Finn

Finn has been trailing along with our family school.

Finn's work:

 

 



Math-U-See Primer, triangles. Finn is flying through math and is needing more of a challenge as he often does one whole section in the same day. 

 

Place value of units and tens.

 

He has his counting and building down pat.

 

 

Sometimes Finn sits in for our family reader and sometimes he builds cities nearby with trains and keva planks.

Finn loves his letters. He read this first story. So proud; him and mom. 

 

Letters and rhyming practice. He is getting good at rhyming too. 

 

I started Finn on a Handwriting Without Tears workbook too to add in some more practice.

 

We learn about livers, and Finn does the organ puzzle.

Finn has some chores too now. He can shine up the fridge, stove, and dishwasher like a pro. He likes to help his brother dust too, and sometimes helps unload the dishes.

Finn and his brother inspect a tree that has fallen by being struck by lightening. 



Keiran

We have been working through most tasks/subjects as a family and trying to weave together different subjects as well. It has been a great term so far, growing new skills and working together.

Keiran's work:

 

 



We all start together and each child works to their own ability. Keiran has been stepping up in bravery as he had some challenges with reading and is now growing his writing skills. He overwhelms quite easy and so likes to wait for quiet to finish his work. It has been good for him to find his own voice more as well.

Keiran is working through Math-See Beta. This lesson was multiple digit subtraction. He worked on it little parts as there were more steps.



 

Four digit subtraction came more easily after all the practice.

 

Our family reader. Learning about early life on the prairie, women's lack of rights, horse travel, one room school, immigration, and deadly influenza.

 

Nature reader for Monday before our hike- watching for signs of the season's change.

 

Keiran learned to identify the Steller's Jay after asking about it in a friend's yard.

 

On our nature hike, Keiran some some ducks far away on the river and wanted to learn about ducks. He came home and looked them up in our bird book.  

 

Weekly scripture copy work.

 

Keiran loves reading the Imagination Station series both for silent reading and with mom in the eve. Mom loves that it incorporates a part of history, both scripturally and otherwise.

One of our parts of speech books.



Keiran has surprised himself with how much he has written on his story, especially because he has re-edited multiple times. His story is really coming together. He underlined some verbs he added this round.



 

Keiran's junior science journal is great so that he is not comparing his lack to his brother and sister writing wise and can work at his own level. He is amazing at remembering science facts and can tell me all the answers when we review after each lesson. He loves knowing the way things work!

 

 

Keiran learned a lot about Scottish Canadians, and one famous one.

For activity Keiran has been going swimming with dad regularly, and trying to swim across the pool and back. He is also hiking, walking, playing at the park, biking, tree climbing, and running.
Keiran is well versed in the chores of our home and is even cooking now quite a few meals. His favorite meal to cook is fried pot stickers.
Keiran goes to Kid's Church, has family prayer time.
He loves to build cities both with his brother with keva planks, Lego, and on Minecraft.

Gemma

 

We have been working on most subjects as a family, except for math as each child has their own level. It has been a great bonding experience as we work as a group.

Gemma's work:

 



 Math-U-See Gamma, Multiple Digit Multiplication. Gemma is a steady worker and has no trouble with her math.

 

Rounding to 10, 100, 1000.

 

Double digit times double digit multiplication. This lesson took a bit more to understand with each step but she got it.

 

Our days begin with focusing in together and listening to our family reader. We are learning about early life on the prairies- influenza, one rom school houses, travelling by horse, women's rights and struggles, etc.

 

Gemma learned to identify a Steller's Jay.

 

Every Monday we hike and talk about many parts of nature. Gemma picked some sage for her collection and illustrated her find. It was very hard to identify which kind of sage it was in her research, as she found there are so many types!

 

Scripture copy work.

 

Gemma is constantly reading and finished her next six-in-one book and has been reading up a storm.

 

We have learned about nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, and verbs so far, doing activities to practice each, one such as acting out and guessing verbs.

 

Our stories started out as simple phrases or words to answer who, what, when, where, why, and how. We have since added each part of speech and built some sentences to fill in the story too. Gemma has been editing and re-editing her story as we go. This shows the verbs she picked to add underlined. She has a little trouble with her spelling and often adds to her word lists that she keeps but we will edit that later too.

 

Some interesting facts about digestion. 

 

Things we have learned about the digestive system.

 

Some diagrams from our science text...

 

 

Our group Socials Studies lap books have been growing us in good ways. Gemma has learned to research and to write in her own words, and has been working well alongside her brothers. 

 

She learned a lot about Scottish Immigrants in Canada, and all about John A. Macdonald.

 

 

 

For activity Gemma has been swimming with her dad and brothers. Her dad has been challenging her skills and helping her improve her strength for swimming in the deep pool. She has been hiking, walking, playing at the park, riding her bike, and skateboarding.

Gemma is always going above and beyond to help mom and is excellent at chores, such as laundry folding. She also volunteers to set up dishes and coffee/tea for the mother's group that mom hosts weekly. 

Gemma loves church and listening to worship music. She is continuing to read through the bible with mom at night- we are in Leviticus at the moment.

Gemma has been making more dinners and baking this year.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aiden

 

We have been working a lot as a family when it comes to most subjects. It has been great to gather as one in this hard season, and each child contributes what they can at their own level.

Aiden's work:

 

Math-U-See Epsilon, The rule of four formula. Aiden has had no trouble with fractions and has been accomplishing each lesson with ease.

 

Comparing fractions, with the rule of four.





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First thing in the morning we gather as a family and read together. We are loving this second book in the series. We are learning about things like women's rights, influenza, horse travel, the mail system, winters on the prairie, and one room school houses; and in relation to early immigrant life in Alberta.



 

Some of our nature learning before we head out on our Monday nature hike. 

 

 

Aiden learned to identify a Stellers Jay. 

On our nature hike we learn to notice things like the shape of leaves, the bark of trees, and the seasons changes, etc. Aiden picked a Maple Tree seed for his collection and illustrated it in his nature journal, as well as looked up some facts about it.



 

 

Scripture copy work. 

 

 

Aiden has been reading this book for silent reading. 

 

 

We have learned weekly about a different part of speech, played a game or did an activity with each one, and then added it onto our individual stories somehow. 

 

 

The process is a bit awkward but little by little Aiden is editing his story adding more parts. The underlined words are some verbs he added in this week. 

 

 

Some science facts. 

 

Review what you know. 

 

 

Some textbook diagrams. 

 

 

Social Study lap books have been a great group project this term. The kids all research together and help one another, doing much of the searching and printing, and choosing of facts- Aiden very much takes the lead in this. Here is part 3 & 4, learning about Scottish Canadians. 

 

 

For activity Aiden has been swimming, hiking, playing at the park, participating in youth group wide games, and working out. He has also made some health goals for himself- a challenge to increase his strength and arm wrestle ability.

Aiden volunteers at church behind the sound booth and downstairs being a leader for Kid's Church.

He is keeping up with his chores- like emptying the garbage and recycling everyday.

He is attending church and two youth groups weekly, has family prayer time, and does devotions with mom in the eve.

Aiden loves to create anything when he can use tech. He makes utube videos and loves to create original mixed songs too.