Author Archives: Heather the Mama Duk

Once a Month Cooking, The Actual Cooking Part

Go here for how I do the prep work and here for what happens when the cooking is done. I pick a type of meat and get to work. I have learned that doing the chicken recipes first is best. … Continue reading

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Once a Month Cooking, Preparation

Go here for the cooking part and here for what happens when the cooking is done. I’ve been doing once a month cooking regularly for a while now (I don’t do it each month, but every 6-8 weeks instead). It … Continue reading

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Ani’s 25th Week of 8th Grade

Ani is 12 years 2 months old. (lesson 87) She read some in Elements of Language on objects of the preposition. She dd two grammar exercises. She took a misspelled words test and did a new list of words. She … Continue reading

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Cameron’s 11th Week of 4th Grade

Cameron is 10 years, 6 months old. (lesson 37) He did a lesson in Sequential Spelling I. He read half a chapter in I Got a D in Salami. He did typing and handwriting copywork. He went over his reading … Continue reading

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Fritz’s 33rd Week of 1st Grade

Fritz is 5 years 9 months old. (math lessons 52 and 53) He did addition with regrouping. He did two pages in Calvert Math and two pages in his math practice book. (core lesson 127) He learned the new sight … Continue reading

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Adrian’s 33rd Week of Pre-K

Adrian is 3 years 10 months old. (lesson 97) We finished talking about Valentine’s Day. We worked on rhyming words (he was surprising good at it). He did a Road to Reading activity page. He ran some races. (lesson 98) … Continue reading

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Ani’s 24th Week of 8th Grade

Ani is 12 years 2 months old. (lesson 82) She read some in Elements of Language on prepositions. She dd a grammar exercise. She took a misspelled words test and did a new list of words. She read Pocahontas and … Continue reading

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Cameron’s Tenth Week of 4th Grade

Cameron is 10 years, 6 months old. (lesson 32) He did a lesson in Sequential Spelling I. He read a chapter in I Got a D in Salami. He did typing and handwriting copywork. He went over his reading flash … Continue reading

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Fritz’s 32nd Week of 1st Grade

Fritz is 5 years 9 months old. (math lessons 43 and 44) He worked more with fractions. He did two pages of Calvert Math and three pages in his math practice book. (core lesson 122) He did an on-line technology … Continue reading

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Adrian’s 32nd Week of Pre-K

Adrian is 3 years 10 months old. (lesson 94) We talked about Valentine’s Day. He did a Path to Math activity page on the number 3. I read Surprise in the Read-to-Me Storybook to him and we discussed it. I … Continue reading

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