History Lessons are fun and interactive with Heart of Dakota. We have been following the lives of several (fictional) children as their families experience hardship in Europe trying to worship in freedom...future pilgrims. Here he was mapping out the route one character took in our lesson that day. It combined history, with listening comprehension and art. Bella, who wants to do everything big brother does, is doing her own sticker version.
I was worried about whether the math program included with the Heart of Dakota curriculum would keep James' short attention span...but the teachers manual has a hands on activity to go with the math workbook pages practically everyday. I really am impressed with the fun/learning ratio. This one was particularly fun...Roll the dice. Take the highest number and subtract the lower number...write the number sentence down on paper. We found these jumbo foam dice at the Dollar Tree.
We are still using the My Father's World Reading Lessons as they match up exactly to the Emerging Reader's lessons in Heart of Dakota in the first 9 units!
Bella usually joins us for his Bible Reader workbox. Here, he is using the Bible Reader from My Father's World, however we do alternate using the Beginner's Bible (Heart of Dakota's Reader) which is at a more difficult reading level. Once the MFW Reading lessons end, we will switch over to the HOD Reader exclusively. This will probably happen around the time that we get to the New Testament.
We also use the MFW Bible Notebook, illustrating and writing a summary sentence about the Bible Lesson he just read.
Taking a quick break to enjoy one of Bella's workboxes.
This is one of my favorite parts of homeschooling! The cuddle time that comes with read alouds. This book is a biography, Benjamin West and his cat Grimilkin. James loves this book! He asks to read it at night too.
RECESS!
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