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