased by either himself or me after the book is completed.
Other Stuff
I was digging around in his bookshelf where I had dumped (and forgotten about) many reading materials as well as sticker/write and erase activity books (am I the only mum who buys them waaayyyy in advance and forgets all about them?). So here are two that seem rather suitable now.
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| Things That Go is preferred by the boy who loves wheels |
I can't reiterate enough how much Pinterest has helped me in my homeschooling journey. There are just so many great ideas that I am thankful I can Pin them and go back anytime I want to read up or print stuff. Visit my Pinterest boards for more ideas!
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