And the beat goes on....

"Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain."

If we keep drilling it's going to stick, right?  The focus for 9yo is the three R's.

Here's a typical day:
Put frogs on the refrigerator - addition math facts to 10
Put bees on their clover - addition math facts 11-18
R&S Math 2 - four worksheets while Mom works with older sister.  Currently on lesson 84.  Mastering math fact - 13, it's parts are 9 and 4.
Math flashcards - addition and multiplication (1s, 2s, 10s, 11s, adding 3's, 5's, and 7's)
R&S Math 3 with Mom - work ALL problems on a chalkboard.  Currently on lesson 23.  Mostly review of grade 2.

R&S English 2 - one lesson done orally.  Learning about proper nouns.
Grammar Minutes worksheet (test prep)

R&S Bible Nurture and Reader Series 1 Unit 4 - review words from previous lessons and  read one story.  Currently reading about Abraham.
Daily Reading Comprehension worksheet (test prep)

All About Spelling - focusing on learning all the vowel sounds.  "O" is quite tricky with four sounds.  The CD is a big help.

Writing with Ease 1 (WWE) - week 4

Nancy Larson Science 1 - we are usually fried by the time we reach science and it is a nice way to end the day.  Much more fun than drill!


13yo:
Having her do school with mom first is working out much better for everyone.  She still isn't thrilled but at least she isn't frustrated either.

Latin - re-watching Lively Latin 1 videos and filling in the first test.  She knows this information well. :)

R&S Math 7 - Rod & Staff schedules one lesson per day (170 total).  We've always done one lesson per day.  If 13yo is catching on easily, I have her do even or odd numbered problems with the new material and all review problems.  Math has never been her strength and she is starting to bog down.  I've decided to spread her lessons over two days.  She will do odd problems one day and even the next.  There is no rush as I can't see her moving to Algebra any time soon.  She needs to master basic math.

English/Writing - We are re-reading the lessons in R&S English 5 that she has completed.  She is writing down the basic information from each lesson to make a personal grammar notebook.
She has started Writing With Skill 1 (WWS).  We are only in the beginning stages, so I don't know if we'll need to back up to WWE or not.

Christian Studies 1 (Memoria Press) - We read the Golden Children's Bible then we move on to the same story in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.  We read additional scripture that we have available to us as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I read the notes to her from the teacher's manual and we discuss the differences in doctrine.  We are having some great discussions!  I believe this is laying a strong foundation for her New Testament studies next school year (early morning seminary).

Loop subjects:
K12s The Human Odyssey - starting on the Vikings.

Core Knowledge K Teacher Handbook - We are reading from this for American History, Art, and Science with the purpose of filling gaps.  It is background information for the teacher so we are definitely learning more than kindergarten level information.