This week went much better as everyone was feeling better. Midge did have a staph infection on her foot and ended up having to go to the Dr. but it worked out and really didn't affect our day much at all.
In Language Arts Midge has been working for several weeks on making puppets to act out the stories she reads. This week she put a book in order and illustrated it herself. She is such an eager learner. Chiggie did well on her spelling test and got a new word list for next week. She reviewed letter writing and envelope addressing along with more work on grammar.
Tea had a very busy week in Language Arts. She too aced her spelling test. On Monday she made this timeline of her from birth to one. She really enjoyed this activity. She also completed the first story in her literature program and got to put it on her chart. She had really been anticipating this moment.
In Bible we began part 1 of lesson 3:What is God like? Chiggie has taken a new interest in the Chronicles of Narnia (an old obsession) and has decided she will read through the whole series. I have no doubt she will.
In typing Chiggie earned a certificate of touch typing keyboard completion. She is now working on speed. Her accuracy is already 100% so she strives to maintain that as well. Tea is still plugging away. She normally suffers mystery illnesses that recover immediately after typing time.
In math Midge is moving on to more difficult concepts and this pleases her. This week she started basic addition and clock reading. It makes her feel grown up and like she doing real math. Tea continues to blaze through in Math. She steadily moved through two lessons a day and one test this week. She masters concepts very quickly. She will most likely spend the first semester completing 1st grade math and the second semester completing 2nd grade math. Chiggie does exceptional but it is her least favorite. She continues to cement those all important math facts. Like Tea she seems to intuitively understand many concepts, the difference is she doesn't much like to show her work.
In science we wrapped up our study of the sun. We made a sun viewing box (it worked marginally okay) and the girls liked that. I wish I would've had a bigger box! They made sun wheels with facts about the sun and completed their mini-books as well. On Thursday we began studying Mercury. They love learning about actual planets. Midge sometimes mixes our subjects up though. I asked how they thought all of those craters ended up on Mercury and she piped in with an enthusiastic and confident "Squanto!" Hmmmm......
Speaking of Squanto, in history we sailed right through our Pilgrim study. The girls learned a lot and so did I. Chiggie loves reading historical fiction and even tried her hand at writing her own this week.
The older girls continue to love working in their history lap books. Chiggie also does a great deal of journaling. They are both perfectionists and sometimes that gets in the way of them feeling satisfied with what they have done. I just try to get them to see the bigger picture.
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