READING
We read aloud Carry On Mr. Bowditch (loved it!)
Quinn has been reading The Ranger's Apprentice series and River of Danger
Evelyn has read The Cabin Faced West, Childhood of Martha Washington and she has been working on a new series call Adventure in the Northwoods
Leah loves to hear The Very Hungry Caterpillar over and over again. She also loves to "read" it to us. It is fun to hear her rendition. We are getting ready for a trip to The Butterfly Place soon so this is a perfect choice. Leah has also been picking up speed with phonics. She now has 13 letters that she knows very well. She is also showing a lot more interest now than she was in the beginning of the year. She frequently recognizes letters in print and points them out to everyone very excitedly. She is very good at constructing letters with whatever she has on hand from crackers to sticks etc...
Math
Quinn worked on the first fifteen lessons in Singapore 6A and I s now working through the first review. Mostly it is fractions and ratios.
Evelyn has finished lesson 39 and is working on review 4 in Singapore 2B.
Leah has been making a number book. She enjoys doing the various activities in the new Singapore Early Bird book. However I don't like the new version very much. She also really likes the Mathtacular video #1 and LeapFrog: Numbers Ahoy.
Science !!
Yes! You heard correctly we have started science again! The first half of the school year we did no formal science. And I was fine with that. We had a very science heavy year last year. Quinn took three science classes and Evelyn took 2. So I had no problem with the time off however my kids were looking forward to starting again. I was waiting for funds because I wanted to get something all inclusive. I HATE spending time hunting down all of the supplies. I would rather just buy the kit. I ended up going with Noeo Science. We have used them in the past and enjoyed it. I got Chemistry 1 for Evelyn and Chemistry 2 for Quinn. Quinn is basically on his own. I gave him the schedule and am checking his work. So far he has surprised me with his motivation even doing the writing without complaining. Although he does need to to work on using a few more words on his lab sheets.
Field Trips
We had a great day in Boston with friends.
It was a beautiful spring day and we ventured to Dover to visit the Children's Museum. Everyone had lots of fun.
This was such a unique show. the kids' eyes were glued to the stage.
Gunstock
We ended the ski season with a trip to Gunstock. Quinn had two friends spend the weekend and ski. They loved it. I am ready for spring now.
Art
We are working on making a large spring themed mural in our entryway. So far the kids painted some trees on brown craft paper and made some colorful birds using the painted paper we made. Yesterday we added a few flowers. We have lots more to add in the coming weeks.
