Friday!

We finished Unit 9 in LHFHG and Bigger. D drew pictures for his history notebooking page for Ben Franklin (pic below). We need to work on his spacing.

He finished the book Science in Colonial America today. It was a good read!

I finally put together a rice box for C. She loved it and it kept her busy over an hour!!!! When K was done with her school she played for awhile, too!

K did a great job copying shapes on a grid for her Thinking Skills page. And for math we read the book All in One Hour. She showed the time every time it was mentioned in the story.

Sink & Float, Telling Time & Ben Franklin

K enjoyed doing her sink/float science experiment today. She wanted to continue playing in the water!

C was begging to do her "school" so I gave her a shape paper. She sat at the table on her own and colored BOTH sides. I'm amazed how well she colors already... Staying almost inside the lines.

K continued her work on telling time today. We read the book "Cluck O'CLOCK" which she thought was so funny. She sat with the little clock and showed the times as they were read throughout the book. When we were done our REAL clock showed 11:30 and she was able to read the time. She then showed the time to Daddy after dinner tonight.

She also read a story from The Reading Lesson to Daddy. She has been eager to read books in her room...which has encouraged her to work more in The Reading Lesson. :)

She did an activity about Naaman's healing with a Sharpie "sore" on Saran wrap with brown washable marker on top with oil. All washed off with soap & water but the sore. Jesus is the one who healed Naaman and not the water.

Drew has been reading about Ben Franklin in history & science. He is intrigued!

He is challenged with his math - long division in a good way. We have slowed down, but everyday he is gaining more confidence.

Outside of the house, the kids began homeschool PE which they thoroughly enjoy!

Silly Sentences

Both D&K wanted to sit at the table and do their work together this morning. I let them do their writing, thinking skills and math.

Then they spent time outside as it was so nice today!

Over lunch I read to them about St Patrick from a free St Patrick unit study from Knowledge Quest. D really enjoyed it ( and so did I).

We played a few games today including Sum Swamp (K's current favorite) and Silly Sentences. Both kids loved coming up with silly sentences...even C put pieces together asking me to read her sentences. :)

K worked through a Telling Time book for math today. She knows the hours!

Last week while on vacation, I went through what she needs to know for her Kindergarten year that we haven't covered in depth yet. Telling time was one of those things. Our library had an education pack I checked out that had several time books & manipulatives in it.

D had two pages left in his handwriting book. He surprised me by finishing both today! He had come a long way in his desire to write!!!! He bragged to Daddy tonight that he finished it!

He is getting frustrated with division so we are taking it slow...very slow. I am second-guessing math for both kiddos. Singapore may be shelved for a bit....

Spring Break!

I'm excited about our week!

Since we are having our family spring break this week, we're taking a break from HOD.

We played D's favorite math game today with our 1-9 dice. D was figuring out some 7, 8 & 9 multiplication facts. I love this game...he rolls & multiplies then colors the squares in his grid to match the answer. He will easily do 20 facts during the game and not complain once.

K had a sick day as she (and I) were up from 2-5 am this morning. :(. Hopefully she is on the mend!

We're going on a few "field trips" this week (as long as everyone stays well) that I'll share in a post at the end of the week. :)

Finishing up the week

Some days I forget to take pictures. :)  The past two days were two of those days.  Oops!

We finished Unit 8 for Bigger and LHFHG today!

We also managed a "field trip" to the dentist this morning (our six month cleanings).  :o)  D gets very anxious and I know it was of God that the character trait he studied this week with unit 8 was COURAGE!  His Bible verse went so well with talking through his "fears" of the dentist. 

Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.

 He put his faith/learning in action and was not super-fearful this morning!  He did a great job.  No tears through the cleaning!

D added "King Philip" and "Captain Benjamin Church" to his timeline today.  He enjoyed the history stories this week about both of these men (and I did, too!).

We put tape over his "wampum" belt he made earlier in the week so it could be glued to his notebook.  I'm not sure it will last more than a few months.  Note to those of you reading who will do this project in the future...use TONS of glue.  I'm not sure adding water the glue was really necessary?!?!  He journaled around the belt copying a sentence from the book explaining what wampum is.

We also read the story of Daniel today for D's Bible Study.  K was in the room when we did it so she was able to enjoy our discussion.  It always amazes me that there is NO SMELL of smoke on S, M and A when they came out of the fire.  AMAZING!  Our God is GREATER!!!!

Putting together Legos!!!  This is the greatest toy ever...and the new FRIENDS Legos for girls are great!  The girls are LOVING having fun-colored Legos with cute little accessories.  Below D is helping K and C put a few sets together. :)

K had her first sewing lesson yesterday- how to cut out a pattern and cut out the fabric pieces.  She sat with me while I began to sew the dress, but didn't stay the entire 20 minutes it took to complete it with the hemming & velcro in the back.  :o)  It turned out cute.  We have a jacket that matches to complete next...she wants to be able to use my machine, but I'm holding off.  I let her put her hands on my arms, but I don't want her tiny fingers near the needle yet.  And yes, I've looked at the kid sewing machines but the reviews are awful.  They break really fast.