Multiplication troubles?

Gabriella understands the concept of multiplication very well, however to recall multiplication facts quickly is not her forte.  We are working on it!

I found this wonderful site for her (it's free) and wanted to share it.  Just click on "Games" and scroll down.  There are quite a few!  Some incorporate art into the games as well (like Minko's Milkshake Shop).  You can pick the level and/or the specific fact you want your child to work on.  Enjoy!

Multiplication Fun

Curriculum 2010/2011

Math:  Horizons
History:  Story of the World (Bauer)
Language Arts:  1st Language Lessons for the Well Trained Mind (Bauer)
Writing:  Writing With Ease (Bauer)
Italian:  Rosetta Stone
Bible:  ESV Bible (historical books starting with Joshua)
Literature:  Recommended reading from SOW and other selections
Reading Comprehension:  Teacher Created Resources
Spelling:  Spelling Power
Piano:  Faber and Faber, along with jazz and classical
Science:  Finish Botany and do Physics (Real Science 4 Kids)
Geography:  Google Earth and various online sites, State and World Capitals

Summer is coming to an end...

Completed books 8/21:

Lella:
Toy Story 3, Woody's Wild Adventure (79 pages), Kitty Richards, Too Many Fairies, A Celtic Tale, Margaret MacDonald, Mermaid Tales from Around the World (77 pages), Mary Pope Osborne.  Lella really enjoyed Osborne's Mermaid Tales!

Marcus:
A to Z Mysteries:  The Absent Author (87 pages), Ron Roy, Smasher (72 pages), Dick King-Smith, Zelda and Ivy and Zelda and Ivy One Christmas, Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Louise, When I Grow Up..., Peter Horn.

Both:
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (137 pages, Hear It Read It), Benedict Flynn, Adam Sharp, Code Word Kangaroo (44 pages), George Edward Stanley, The Adventures of a Chicken, Kate DiCamillo, Can You See What I See?  Cool Collections (I Spy, 32 pages), Walter Wick, Can You See What I See?  Dream Machine (I Spy, 32 pages), Walter Wick, Zelda and Ivy, Laura Mc Gee Kvasnosky, African Critters (91 pages), Robert Haas:

Amazing photographs, written by Haas about his own adventures in Africa, all true.  You can feel Hass' excitement as he captures each animal on film.  Highly recommended!

So many good books...8/5/10

The children and I have read some wonderful books this summer.  The Tail of Emily Windsnap (224 pages), Liz Kessler was one of our favorites!  We thought it was "swishy!".  Emily is a human girl who discovers that she can change into a mermaid in the sea.  She's on a quest to find her father and show King Neptune that love is what really matters, not what you look like.

Although the children and I have read this series before, we are reading and listening to it again.  The series is called "Hear It, Read It" and consist of abridged stories from classic literature.  We recently read The Secret Garden (138 pages), Frances Hodgson Burnett, Peter Pan (130 pages), J.M. Barrie, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (133 pages), Mark Twain.

 Other completed books:

Marcus: 
Andrew Lost In Uncle Al (84 pages), J. C. Greenburg, Captains Courageous (GIC - 239 pages), Rudyard Kipling, Three Tales of My Father's Dragon (242 pages), Ruth Gannett.

Lella:

Gabriella really enjoyed The Runaway Dolls (323 pages), Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin.  She loved telling me about the doll's adventures.

Brutus the Wonder Poodle (61 pages), Linda Gondosch - Gabriella said that EVERYONE should read this book :-).

Zelda and Ivy and Zelda and Ivy One Christmas, Laura McGee Kvasnosky.

Can You See What I See?  The Night Before Christmas, Walter Wick.

Ivy and Bean (120 pages), Annie Barrows - Lella also really enjoyed this book, but after I asked her about it, she said one character was practicing to be a witch.  I'll have to investigate this further.

When I Grow Up..., Peter Horn.