Spelling Snob? Maybe. Loose vs Lose

Spelling mistakes happen, I get it. However, I am seeing this mistake become more and more common and it is driving me nuts. The use of loose instead of lose and vice versa.

If I lose more weight, my pants will become too loose.


loose: [lOOs] adj not fastened or pre-packed; not tied up or confined; able to move freely; not tight, not firmly fixed; not close-fitting; careless, inaccurate, vague; dissolute, immoral; not closely woven; flabby; (of bowels) inclined to diarrhoea; l. box stable or van in which an animal can move about; at a l. end uncertain what to do next; unoccupied ~ loose adv in a loose way; play fast and l. behave rashly or unscrupulously ~ loose n release; on the l. free from restraint; on a spree; ~ loose v/t untie, undo; release from confinement or constraint, set free; detach; fire (gun); shoot (arrow); (eccles) absolve.

lose: (p/t and p/part lost) [lOOz] v/t and i no longer have; be deprived of by accident or misfortune; mislay, fail to find; fail to get or win; be too late for; be bereaved of; waste; be defeated or beaten; suffer loss, become worse off; fail to hear, see or understand; cause or allow to perish; (of clock or watch) go too slowly; (refl) miss the right path; become absorbed in; l. one's head become flustered, panic; l. one's temper grow angry; l. one's way fail to find the right path; l. out (US) be defeated after a struggle.

I've had my rant. Sorry if I offended anyone (not really).

Welcome to Hogwarts - Weekly Reports

Roo has entered a Harry Potter frenzy. Everything revolves around Harry Potter........She let out a big sigh and when I asked what was wrong, she replied "I wish I went to Hogwarts". Well, I wish I went to Hogwarts too.  So this week we pretended we were at Hogwarts. She even made Merle wear the sorting hat to see which house she belonged in. Apparently she belongs in Hufflepuff, cute name for a cute baby, Roo was Ravenclaw. She wore her wizard/witch hat, had a wand and every subject revolved around wizardry. Phonics lessons were read like we were casting spells, copywork became writing spells, Science was Potions, Geography was Muggle Studies, History became the History of Magic (even though it was Ancient Greece), Math was Arithmancy and Latin and French became The Study of Ancient Runes. I actually had to rabbit trail for a bit to explain what runes were, which are extremely interesting on their own.








This week was only a 4 day week since Monday was Family Day which is a holiday in Ontario.

Memory Work - The Seven Levels of Classification and Periods of Egyptian History

Phonics - We have finished lesson 222 in OPTGR X as a z sound, the silent p in ps words (psychiatrist) and ch as "sh" like chef. 

First Language Lessons - Lesson 60-63, we are on action verbs and recognizing initials, using "It is I" and months review.

Writing with Ease - Completed week 20 of copy work and narration exercises from A Child's Geography of the World.

Latin (Song School Latin) - We studied the names of several parts of the face, ears, eyes, nose and mouth.

French (Nallenart) - Still working on the memorization of words that are found on a farm by asking questions with a positive and negative answer. I also finished my laminating for the rest of my French flashcards. Next I want to make Latin ones.

Lamination crazy!

Math - We are taking a break from Singapore at the moment because I bought Math Mammoth levels 1A and 1B. Math facts for addition up to 10 are becoming quicker and I am noticing more often than not she is doing her math problems in her head than using math manipulatives.

History (Story of the World) - We finished chapter 19 The Early Greeks. She coloured a Grecian vase and we started reading D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths.

This is a Greek Vase with the goddess of rainbows Jemina.

Science (Elemental) - We are studying invertebrates this week. This weeks animals included worms, snails and octopuses. 

Our first postcard we sent through postcrossing arrived at its destination in the Netherlands. This means that we are now eligible to receive a post card ourselves. We opted to have our written in the senders native language if her/she prefers.

It was a big week for my husband this week. His band BeforeTheCurtain released their teaser trailer this week in preparation for their album recording. They also did a radio interview yesterday. I am so proud and happy that his dreams are finally coming true. Congratulations guys!

