The Weekly Wrap-up is a perfect way to throw some random things together each week! I don’t take photos of everything we do, but here is where I share what I do capture, either with the boys, or with all of the kids together during our group activities. It will look different each week, or every other week, depending on how much I keep my act together!
We continue to use our morning board {see full board here} and Ladybug is really enjoying the Songs for Saplings verses. We have completed 4 now and review each one during the day. 
This is how we listen to them during our morning meeting time, I use my iPhone and our portable mini speaker. I have a playlist set up on my phone called “this week” and have all of the new songs {Seeds, Songs for Saplings and hymn} as well as the ones from the previous weeks so we can review.
One of the favorite parts of our morning board for all 3 of my kids is the letter of the day ABC movement cards. Thankfully I have a 10 year old who still thinks this is an awesome thing to do.
W is for Windmills in action…
They also all 3 love it when we sing the Name-O song {scroll down for video}, it isn’t just Ladybug who runs with her name, the boys get really into it too!
We are up to DVD3 with What’s in the Bible. Here they were working on some coloring pages {see links and how we are using these DVDs here}. 
While they do things like this, I often play music from the “this week” playlist so they have a natural way to review songs we are learning. I love this shot of Krash getting really into his singing as he colors!
PS-the color coded school supply caddies continue to work out perfectly for us!
Krash is back to his All About Reading Level 1 lessons. We are up to about lesson 30. His reading assignments in Calvert are a bit below where he is at with AAR, so it is a good review for him. We are slowing down with AAR, as I make sure he is solid with certain skills and gains more fluency.
This week we did All About Spelling 1 ~ Lesson 3, 4, and 5 and worked on vowels. He did really well with this, thanks to knowing the song from the Talking Words Factory DVD! That song really helps with the concept of vowels {and many other reading skills}. 
One of the activities was to have him write the letter of the sound I said. We used our iPad and stylus {the app he is in is the drawing on the window portion of Bugs and Bubbles}.
He does really well with manipulating sounds, and enjoys working with the letter tiles…
Ladybug always wants to sit close by and listen in, here he was writing words as I said sounds and she was trying her best to copy him.
With Calvert, the kids get assessed every 20 lessons beginning in first grade. Krash just completed his first round of these “tests” and did well! He’s such a big boy now!
We are moving along with Draw, Write, Now ~ this week we worked on drawing a cow!
Pac snapped this sweet pic of Krash and I reading together…
Pac also completed his first assessment of the year and did really well. I honestly couldn’t believe how much information was packed into it, even I had to study just to help him study!
And again, one of the sweetest parts of homeschooling…
That’s certainly not everything we did, but a glimpse of what my camera captured! To see more weekly wrap-ups, visit…
