How we homeschooled today #38
Music, maths, and even more Norse myths
Each child read from our Mysteries in Time history adventures while they (very slowly) ate their breakfast.
After a play in the garden they came inside and did a page each in their Jolly Phonics books.
My son read yet more of the Norse myths book, and then we all played Double Digit from Family Math, which involves place value, estimation, and addition. I’m including a very dull photo so you can see how beautifully simple the games in this book are.
We listened to some clarinet music in preparation for a lunchtime concert today. The children drew pictures while they listened.
At the concert, I suggested my daughter award each piece of music marks out of ten based on how much she enjoyed it. Listening to classical music while sitting still for an hour is a big ask for a seven year old and I thought it might help her to focus and think about what she liked/didn’t. She wrote her scores in the programme: poor Beethoven scored a measly 3/10 but Mozart got 10,000/10.
When we got home I told her I needed some quiet time and I was absolutely thrilled (and, truthfully, astonished) that she sat quietly and made herself a Lego saloon and Pony Express inspired by our Mysteries in Time Wild West delivery last week.
They both played in the garden for ages with a friend.
At teatime we did Multiplication by Heart and read a story from our One Third Stories French subscription (I bought the whole lot in one go and we’ve been working through it for the past year).
Bedtime reading: Comic strips from old magazines (which the children never let me throw out.)
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