Week in Review ~ Week 17

~Family Accomplishments~

~Continued unit on Charity

~Continued Discover Christmas

~Completed our 81^st day of School

~Went to “The Christmas Carol” on Thursday

~Started our Christmas Break on Friday

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Continued illustrating her novel

~Continued reading the December Friend

~Continued working on Give Thanks

~Continued writing in her Journal

~Continued increasing her Math Age (+.22 years in 9 hours 45 min) on Math Whizz

~Completed 3 assignments in Latin 93% average

~Completed Lesson 19 in Typing with 31 WPM and 82% Accuracy

~Completed Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio in her States Notebook

~Helped in the Preschool

~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Got well (was sick much of the week)
~Completed lesson 9 on Click 'n Kids with 100%
~Continued increasing her Math Age (+.22 years in 3 hours 15 min) on Math Whizz

~Made projects: Warm Breakfast, Fireplace

~Learned to play Tic-Tac-Toe

~Practiced the sound of the letter “H”

~Wrote in journal

~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Made projects: Fireplace and Reindeer Hat

~Practiced the letter “H”

~Wrote in journal

Week in Review ~ Week 16

~Family Accomplishments~

~Continued unit on Charity

~Continued Discover Christmas

~Continued learning the 5th Article of Faith

~Continued Reading Little House in the Big Woods

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Continued illustrating her novel

~Completed the November Friend

~Continued reading the December Friend

~Continued working on Give Thanks

~Continued writing in her Journal

~Continued increasing her Math Age (+.20 years in 9 hours) on Math Whizz

~Completed 2 assignments in Latin 93% average

~Completed Lesson 18 in Typing with 22 WPM and 93% Accuracy

~Completed Virginia, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont in her States Notebook

~Finished her Butterfly notebook

~Finished reading The Courage of Sarah Noble

~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Made projects: Christmas tree, owl and postcard

~Practiced writing the letter "W"

~Practiced counting to 14

~Wrote in journal

~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Made projects: Christmas tree and owl

~Wrote in journal

Week in Review ~ Week 15

~Family Accomplishments~

~Completed our unit on Gratitude
~Started unit on Charity
~Started Discover Christmas
~Continued learning the 5th Article of Faith
~Continued Reading "Little House in the Big Woods"


~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Won NaNoWriMo with 6,295 words (passing her goal of 5,000 words)
~Started Illustrating her novel
~Continued reading the November Friend
~Started the December Friend
~Continued working on Give Thanks
~Continued writing in her Journal
~Continued increasing her Math Age (+.16 years in 7.5 hours) on Math Whizz
~Started Lesson 3 in Latin 93% average
~Completed Lesson 15 in Typing with 26 WPM and 93% Accuracy
~Continued working on her Butterfly notebook
~Started reading "The Courage of Sarah Noble"




~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Won NaNoWriMo with 504 words (her goal was 500)
~Continued increasing her Math Age (+.20 years in 3 hours) on Math Whizz
~Completed lesson 8 on Click 'n Kids with a 97% average
~Made projects: corn, snowman and mitten
~Reviewed the letters "C", "X" and "U" and learned the letter "W"
~Played a "Leap Frog" letters game
~Wrote in journal




~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Made projects: corn, snowman and hat/scarf puppet
~Wrote in journal

NaNoWriMo Winners

Today is the last day to "win" NaNoWriMo. Unicorn, Ladybug and I challenged ourselves to write a novel during the month of November. My main reason for participating in NaNoWriMo was to be able to do something with my girls. I wanted them to have a good experience writing, being creative and accomplishing a goal. With that being said here are the winners:

Unicorn finished early and exceeded her goal. Her goal was to write 5,000 in 30 days! She finished her novel on Nov. 24 with 6,295 words! She has begun illustrating her novel and will edit it in December! One of the rewards from NaNoWriMo is that winners of the Young Writers Program get a free published copy of their novel! By January, Unicorn will have a published copy of her novel: "The Adventures of Sunshine and Moonlight"!

