Wrapping up musk oxen

With Delores' new curriculum we are "supposed" to cover a new book every 5 days, but with our schedule and her abilities we can't get through everything that quickly nor do I want to. So this week we finished up our unit on musk oxen and the unit's introduction to the alphabet with the super cute and humorous "A is for Musk Ox," which I highly recommend for any children's home library. 

We only had 2 days worth of material to cover but it took us 4 days to get through it. I have to admit it was harder this week than last week.  Not necessarily because of Delores but just because we were still working out all the kinks. All the girls in the house were having an emotional week. Lydia's allergies were bothering her as well as still getting adjusted to the new schedule. Delores has not been sleeping well since, well ever really. But she was really showing it this week. And I was just having a hard week facing what I had to do each day. Oh and Josh had this idea that he was going to attempt to shave the cat because of the frustrating amount of shedding going on. So, we had a peeved off Rosie to deal with too. Sometimes I joke with Josh that we have to treat them like little women complete with their own mood swings, sensitivities and confusing moments just like any other women. And because we are a house full of little women most of the time (including the cat) sometimes weeks are just hard for that reason alone.

But the girls did manage to work on learning the continents, recognizing numbers 1-10,  following words in books from left to right and top to bottom, beggining letters sounds, cutting on a line,  pasting,  writing numbers 1-3, free writing with illustration, narrating a story, journaling, learning how the days of the week work and learning how a calendar works. Below are a few pictures I took of our work this week.

Covering the musk ox with fur

Playing with shaving cream for prewriting practice

Our wall of work for this unit. 

Lydia top, Delores bottom 2.

Even though it was difficult this week they still learned a lot and we made it through. Some of us with more dignity than others. But my hope is that next week, as always, goes a little easier and that we continue to learn about life, ourselves and each other. I'm looking forward to getting started on our new unit and the new book, "Hondo and Fabian."

Rosie's choppy hairdo.