Sunny and Warm to Blizzard - Weekly Reports

For February we had an abnormally warm day today at 10 C (50 F) and now at 10 p.m. I just looked outside and there is a blizzard. Bizarro weather. Now I have to get up extra early to clean the car off before dance class:( 

I decided this week I really need to get myself motivated and start working out. I did the 30 Day Shred before I got pregnant and then I stopped. Now I am scared to start it again because it kicked my butt before and now I am in even worse shape. Blah. I am also on the hunt for a used elliptical. I keep searching Kijiji but all they have are cheap ones that people are probably selling because they were cheap to begin with. The search continues.

This week in review:

Memory Work - The months poem, Days of the Week poem, and Periods of Egyptian History

Phonics - We have finished lesson 219 in OPTGR with adding common prefixes.

First Language Lessons - Lesson 58-60, we are on action verbs and recognizing nouns and pronoun uses.

Writing with Ease - Completed week 19 of copy work and narration exercises from The Light Princess as the quote and narration guide.

Latin (Song School Latin) - We studied the names of several parts of the human body.

French (Nallenart) - Still working on the memorization of words that are found on a farm and review of greetings. 

Math - We are taking a break from Singapore at the moment because I bought Math Mammoth levels 1A and 1B. We are starting at the beginning and reintroducing the math facts as we come across them in the lessons. I am hoping that this will give her a better understanding of math concepts. We may go back to Singapore if and when we feel confident with where we are.

History (Story of the World) - We finished chapter 18 Life in Early Crete. We learned about Bull Jumpers, and King Minos and the Minotaur. The Story of King Minos and the Minotaur actually reminded me of the Lego game Minotaurus  (but we also want the Harry Potter, Pirate Code and Ramses Pyramid). Who am I kidding, we want them all. 

Map work while licking peanut butter off her face.

Narration and drawing of the sinking of Thera.

Science (Elemental) - We are studying fish this week. This weeks animals included fish, seahorse and sharks. We are getting close to finishing the animal study and moving onto the body soon.

Art - A still life painting she did of her Ruby Gloom display dolls.

Composer Study - We listened to our last week of works by Henry Purcell with some YouTube videos of people and orchestras playing his pieces. 

Merle's nickname has become Merle the Squirrel and while looking at Amazon I came across this. We definitely need to buy her that. Everytime I try to get a picture of her smiling, the flash always makes her close her eyes. So if I want to get an open eyed shot I can't use a flash, making the picture colour come out bad. I then have to change the picture to black and white. Now I have a lot of black and white photos, it's a good thing they look good like that.

WW- Squishy, Sleepy Face

Weekly Report

I am sitting here typing this while get my hair done by an over eager 6 year old with a big brush. Let's hope my hair and head survives this. Due to an out of town opthamologist appointment on Monday, our school week was 4 days. I hate it when my schedule gets messed up.
We cut out geography a little while back except for the map work that gets done during history. So we have signed up for Postcrossing which allows you to send and receive postcards from around the world. I thought this would be a good way to get in some geography and culture study. We have just sent out our first postcards to China, Germany and the Netherlands. After they have been listed as received we then get put into the system to receive postcards. It's going to make getting the mail exciting.

We also started reading The Harry Potter series as our bedtime read aloud. I haven't read them yet for some reason and thought it would be fun for both of us.

Warning: Geek Alert
My husband came home this week all excited saying he bought me something I have wanted for a long time. Drum roll...........He bought me a label maker! Yay! So I spent that evening labelling my date/weather station with labels of the french words underneath the all of the english. This way we can get some french review in every morning when we do today's date and weather.







This week in review:

Memory Work - She now has the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt memorized now and I am going through lists of what to add next.

Phonics - We have finished lesson 218 in OPTGR with adding common endings to words.

First Language Lessons - Lesson 55-58, we are on action verbs and going over our memorized poems

Writing with Ease - Completed week 18 of copy work and narration exercises that used Winnie the Pooh as the quote and narration guide.

Latin (Song School Latin) - This week was a chapter review of all the animals and Christmas words. Roo thinks it's hilarious when we make the baby dance and to actions to the songs. I don't think Merle thinks it's quite as funny though. 

