In my life this week...
We celebrated Preston's 7th birthday this week, and had his party on Tuesday evening. So much fun! We also had a cub scout meeting on Monday and AWANA on Wednesday. Friday evening we had an open-house type event for my Usborne business... trying to do some last minute Christmas sales. Then some of the Power FM crew came over and hung out. We had a blast, the kids really enjoyed having them over and getting to perform and do "tricks" for them all evening, oh man. I miss those people!!! Callen and I have been under the weather... coughing our heads off. =(
Michael put up our outdoor Christmas decor on Friday and Saturday and we also went out to Canton and got our Christmas tree! We walked around, prepared to chop down our own tree but were really disappointed in the selection this year. Couldn't find a good one that was the size we wanted, so we had to get one that they had all ready to go... a blue spruce. It's pretty! We haven't decorated it yet, but did some indoor decoration as well today. Woo hoo! And on Monday (my birthday!), there's a slight chance of snow... we'll see!!!
Michael put up our outdoor Christmas decor on Friday and Saturday and we also went out to Canton and got our Christmas tree! We walked around, prepared to chop down our own tree but were really disappointed in the selection this year. Couldn't find a good one that was the size we wanted, so we had to get one that they had all ready to go... a blue spruce. It's pretty! We haven't decorated it yet, but did some indoor decoration as well today. Woo hoo! And on Monday (my birthday!), there's a slight chance of snow... we'll see!!!
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| Got our Christmas cards mailed! |
In our Homeschool this week...
Tot School: We continued the 1plus1plus1equals1.net "Tot School" printables this week with letter "M" for Mouse! We read a lot of fun mouse-themed books: Mouse's First Day of School, As Quiet as a Mouse, Whose Mouse Are You?, Mousekin's Thanksgiving, Cat & Mouse and Louie & Dan are Friends.
Bible: This week's name of Jesus was Lamb of God. Preston's memory verse is John 1:29 and we looked up verses in The Discoverer's Bible that talked Jesus being a lamb.
Tot School: We continued the 1plus1plus1equals1.net "Tot School" printables this week with letter "M" for Mouse! We read a lot of fun mouse-themed books: Mouse's First Day of School, As Quiet as a Mouse, Whose Mouse Are You?, Mousekin's Thanksgiving, Cat & Mouse and Louie & Dan are Friends.
Bible: This week's name of Jesus was Lamb of God. Preston's memory verse is John 1:29 and we looked up verses in The Discoverer's Bible that talked Jesus being a lamb.
Reading/Writing: We continued Spelling by Sound & Structure, doing our Chapter 18 review. Not sure if he wasn't focused enough, but both tests we did this week didn't go so well. Continued with lesson 37-39 in Primary Language Lessons. We continued our read-aloud, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We have been reading a ton of Christmas books as well to go along with our Advent/Christmas countdown. Preston read his little brother a night-night story the other night, and it was so sweet!
History:
This week Preston learned about Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. We read from our Story of the U.S. and a biography of Eli Whitney. We studied about the state of Tennessee and read Daniel's Duck and Casey Jones.
Math: Preston continued Part B of Math Mammoth, Second Grade. Working on hundreds and skip counting by different numbers, using addition and subtraction. He is zipping right through this stuff.
Science: This week's theme was living things... what makes them different. We read four pages of First Encyclopedia of Science on living things and cells. We created a cell model out of Jell-o and fruit chewies. And we have an experiment going about growing bacteria. Do NOT drink the milk we have stored in our cabinet... eww!!!
Music/Art: Started learning a new patriotic song called "There are Many Flags." We also continued our World's Greatest Artists, Vol 1 unit study, and our first artist is Leonardo Da Vinci. We read a couple more biography books on him (Neo Leo, Leonardo and The Mona Lisa Caper), and looked at a bunch of his art online. Preston and Callen also colored printed out sheets of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. I thought Preston did a really good job coloring in the Last Supper, especially since he doesn't really like to color all that much.
Spanish: Continued with the next episode of Salsa. Reviewed body parts via La Clase Divertida, Lesson 7. We reviewed words having to do with "La Ropa" in our First Thousand Words in Spanish.
We are using Adventures in My Father's World. See our curriculum here.
[This post contains affiliate links for Usborne Books & More and Amazon.com. By clicking on those links and purchasing items, you are helping me continue to be a SAHM so that I can focus on homeschooling my children! Thank you!]
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| Getting along! Yay! Haha. |
This week Preston learned about Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. We read from our Story of the U.S. and a biography of Eli Whitney. We studied about the state of Tennessee and read Daniel's Duck and Casey Jones.
Math: Preston continued Part B of Math Mammoth, Second Grade. Working on hundreds and skip counting by different numbers, using addition and subtraction. He is zipping right through this stuff.
Science: This week's theme was living things... what makes them different. We read four pages of First Encyclopedia of Science on living things and cells. We created a cell model out of Jell-o and fruit chewies. And we have an experiment going about growing bacteria. Do NOT drink the milk we have stored in our cabinet... eww!!!
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| Cell membrane, nucleus and organelles! Yum! |
Music/Art: Started learning a new patriotic song called "There are Many Flags." We also continued our World's Greatest Artists, Vol 1 unit study, and our first artist is Leonardo Da Vinci. We read a couple more biography books on him (Neo Leo, Leonardo and The Mona Lisa Caper), and looked at a bunch of his art online. Preston and Callen also colored printed out sheets of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. I thought Preston did a really good job coloring in the Last Supper, especially since he doesn't really like to color all that much.
Spanish: Continued with the next episode of Salsa. Reviewed body parts via La Clase Divertida, Lesson 7. We reviewed words having to do with "La Ropa" in our First Thousand Words in Spanish.
We are using Adventures in My Father's World. See our curriculum here.
[This post contains affiliate links for Usborne Books & More and Amazon.com. By clicking on those links and purchasing items, you are helping me continue to be a SAHM so that I can focus on homeschooling my children! Thank you!]
1 comment:
Sounds good! I'm looking forward to seeing Preston's Last Supper picture and other school and art work. :)
I can sympathize. It's a challenge to concentrate some days when there are seasonal distractions or you're not feeling very well.
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