Week 20

 

Even though schools were out a couple days again this week, we stayed on course and had a full week of school. We started our digital art project, which is pretty challenging for me to teach because I'm not super familiar with the program.  We also finished the latest history book (there are about 10 in the series) and we did a pop up history figure activity to sum that up.  Otherwise, the boys are doing great with their writing now that we're using IEW.  Samuel will be wrapping up his math level this week (he's finishing last year's before moving on).  We're keeping busy!!

Week 19

 

This week of school ended up being shorter than planned. We were hit with two big snowstorms and then a blizzard warning and then wind chill warnings. Lots of winter weather and snow days! I always take the 1st snow day other schools get because it’s so exciting! They ended up with a lot of days off and I couldn’t let the kids have that much time but we did cut down on work. It was exciting and these winter months can be rough in the homeschooling world! Next week looks quieter so we should get plenty of work in then.  

Week 18

 

We started back at school on Wednesday!  We had a full day and jumped right back into all the things.  The picture is of the boys copying the KWO (key word outline) we were working on for Writing. On Friday, we skipped our language arts because we had an extra history project.  We did an escape room that centered on Valley Forge.  It was info that we had read in our new read aloud (which is about James Madison) and read in our history lesson so it should be engrained in us now.  It was a nice start to just have a little bit of work before we start back with a full week on Monday!

Christmas Break

Christmas break was full of presents, family activities and rest. Nathan also had his birthday!! We are preparing for back to school on Wednesday this upcoming week.

 

Week 17

 We had 2 days of school this week to finish things up for Christmas break! They had a science lab with Brian before they were free! On to enjoying the holidays !!

Week 16

Nathan said he wants pictures of his unenthused face in all his school pictures.  Haha!  Anyway, we had a science lab this week but I wasn’t able to take pictures of the process so this is a picture of the finished product.  It’s a soft robot grabber.  

The boys finished their art projects this week.  Wintery trees with a wintery background.

We had a very full load of work this week as we finish things for Christmas break.  2 more days of school to wrap up units and papers and books!!  Then, the boys will start their focus on a clean room for the holidays!  

Week 15

 

No school pictures this week but plenty of Christmas activity pictures! We finished our sugar cookies and had a fun night of Christmas lights. Poor Lily was diagnosed with pneumonia this week but she was a trooper. 

We had a short week of school, focusing on wrapping up things for the Christmas break. We also had a visit from our supervising teacher. The kids were off school for a long weekend at my parents’ house so I could finish up shopping and then have a full day of wrapping! One more full week of school so we should keep busy this week.