Week in review

Last week was a busy week, getting ready to be off for Spring Break.  We are behind in our schooling with our move but I have it worked out where we will finish school on June 17th and be off for 2 months, restarting a new year on August 17th. Our days aren't dictated by a schedule but more of a relaxed routine.  Cade has his schedule for the week and if we want to do something fun, he simply doubles up before or after.  Jenna's schooling is fitted in throughout the day.  Sometimes she's in the mood to do alot at once and then go play or sometimes she does a little and then wants to go do something else.  I'm okay with that.  Sometimes we even do school on the weekends.  Whatever works for her.

We can tell Spring is here.  This is what I saw on my walk/jog last week.

Aren't they the cutest things EVER???  We like to walk over and feed them.  They're so cute the way the chirp and run around to grab the bread.

We also head to different parks on Fridays to play with friends.

 

Sometimes we take breaks and play in front of our house.  It's just been too beautiful to stay indoors.

Cade is so good to play with them most of the time and of course, they love it!

Some of the Friday playdates include a round of HORSE or something with Mr. Brian.

 

Jenna has been asking to get her hair cut.  On a mom and Jenna outing we decided spur of the moment to do just that.

She's so beautiful, don't you think??

and then the final.  She loves it and so do I. It's still long enough to make a ponytail and braid. And she can brush it herself now.  She had problems when it was so long. 

One day we had a very very spur of the moment decision to go to the park in lieu of naps (we won't do that again!!)

And one snapshot of our sweet Maggie.

Her walks around the lake wear her out. :-)

I caught pink eye last week. How?  Who knows, but it's so contagious it could have been at a store.  The doctor said it was one of the worst cases she has ever seen, if not ever.  My eyes were so swollen-top and bottom. They are still not completely healed, but now they look like I have allergies, so not so bad.

 

Weekly Wrap-up #2 (MFW)

We just finished another week in My Father's World, and I'm happy to say I still LOVE it! This week we added in Handwriting, grammar, math, and read-alouds.

In Bible: We read in Genesis, Isaiah, Psalms, Luke, and Revelation. We also read in "Window on the World" learning a bit about Judaism. I really like this book because it explains these other religions and gives a small history.

Handwriting is simply copy work so I won't be talking about it. It is a 4-day per week program with the last day being the copying of a scripture verse. I check his work daily and circle the words, letters that are written the best.

In Grammar, we began with a pretest then worked in the book through the week. We are using Winston Grammar and WOW! We love it too!

In Math, we started Math-U-See. I cannot say enough good things about this program. Cade is in the Epsilon level-which is ALL about fractions. This program THE. BEST. EVER! (I will be starting Jenna at the Kinder level next year). On Mondays, we watch a dvd of the new material being taught. Cade and I both watch it and talk about it. The teacher is fabulous. He is teaching a class of young students and works on a whiteboard and uses manipulatives. Cade then works through the 1st worksheet using his own manipulatives. Each day he then did two worksheets and Thursday was a test for mastery. So he had his first test this week and he aced it! (Go Cade!) Have I said I hate fractions?? I do! I can even do fractions with this program. :)

In Geography, Cade finished his Maps and Globes book. He learned about
latitude, longitude, elevation, physical and political maps, and local maps.

In Science, He learned about Biomes around the world and began studying our World Atlas, and learned about oxygen and water cycles. He also started his Nature notebook (nature walk). It was so hot so he decided he wanted to draw an ant pile and the busy ants. He documents weather, location, etc. things like that.

Read Alouds: We started Kingdom Tales from My Father's World. The lesson I learned this week is that when it says "preview" before reading, it may not be appropriate for younger kids, they are NOT kidding. These stories are pretty intense, I will not being reading these aloud to Jenna and Cloee. There are a few questions at the end for discussion. The stories always link to Jesus and the Bible, which I love.

Cade working on Grids.

Working on Grammar

Read Aloud time is very relaxing.

Jenna working on her Letter of the Week stuff

Cloee likes to watch everyone, sometimes very closely.

Cloee working on stacking on her blanket. We are trying blanket training. She is at 5-10 minutes right now. This is simply staying on the blanket playing quietly while I work with Cade or Jenna.

Doing a good job!

Letter A

Coloring time

Quiet time reading while I work with Jenna

And let's not forget Maggie. She hangs with us in the classroom.

I've spent way too long on this post. Need to get back to the kiddos, they're getting very loud.

Blessings!