Week 4

We were back at our studies this week but we also had our supervising teacher visit on Monday and a half day Friday.  We worked on our first map project and then made homemade stamps from dough that we are currently drying.  We'll be using them to make some cuneiform writing prints soon.  Nathan is also working on his first writing assignment, starting off with a paragraph about an object.  He chose a snowball--yay!!  We are winter fans. :)

 

Week 3

Unrelated to our school year but exciting news:  Lily started a new job!  This is her first day picture.  She is really kept busy at this new childcare center

This is the art project Nathan worked on during read aloud this week.  It's fun to see his answers!

We had Labor Day this week so another short week.  Otherwise, I feel like it's a pretty full schedule!

 

Week 2

This week was a pretty busy one for us!  We did some chemistry bingo to become more familiar with the abbreviations on the periodic table.  Nathan also had his first chemistry lab and it was testing unknown powders so I set it up because I had to put the powders in cups and make the testing solutions.  After that, though, it was a completely independent lab so that was weird!  Ha!  Sam bought a new kennel thing for the puppy, which has changed our life for the better!!  Nathan did some schoolwork inside it with Teddy a couple days. :)

Unfortunately, we had to take Friday off this week due to the unexpected loss of our sweet cat, Cinders.  She was the 1st family pet and the superior family pet.  We miss her so much. 😞

 

Nathan's Junior Year

 

A new school year is upon us!  Nathan was up and ready for the new year.  We had a busy first week of school and weren't able to get as much done as I had planned.  But it's early!  We'll get the schedule figured out  We played Abducktion (spelling is right for the name of the game) and ate out and spent time getting to know the curriculum we'll be using.  I'm excited for the year!

Last week of School!

We wrapped up our school year this week!  Every day we finished at least one subject so by the time Friday got here, we barely had work to do.  We played a game and watched the last episode of Lord of the Flies. I always give a gift for the 1st and last days of school so he enjoyed the fun summer treats and the cash!  Nathan is done with sophomore year and it is flying by!!  This summer is mostly a break for him but he does have online drivers ed coursework and then driving with us before his driving time with an instructor this fall.  

 

Week 36

We had a full week again and are so close to wrapping it all up.  We have been doing a quick skim of the human body lessons in Biology.  We also finished our read aloud.  Nathan reviewed Lord of the Flies as a 4 star read and I said I'd give it 1.  I'm not a fan but we are going to check out the new series on Netflix and see if we like it.  Nathan wrapped up his literature reading but will read one more piece next week! Nathan also joined us for some steps at the arboretum on a nice evening.  Nathan decided to climb a few trees while we were there. 

 

Week 35

Just Cinders sitting on Sam's work pile because we don't have any pictures from our school week!  We kept busy and on schedule to finish things up by the end of the school year. We did finish our Bible curriculum so that's one thing off our list these next 2 weeks!!