Week 6

In writing, Nathan felt inside bags and used adjectives to describe what he felt.  No weak words allowed!  

In chemistry, we started the Do-Wopp board which shows the placement of electrons in whatever element we're looking at.

For geography, Nathan made a clay to use the stamps we had made weeks ago and then baked the clay tablet.

Attempting math with Teddy's help.

It was a full week of active learning and we ended the week with school picture day!  It's hard to believe it's already been 6 weeks!!

 

Week 5

This week of school was only 3 days so Nathan got a nice break!  Brian and I took off for a fall trip to visit my nephew and his wife at their home.  It was a  really fun time together!  Back to school on Monday!

 

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.