Art: Abstract Design Warm-Ups

from Drawing with Children

Abstract Design Warm Up, Level 1

Cameron:

Cassia:

Abstract Design Warm-Up, Level 2

Cameron:

Cassia:
"Teacher" Example, Level 2

Jenny:

To-Do List

Inspired by Trivium Academy, I have decided to blog my to-do list for the next school year. I have so many things "in progress" that I'm already forgetting where I am and what I wanted to get done. So hopefully, this will help.

Language Arts

• look through Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading and determine if we are still on track to start grammar in the summer or fall ...done
  
• look through Ordinary Parents to determine if we can/should skip anything or if we should just take a break from phonics for a while ...done
  
• take a closer look at First Language Lessons and get an idea of how fast we want to move through it ...in progress
  
• try to determine if anything else (besides reading historical fictions) will be necessary, like handwriting, additional poems to memorize, readers to explore, etc...done, and I think we're good for now. I'm just going to play it by ear.
  

Math

• order Primary Math 2A/B and Earlybird Kindergarten Math 2A/B from Singapore ...done
  
• check out Living Math to make sure we keep things fun and active
  

History

• make Master Schedule, coordinating Story of the World, Volume I, the projects I want to do in the Activity Guide, and the accompanying books that our library actually carries ...done through Babylon
  
• add websites for additional history reading and projects to Master Schedule ...in progress
  
• coordinate projects from Lentil Science into Master Schedule
  
• coordinate experiments from Mudpies to Magnets into Master Schedule ...done
  
• coordinate recipes of the times into Master Schedule
  
• coordinate sources (websites, books on hand) for examples of art into the Master Schedule ...in progress
  
• search Library Thing for books we already own that may coordinate ...in progress
  
• find lists for memorization and coordinate them into Master Schedule ...in progress
  

Art & Music

• look through Themes to Remember and decide on a game plan ...done
  
• make playlists and/or cds combining Beethoven's Wig songs, Themes to Remember themes, and complete works ...in progress
  
• look through Artistic Pursuits and decide on a game plan ...done
  
• coordinate works of art and projects from Part III of Artistic Pursuits into Master Schedule ...done
  
• buy lots of art supplies
  

Other

• buy notebooks ...done
  
• make list of project supplies needed
  
• gather project supplies
  
• input personal library into Library Thing ...done
  
• reorganize books so that ones we will be using next year are together ...done
  
• make Attendance Record ...done
  
• look through California Education Code requirements to make sure I'm not forgetting anything legally required ...done
  
• make List of Courses Offered and Faculty Qualifications for school file ...done
  
• look through State Standards for 1st grade (to laugh) ;) ...done, and we're already making a decent dent into them