Summer activities

we r only 8weeks away from the summer! here is a list of things i am thinking of for the kids:

1. quran/ arabic/ urdu (reading/writing)
2. soccer
3. arts
4. Language lessons- reading (cm style) plus Reading counts... Ordinary parent's guide??; Reading Fluency/ comprehensive; Journaling- Writing with Ease part 1?; First Language Lessons;
5. Math- Right Start A (Leeboo); Abacus + B (aapi); Ray's math?
6. cursive writing
7. swimming
8. baking/ vege gardening?? atta kneading...
9. nature studies (cm style)...good blog on habit forming...outdoor challenges..
10. nature hiking, etc. with Turtle Rock Nature center
11. Camp Creek has good ideas for outdoor things
12. Grammar boxes...

Kids vaccination schedules

I hate vaccinations every time and feel guilty for doing it or not doing it... when i see my babies suffering with the fever and the different aches & pains which normally do not happen to them...

here is the summary vaccinations for each kid so far:

Aapi	(4/9/04)
HEP B	6/14/2004	8/18/2004	7/11/2005
DTaP	6/14/2004	8/18/2004	10/7/2004	7/11/2006
HIB	6/14/2004	8/18/2004	7/11/2005
Pneumococal	6/14/2004	8/18/2004	10/7/2004	10/10/2005
Polio (IPV)	6/14/2004	8/18/2004	3/25/2008
MMR	5/9/2005
Chicken pox	5/9/2005
HEP A	10/10/2006	3/25/2008
Influenza	10/5/2005	11/19/2005
Leeboo	(1/5/06)
HEP B
DTaP	8/11/2006	9/22/2006	6/26/2008	4/14/2010
HIB	8/11/2006	9/22/2006
Pneumococal	8/11/2006	9/22/2006	7/24/2008
Polio (IPV)	8/11/2006	9/22/2006	6/26/2008
MMR	4/14/2010
Chicken pox
HEP A	7/24/2008
Influenza
Mr. Lion (11/14/07)
HEP B
DTaP	6/26/2008	9/15/2008	4/14/2010
HIB	7/24/2008	9/15/2008	4/14/2010
Pneumococal	7/24/2008	9/15/2008	4/14/2010
Polio (IPV)	6/26/2008	9/15/2008	4/14/2010
MMR
Chicken pox
HEP A
Influenza

With Aapi i did all on time...but Leeboo, i did the last one and it has been three weeks now and she is just barely recovering...

some interesting links Charlotte Mason related

here r some links from a blog that seem quite interesting for me to think about...
math
oratory
science related
read-aloud book list

links to various McGuffey's readers:
Eclectic series: Primer, Primer (google books), First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Spelling
New revised series: Primer, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Spelling

SPELLING BOOKS!: new Eclectic spelling book embracing a new progressive course of instruction in English orthography & orthoepy! then there is the eclectic spelling book; can't tell yet what the difference is...

it is soo confusing to make sense of what u should follow or not....omg! there is the eclectic series, then the new eclectic series, then the revised series. i don't know but this link may help...it's the history of McGuffey readers...throw in the alternate first reader!!!.

here is a manual for teachers...does it explain anything?? i don't know but i just wanted to get the link before i got lost...

grandfather's stories...seems quite cool.

here is something else...grammar...by the Grammatic Reader, No. I, No.II, 
the same author Edward Hazen has Speller and definer;

misc. links to mcguffey:
http://books.google.com/books?q=related:UOM39015005864247&id=nHNOcYY1VrYC&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1