her 1st grade workboxes (march)

 

The things that fit in the box are…

 

 

Abeka’s Arithmetic 1 for Math.

 

 

She’s learning how to check the temp and count with change.  Which means she now knows that a penny is worth less than a quarter – drat!  She’s learning to add and subtract double digits!  Our felt fractions come in SO handy for fraction work!  Love them!  And she’s learning to tell time too.  Because she’s Kinesthetic (like her mommy) she uses a foam clock to help with the make-it-tangible factor.

 

The felt fractions live on the white board which hangs in our school/therapy room.  We don’t necessarily do all our work in the school/therapy room but for us it’s nice to have a place.  Also, it helps to keep my littlest focused when we’re working. 

 

Learning cursive with Abeka’s penmanship program

 

 

Abeka’s Language 1 for grammar work.  I’m so impressed with how she’s really grasping the idea of grammar.  In fact, she loves pointing out when her big brother forgets his sentence punctuation. 

 

 

Caught using the b-e-d trick for reminding her which direction the “b” and “d” face.

 

 

Abeka’s Letters and Sounds for our phonics

 

 

We’re working through the Abeka readers but we’re also big library fans.  She was SO excited to find more Mo Willems goodies to go along with Pinkalicious – her absolute fave book!  She’s very proud that she can read the whole thing with only one or two helps!  Actually, she can read all of these books with just a little help!  Which makes this mommy proud of the both of us!

 

 

Abeka’s history –  we’ve fallen behind on this one.  But I squeeze in history and geography during our morning meetings together with her big brother and am using this book as more of a read-aloud.

 

 

Not pictured and doesn’t really fit in the box:  Daily piano and Bible memory work.  Now that ice skating & basketball are both done for the season, she’ll be using Wii Fit again for gym.  Although, she does run around a lot with her brothers anyway.  Once a week we meet on the couch for Science – we’re exploring the stars with Apologia.  And for art, I’ve been leading an art co-op every Weds at our church.  We have plenty of space there and I get to keep the mess out of my house!    Our last class for this year is tomorrow!  We’ve had fun… 

 

 

And that’s how we’re workboxing lately…

 

 

…danielle