French (Nallenart) - Words that are found on a farm and review of unit 1 and 2. I finally did buy some more lamination supplies but haven't yet used them. Is it just me or does the week sneak away from you when you keep saying, "I'll do it tomorrow"?

Math (Singapore Math) - We are taking a break again to work on facts. It just doesn't make sense to me to try to move ahead at the moment. I have been considering Mammoth Math to see if it helps with her understanding of addition and subtraction. I just got an email that it will be going on a short-time 20% off sale in the latter part of February.   

History (Story of the World) - We finished chapter 18 about Nebuchadnezzar and one of the Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.  We read about the gardens and then she drew a picture of them. 

Science (Elemental) - We are studying reptiles and amphibians. This weeks animals included alligators/crocodiles, turtles and frogs. We are getting close to finishing the animal study and moving onto the body soon.

Composer Study - We listened to more works by Henry Purcell and watched some YouTube videos of people and orchestras playing his pieces. We really like the haunting sound of the Music for the funeral of Queen Mary.

A quick photo of our late night cookie baking session.

It was cold and snowy weather this week. We got hit by a nice big snow storm on Wednesday that closed many parts of the city down. My husband took a snow day, so we ended up having one as well.

This is from our window about mid afternoon and it kept on snowing overnight. The blue building across the street makes awesome Eggs Benedict, which is convenient because it is my favorite food to eat. My motto is "Everything is better with Hollandaise sauce". 

So with all this snow now, I don't have any winter boots. My husband puked on/in mine and he still owes me a new pair. Now that the winter weather is more than halfway done though I have decided I will accept a new pair of non winter boots in their stead. So honey, if you are reading this I dig this style in a size 8. I like all of the colours but probably would get more use out of black. Plus, they are on sale right now. 

This week in review:

Memory Work - The Canadian Provinces and Territories are now memorized and we have added a science list and terms. 

Phonics - We have finished lesson 216 in OPTGR. We are getting close to being done and I hope she doesn't get stuck and stall out over the next few lessons.

First Language Lessons - Lesson 54, we are on action verbs.

In this lesson she had to read the sentences and underline the verbs.

Writing with Ease - Completed week 17 of copy work and narration exercises.

Latin (Song School Latin) - We learned some more Christmas words as well as did a big review of the whole year.

French (Nallenart) - We started words that are found on a farm. I need to buy some more lamination supplies though so I can finish the flash cards for these terms.

Math (Singapore Math) - I added a bunch more new math facts and we have begun addition of numbers higher than ten by making a 10 first. It's a slow process but I think she is grasping the concept.

History (Story of the World) - We finished chapter 17 The Return of the Assyrians and read about Ashurbanipal and Nineveh. She made a book for Ashurbanipal's Library in Nineveh and used so much glitter I had to do 3 sweeps of the floor to get it all up. 

Science (Elemental) - We have now entered the studying of reptiles. This weeks animals included a snake which she hates. She didn't want to read about them until I pulled up some videos on YouTube of snake charmers. She thought that was kind of neat and relaxed a little bit. We also watch a video of the Australian Frilled Lizard running which she howled and laughed at.

Composer Study - We listened to more works by Henry Purcell and watched some YouTube videos of people and orchestras playing his pieces.

On the WTM this week there was a thread about typing programs and Angela from Satori Smiles recommended Dance Mat Typing  which we tried this week and Roo loved it. So thank you Angela!

WW - Say Cheese

Hooray for the Moby!

My Moby arrived in the mail yesterday and Merle loves it. We tried several of the different carrying techniques but she seems to favor having her legs dangle over being squished up inside, so that's what we are going with. She is a very carry me/hold me baby and it was getting increasingly difficult to do things one handed like typing, eating, making the bed, folding laundry and schooling. I will admit though, that doing the dishes while stretching my leg backwards so I can bounce her in her jumper at the same time is good exercise for your glutes. What a lifesaver. Thanks mom!

Yikes, check out the dirty mirror. I guess I have no excuse now;)