My son is really into the Bible Study material we use. Now that I've slowed the pace down to one picture per lesson, he's putting a lot into that one picture.
I should have started penmanship sooner with him. He is over-ready and it frustrates him that he can't just write whatever he wants. He is sort of fighting me about learning cursive. He really wants to be able to print. I think I'll indulge him and introduce him to the manuscript section of a wipe-off book we have. He's already learned that letters have to be formed a certain way. So I think if I give him some instruction, he'll take off with the rest. The cursive writing is being introduced gently and with lots of practice, so if I don't do this for him, he's going to be frustrated for a long time. Also, since he's doing first grade work with phonics, they expect him to have some penmanship abilities. Right now, I'm writing the letters he dictates.
Speaking of phonics, that's the subject and materials I'm not sure that I made the best decision on. I really still haven't looked over the teacher's guide again. I'm going to do that and decide whether to pitch it, modify it, or follow it verbatim.
And that's another week gone by. Bit-by-bit, step-by-step!
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The nitty gritty:
Bible: Lesson 5, part 3 to Lesson 6, part 2; Genesis 1:1-2
Phonics: Handbook pages 2&3; OPGTR Lessons 97-100
Readers: Bob Books: Fun in the Sun; Up, Pup; Pip and Pog; Bow, Wow
Penmanship: K5 Handwriting Lessons 6-9
Language: Oral Language Exercises 1.1-1.4
Arithmetic: Lessons 5-10
Read-Alouds and Art too
Te penmanship is looking great! We picked up a free book from CurrClick a few weeks ago that turned print instruction into very simple terms. I think it's the auditory, kinesthetic, visual alphabet.
ReplyDeleteThat free book sounds great.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I went ahead and bought a penmanship program because I wasn't sure how to explain the formation of each letter. It's very helpful to have that.