Week 29

Nathan and I did some Easter activities this week because we're off for spring break next week.  I bought There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick on the iPad and he loved going through that book over and over.  

He put together a puzzle by counting:

We made the empty tomb (an angel is inside) after watching an Easter video.  Samuel also watched it and when he realized that Jesus died and then rose, he questioned whether Jesus was a zombie.  

Ha ha!

Finally, Nathan stamped an Easter bunny, added glitter and then a cotton-ball tail.  

Obviously, Nathan got a hair cut this week!  That's always big news.  

Brian took the kids to the library and Hunter asked the librarian for help in finding Minecraft books.  He was reading them out loud all day so it was pretty awesome!  

Samuel has the bottom All About Reading chart and Hunter has the top one.  It seems to be a thrill when they finish a lesson and get to add a sticker.  :)

We did some experiments blowing out a candle this week.

Lily got braces!!  

We took Friday off to do a boys' movie day because the girls did a movie last weekend.  We saw 'Home' and I think all the kids liked it.

Lily finally got her gift box in the mail--she was so excited!!

I just added this because the kids were having lunch and I said I would take  a picture and the kids were all ducking out of the way except my little ham.  :)

On Sunday, we split up for lunch and eating out is always a big deal.  :)  I had the younger two and we drove through Culver's so they could play Infinity while they ate.

Brian took the older two to a Chinese buffet and I think they enjoyed that a lot, too!  :)

Week 28

Nathan learned about 'X' this week!

The other kids learned about sailing and floating.  We made boats out of paper to try floating.  Samuel didn't want his boat photographed.  :)

We also drew boats.  Samuel didn't want his hung up so it's in the picture below this.  :)

Samuel did his schoolwork with Brian one day so it was more like night school.  :)

Hunter's Math test this week (he got 85%):

The boys got gift boxes this week so Lily is watching the mail for hers!!  Ha!  It's just a fun surprise I signed them up for.

The girls went to see Cinderella this weekend and the boys will be going to see Home next weekend.  We had a great time and Lily got to enjoy movie popcorn before her braces!!

Week 27

Nathan learned about the letter 'S' this week: snakes, stars and Samuel! :) 

Samuel continued reviewing the "ch, sh, th" sounds.

And he worked on money by using a menu:

Lily had her last homeschool classes so we celebrated with Red Lobster:

Here is her finished Hawaii lapbook:

The boys used pattern blocks for math one day:

In Konos, we talked about sheep. We watched a video of sheep being sheared but we all found that a little scarring. We practiced weaving and made sheep crafts to end the week.

Week 26

Nathan learned about 'R' this week but he had very little desire to actually DO anything.  Samuel made his R into a road:

He did explore his bin with mini robots in it:

Nathan did love playing with the rhyming box and we attempted a few rhymes.

Samuel continued his "ch, sh, th" work:

And he finished his Lego building:

In Konos, we talked about illusions and deceptions, including disguises and spies.  They tried out some face paint crayons:

The week went by too quickly for more pictures, I guess. :)

On Friday night, Lily and I went to a girls' conference:

She had a great time! :)

Week 25

Samuel is taking some time to really focus on the "ch, sh, th" sounds ("wh" was included but I'm not stressing that one).  I found some great printables for him to practice with:

My supervising teacher gave me the idea of Lego math for Samuel--right now we're just counting and then he gets to put the pieces together. I bought a new set just for this purpose so he's been super motivated for school.  :)

Nathan learned about 'G for Gumball' this week.  Another really motivated learner right here:  

We also worked on gross motor skills:

Finally, we did a "G for Germ" activity (from his curriculum) where I put lotion and glitter on his hands and then had him play with toys.  We then saw how the glitter got on the things he touched, just like germs.  We read a book that had pictures of bacteria and viruses under a microscope so that was of big interest to everyone.  

For Konos, we finished up our unit on royalty.  The kids created coat-of-arms:

Practiced some embroidery skills:

Created their own castles online:

Hunter and Lily picked one ruler and studied them.  They picked a picture and then dictated a paper on the ruler while I typed it.  Hunter chose Richard the Lionheart and Lily chose Marie-Antoinette.

Of course, the kids made crowns:

We also decorated our own tea set:

And had a tea party!

Saturday was the Blue and Gold Banquet where Hunter finished up Cub Scouts!!