Brief update - 14/3/2010

I've slipped a bit again with posting our updates, my apologies to anyone who regularly visits my blog. As of lately, the girls have been doing most work in their workbooks, mainly for maths. I signed them up to Carol Vorderman's 'The Maths Factor' which I think is a great website Masha'Allaah, Dd(6) seems to like it more than her sister, she will often go on without being told.

Dd(9) was put back on to a lower level, which she does get a bit bored of, apparently in the assesment it picked up that she needed to work more on some of the basics, so I'm just encouraging her to do at least a lesson or two a day so she can catch up on it fairly quickly insha Allaah.

The girls are loving Sequential Spelling, they're now on day 7, we were doing it every day, but have missed some days recently, I'm very excited for them to progress further with it insha Allaah.

We have done some grammar, and Geography, but things have been pretty laid back here in the last week or two, time to fasten our belts again insha Allaah !

We had our letter from the LEA (Local education authority) alhamdulillaah it was very positive, I just tried looking for it so I could put it up here, but cannot find it right now, will post it when I do insha Allaah.


Also ,here are a few photos that I took recently............

Dd(9) decided to make this house for her friend, Masha'Allaah she can be quite creative, may Allaah bless her in it ameen.

Ds(2)get's busy with his work :) the heart is a little contribution from me :D

The girls explore the globe.

...And the map :)

Our Hyacinth, we have had this in our fridge for about 2-3 months waiting for it to grow, and as you can see, it hasn't let us down, insha Allaah soon it should look like this ......

I think ours is a purple one.

Our new spelling programme

I am so excited!!........I've chosen a spelling programme which I think will be really good for the girls insha Allaah, I have read about it briefly before but never really looked into it, you can take a look at a sample page here of book 1, which can either be bought through post or as an E-book. The name of the programme is Sequential Spelling, and does not follow the traditional way of learning to spell, but rather helps the student to identify the different spelling patterns in words, it is a 7 level programme, and works from easy words up to the more advanced.

I was very impressed when I had a look at the sample pages, it is very different to how spelling is normally taught, and looks far more easier. I will let you know how they get on with it insha Allaah.

I've provided some links below to more info about this programme.

FAQ'S

What makes Sequential Spelling different?

Plus here is a blog article I found through another blog, written by a home school mum who uses this programme.