Ladybug finished at the last minute. Her goal was to write 500 words and she finished today with 504 words! She will also illustrate her book and polish it off in December and publish "The Adventures of Zoe and Lilah" in January!

As for me, while I didn't meet my goal of 50,000 words I do feel an element of success. I currently have 13,342 words and a very good start to my novel and I helped both of my girls write novels. I do plan on finishing my novel and now that I am not trying so hard to help them with their novels and sharing my computer with them I may actually find the time to finish!

Week in Review ~ Weeks 14

**This is actually an accounting for Nov. 15-26

~Family Accomplishments~

~Continued Unit on Gratitude
~Continued learning Article of Faith 5
~Mommy wrote 3,587 words for a total of 13,342 NaNoWriMo

~Went to the musical "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

~Took the 25th-26th off for Thanksgiving
~Completed our 68th day 



~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Continued Discover the Scriptures: Give Thanks
~Has raised her Math Age +.12 years in 6 hours since starting Math Whizz 

~Completed Unit 1 Lesson 2 (4 activities) in Rosetta Stone Latin with an overall score of 93%
~Completed Lesson 13 in TTL4 with 17 WPM and 90% Accuracy
~Wrote 2,778 words to meet and pass her goal of 5,000 words. Her grand total is 6,295 words for NaNoWriMo
~Attended a Father/Daughter Activity with her Daddy K for church. She learned to tie a tie and practiced shaving on a balloon (and about static electricity). He learned to do a ponytail and paint fingernails! He also had to identify her by her feet. They had a great time!
~Finished sewing her apron and a fabric book (photos will be added when I get them from Grandma)!

~Went to her Daddy P's the 20th-28th










~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Continued Click 'n Kids and has completed a total of 7 lessons with a 95% average
~Since starting Math Whizz she has increased her Math Age +.15 years in 2 hours and 30 min.
~Wrote 50 words for NaNoWriMo 

~Made a Barnyard Diorama
~Made a cow, mouse and goat
~Drew her favorite farm animals (ducks, cows, chickens)
~Made a Thankful Turkey







~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Made a cow, mouse and goat
~Colored his favorite farm animal
~Made a Thankful Turkey

Week in Review ~ Week 13

~Family Accomplishments~

~Continued Unit on Gratitude
~Continued learning Article of Faith 5
~Mommy wrote 4,245 words for a total of 9,299 NaNoWriMo

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Continued Discover the Scriptures: Give Thanks
~Has raised her Math Age +.07 years in 3 hours and 30 minutes since starting Math Whizz 
~Completed 4 Lessons in Rosetta Stone Latin with an overall score of 94%
~Completed Lesson 11 in TTL4 with 29 WPM and 97% Accuracy
~Wrote 1,474 words for a total of 2,258 NaNoWriMo

~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Continued Click 'n Kids and has completed a total of 6 lessons with a 97% average
~Since starting Math Whizz she has increased her Math Age +.14 years in 2 hours and 15 min.
~Wrote 0 words for NaNoWriMo  (It was a crazy week for mommy...she will write more this weekend)!
~Learned about wheat
~Practiced writing
~Practiced cutting
~Wrote a postcard to her Aunt






~Monkey's Accomplishments~


~Successfully avoided preschool all week
~Successfully avoided the camera all week

Week in Review ~ Week 12

~Family Accomplishments~

~Finished our Unit on Obedience
~Started a Unit on Gratitude
~Continued learning Article of Faith 5
~VOTED
~Mommy wrote 5,054 words for NaNoWriMo

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Started Discover the Scriptures: Give Thanks
~Switched to Math Whizz and has increased her Math Age +.04 years in 2 hours
~Completed 2 Lessons in Rosetta Stone Latin with an overall score of 93%
~Completed Lesson 6 in TTL4 with 23 WPM and 96% Accuracy
~Wrote 784 words for NaNoWriMo
~Finished Maryland, South Carolina and New Hampshire for Social Studies
~Worked on her Butterfly Notebook for Science
~Chose to read The Secret Soldier for Reading (I didn't assign anything for Nov. because she is writing a novel)
~Spent a few hours with Grandma picking out fabric and getting started on sewing an apron




