Week in Review XII and XIII

Ideas, ideas, and more ideas. The past couple of weeks have left me with so many ideas to ponder. Last week we immensely enjoyed a small break for Thanksgiving. We took three days off which were spent with the King, and we loved every minute of it. The two days that we did school were spent on reading, math facts, and holiday crafting. It was a lot of fun!

This week was back to the grind. In language arts Chiggie is still really liking her writing book. We are seeing progress already. I love the step by step approach. Tea is learning about comma placement and use of quotations. She is reading up a storm and almost finished with Nim's Island. Midge is still pounding away at her phonics. From the beginning of the year she has really progressed.

We are handling Bible a little different for the holiday season. We are focusing on the birth of Christ, music, and their church Christmas pageant. They are enjoying this and so am I.

Chiggie is working with division of decimals in math. Tea is adding 3 digit numbers, learning different measurements, and identifying more complex geometric shapes. Midge is adding with the number line and reading graphs. Things are smooth for now.

We began our study of the moon this week in science. We all love science. I think it's definitely a favorite!

In history we finished up our study of the discovery of the Mississippi River, Peter Stuyvesant and New Amsterdam, and some mapping.

I'm not entirely sure yet, but we have made the decision to go to a 4 day school week. We really need that extra day to schedule things that come up. There are a lot more of those than I had anticipated when we started. We will also probably move towards a more year aroundish type schedule. I'd like to take at least 8 weeks in the summer!