D's Bible verse this week is about being diligent and not lazy (Prov 12:24). We've had good discussions, especially as it relates to the responsibilities he's begun around the house. He's working on having a better attitude and being diligent to complete his responsibilities daily.
Below is the "ribbon" D made to go with his history story (that he really liked this week) about a boy who worked hard in his colonial school to receive it as a reward for behavior & studies for the week. The choice of color & design was all his doing. He wrote "Good Job" on the small circle.
Yesterday the kid's HWOT books came in the mail ~ finally! I had planned to start them in August, but D was just too excited about it and K is already making a lot of her letters on her own...so I let them begin yesterday.
You would have thought D received a HUGE box of LEGOS in the mail by the way he took the package and tore it open. He completed this ENTIRE practice page yesterday (it's suggested to do 1 line a day- ha!).
Today he completed this ENTIRE page of c's...I really like how they teach them simple cursive, nothing too fancy and all the letters are straight up/down, no slant which is great for a lefty like D!
I asked him why he enjoys cursive so much since he didn't have any complaints about writing an ENTIRE page of letters today. He told me it's because he doesn't have to lift his pencil - it's less work. Guess this means there won't be complaints about doing copywork once he learns all the cursive letters and begins doing his copywork in cursive in a few months?!?!Today K made letter "F" and did a great job! She liked the frog that went with it that told her to "jump" from the bottom to the top to make the two horizontal lines.
She finished Lesson 3 of The Reading Lesson today. Instead of asking to do her "reading" she asks to do "Giggle Bunny" each day. I love that she's so excited about it!!!D's poem for the week refers to bees and how hard they work. He drew a picture of a behive hanging on a tree surrounded by tiny yellow bees today. The big bee in the middle is big (he told me) because it's closer to our eyes than the tree/hive. He's drawing with perspective! There's a flower in the lower left corner, too.
We read about the rabbit/hare families today for science and learned what a Pika is...a member of the rabbit family. D was delighted that he could teach this to daddy at dinner tonight!
K happily colored tiny fruits/veggies that she cut out for her Finding the Answers paper today. 
She had to listen to short stories and figure out which food went with the clues in the story. Then she made up two stories about the 2 fruits/veggies that were left over. She did a nice job giving clues for her fruit/veggie stories.K chose 5 stuffed friends to help her make addition problems to 5 today. She had a little help from C (who took a short nap).
Speaking of C, I had to keep her busy while I worked with D and K, so she colored on a BIG piece of paper in the kitchen with her chunky triangle crayons. She soon decided it was more fun to peel the paper off the crayons than to color with them. Oh well...it kept her busy for 5 minutes.
She's saying, "Let me see!" Always begging to see the picture as soon as it's taken...
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