Week 18

 

Back to school this week! We had a busy week, getting right back into things. We had one last science activity about Venus before moving on to Earth. We learned how radar works to visualize what can’t be seen otherwise. It was very interesting! We also did an art project and watched a video on art from the Renaissance. Busy week! 

Christmas Break

 

We have had such a great break from school! We celebrated Christmas, New Years and Nathan’s 15th birthday!! I think all 3 of us will have a hard time getting back to school schedules but I’m sure we’ll adjust quickly!!

Week 17

This week we did an easy, festive art project. We finished up the Middle Ages in history and wrapped up the reading on Venus. The 2nd picture is Samuel coloring in our model of Venus, with Oliver watching closely. We finished our Christmas read aloud and our advent readings (early but we had to fit it in). It was a full week but we had a Christmas escape room activity on Friday to wrap up school before break. We’re now off for 2 weeks!

 

Week 16

This week was pretty much normal for us. We wrapped up our study of Mercury and started on Venus. We finished our art project and continued our other work. We’re focused on wrapping stuff up for break!!

 

Week 15

Back to school for 3 weeks!  We are focused on the upcoming Christmas break!  This week, we began an art project that has already challenged us a bit.  We'll see how it turns out next week.  We started our study of Mercury and continued our study of the Middle Ages.  We paused our read aloud to start a Christmas story about mice.  It's definitely for younger kids but it's fun to have a seasonal read aloud! Our writing is interesting because we are using pictures to create an outline for our paragraphs.  I think they enjoy being more creative.  We had a visit from our supervising teacher this week so we're done with all MHSAP duties until the new {calendar} year!

 

Week 14

We had 2 days of school this week so it was pretty easy. We reached a stopping point in our read aloud because we’re starting a Christmas book next week! The boys made grilled cheese and soup for their culinary lab under Brian’s supervision. We played Middle Ages bingo and did a turkey escape room for math so we had a fun break from the usual! Back to regular subjects Monday for 3 weeks until Christmas break!

 

Week 13

The boys wrapped up their art class this week so we celebrated with Cold Stone.  Neither one liked it that much so I guess we won't do that again!  Ha!

We also got the trees decorated this week!  Just the boys wanted to help but I'm glad for any help.  It's a big job!

We were unable to complete our science activity this week because it required sun.  We are moving on to the inner planets and worked on creating our own mnemonic to remember the names.  We also learned about life in the Middle Ages and they wrote a paper on spacesuits.  It was a productive week!