Two weeks to catch up on in one post. Hope you haven't missed me, although at times I do wonder if anyone reads this apart from two friends, *waves* Hi Lisa and Tania, if there is anyone else please say hi.
The last week of November started off with a phone call from Grandma to let Hubby know his Aunt had decided to end her own life that morning, this was very upsetting news for Hubby and took him a couple of hours to process before deciding he wanted to drop everything and head for Auckland (about a 2 hour drive away) to be with his family. After a few phone calls, we were packing the car and on our way.
We stay with friends who have many kids so our 3 fit right in. While the reason for the trip was unwanted, it was great to spend the time with Hubby's family, and our Auckland friends.
We ended up staying in Auckland from Monday until Friday, and in our rush to leave I didn't pack any of Rocket Boys work books, or Ladybugs packs. So while no formal work was completed there was still plenty of life learning.
Playing with the Dads old Lego at Grandmas
On Sunday Ladybug came down with a fever and took several days to recover, She just wanted to cuddle with Mummy for most of the week and was to unwell to attend Kindy during the week. This made getting back into any routine was difficult and although I did manage to complete some book work with Rocket Boy.
Reading Eggs - Rocket Boy completed Map 10 and the test, while he got 2 answer incorrect he did unlock Map 11, which he'll start on next week
Handwriting without Tears - Rocket Boy completed a Poem, Letters X and Z, then without me even asking Rocket Boy started on an animal story. Rocket Boy has almost finished his current work book and I have yet to purchase his next book. I plan to wait until the new year before buying the book, so will find other ways for Rocket Boy to practice his handwriting, such as Christmas cards, and post cards, maybe even a penpal.
Math U See - Rocket Boy learnt to skip count in 5's, and about tally marks, both of these concepts were completely new to Rocket Boy and while he's grasped skip counting, I don't think he completely understands tally marks, I have plans to go over this again with a packet of lollies which I'm sure will help him learn.
Next week is Swim Safe, the last session for the year, while I do want to push to cover the work we've missed these last few weeks there is really no pressure to. As we don't have anyone we have to answer to and no deadlines we have to meet, as long as Rocket Boy is progressing it doesn't matter how fast or slow we go. (I just have to keep reminding myself of this)
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