~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Started Click 'n Kids and completed 4 lessons with a 98% average
~Started Math Whizz and has increased her Math Age +.06 years in 1 hour 20 min.
~Wrote 265 words for NaNoWriMo
~Made a "Piggy Planter"
~Practiced handwriting
~Made a Tractor
~Did a Puzzle
~Learned how to do a Dot-to-Dot
~Practiced cutting




~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Practiced coloring
~Made a Tractor
~Practiced writing
~Tried cutting

Week in Review~ The One without Unicorn

~Family Accomplishments~

~Made it though a week without Unicorn around to help out!

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Spent the week at her dad's house. She usually blogs about her experiences (I will link it if she does).

~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Watched butterflies emerge from their chrysalis
~Made caterpillar and butterfly projects
~Made worm trails
~Made a counting worm
~Finished Journal
~Made a pumpkin
~Wrote & Illustrated part of a class book

~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Watched butterflies emerge from their chrysalis
~Made caterpillar and butterfly projects
~Made worm trails
~Made a counting worm
~Finished Journal
~Made a pumpkin











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Week in Review ~ Week 11

The one after Fall Break! We took last week (Oct. 11-15) off to spend time with Daddy (he is a teacher in the local High School District) and to catch up on little projects around the house.

~Family Accomplishments~

~Sarted a new Responsibility Program (chores/behavior)
~Continued memorizing Article of Faith 5
~Continued reading Little House in the Big Woods
~Unicorn, Ladybug and I went to "Beauty and the Beast" the musical on Saturday
~Completed our 52nd day of school
~Began to "play" with photos on Photobucket







~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Finished Hands-on Church History from Discover the Scriptures
~Finished another story in Dreambox math (16 more lessons for a total of 154 lessons and 6 stories and 35 hours)
~Continues to do well in RosettaStone Latin 94%
~Completed lesson 6 in TTL4 with 28 WPM and 97% Accuracy
~Finished Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
~Finished The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones
~Purchased an eReader with her OWN money that she has been saving for over a year!
~Is working on a Butterfly Notebook to go along with the caterpillars we have that are currently in the chrysalis phase of metamorphosis.
~Went with Grandma Tuesday night to see a special showing of The Sound of Music in Theaters! They had a blast!
~Helped with the preschool activities (made her own leaf bug drawing)




~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Watched a caterpillar spin a chrysalis
~Made a spider web
~Made an ant hill
~Wrote in her journal ("L" and a Leaf bug)
~Completed a Butterfly puzzle











~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Made a spider web
~Made an ant hill
~Came to preschool 2 out of 3 days!

Week in Review ~ Week 10

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~Family Accomplishments~

~Started reading Little House in the Big Woods
~Reviewed Articles of Faith 1-4
~Purchased a ProClick binding tool (I am very excited for this)!

~Unicorn's Accomplishments~

~Completed Unit 8 of Hands-on Church History
~Read some of the Friend
~Created her main character for NaNoWriMo
~Completed 8 more lessons of Dreambox
~Completed another lesson of RosettaStone Latin
~Completed 2 lessons of TTL4 with 26 WPM and 90% Accuracy
~Completed Connecticut notebook pages

~Completed Massachusetts notebook pages

~Completed Seagull notebook page
~Assisted/Participated in preschool art projects

~Ladybug's Accomplishments~

~Made a Ladybug headband

~Made a Spider

~Reviewed the letter "S", the number "2", black, orange and rectangle
~Made a Butterfly Streamer

~Practiced Writing

Her's is the top one

~Invented a bug

Her's is the one at the bottom center

~Learned the parts of an insect
~Decorated a Beetle

Her's is the top right

~Learned the Life Cycle of a Ladybug
~Learned the sight words: "I", "am" and "the"

~Monkey's Accomplishments~

~Asserted his will to NOT participate in preschool (he is only 2.5 years old so we don't fight it)
~Practiced signing...He loves Singing Time!
~Practiced "writing"

His is the bottom one!