The Wedding of Q and U!

Today we celebrated the wedding of Q and U!  K, my Pre-Ker is learning the sound "qu", so this was a fun way to cement in her mind that q is followed by u.  (My 1st grader could use the reminder, too, but we told him this was just for his little sister!)

We started with inspiration from this site:

http://kreativeinkinder.blogspot.com/2012/02/qu-wedding-and-valentine-freebie.html

I had invitations rolled up in scrolls that K placed on each person's desk.  They weren't allowed to open them until we were ready to start the wedding.  That helped build the anticipation and excitement.

After everyone had opened their invitations and read them, I whisked the bride away to get her ready.  Then, since we homeschool, and her daddy works from home sometimes, he actually got to walk her down the aisle to the wedding march that I found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tDYMayp6Dk

Dad walking Miss Q down the aisle.

She met Mr. U and I used the script found at the above blog to officiate the wedding.

The wedding.

I now pronounce you, Mr. and Mrs Qu!!!

May you never forget to add a u to your q when you spell, again!

2012-2013 Curriculum

2012-2013 Curriculum

Having successfully completed 3 days of our school year makes me confident enough to now post our 2012-2013 curriculum choices!

Little J (Baby School):

Just keep him out of trouble as much as possible.

And feed him...don't forget to feed him....a lot!

Little K (Pre-K):

Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K

All About Reading (finish Pre-1, then start on Level 1)

Sonlight PS 4/5

RightStart Math Level A

Big I (1st Grade):

Manuscript Handwriting, Poems from First Language Lessons

RightStart Math Level B

Sonlight 2nd grade readers

First Language Lessons 1

All About Spelling (finish Level 1, start on Level 2)

Institute for Excellence in Writing, Primary Arts of Language: Writing (Part III)

Elemental Science, Chemistry Lapooks

Big G (3rd Grade):

Cursive Handwriting, Poems from First Language Lessons

RightStart Math (review Level C, then on to D)

Sonlight Core D Readers

First Language Lessons 3

All About Spelling (finish Level 3, then on to Level 4)

Institute for Excellence in Writing, All Things Fun & Fascinating

Elemental Science, Chemistry for the Grammar Stage

Rosetta Stone, Korean, Level 1

Together:

Egermeier's Bible Storybook

Sonlight Core D Read-Alouds

Simply Charlotte Mason's "Stories of the Nations Vol. 1" and "Stories of America Vol. 1"

Haven't started yet:

YMCA Swim & Gym

Art/Music Co-op

It's going to be such a fun year!  Now that I'm starting my 3rd year of teaching, I am finally starting to relax (a little!) and just enjoy the process of my kids learning!  Words cannot describe the blessing that homeschooling has had on our family!