I wanted to participate last week (well every week) but it really felt like absolutely nothing was done and therefore I couldn't really 'wrap-it-up', if ya know what I mean.
This week, although it has gone fast and we really haven't done much, I can wrap it up :)
Our week really starts on Sunday (even though I want it to start on Tuesday most of the time) so I will start there. We had a great Sunday school lesson. You can check out my reflection on that here. My daughter has been sitting in adult Sunday school for the past month or so instead of going to the 'funner' kids class. I think now that is really almost 14 she wants to be more grown up. Arg..that gives me mixed feelings! She is already saving for her first car and planning her living arrangements when she moves out...
Monday started out swell. My dear dear hubby has been getting up 30 minutes earlier to walk with me. I have planned to walk about 2 miles in 30 minutes but we aren't there yet. This was our second week of walking. The first week we walked 3 days because he tweaked his back on Wednesday night and wasn't able to do the walk on Thursday and Friday. As far as the kids and schooling goes, it was a day when just about everything got done and we felt proud of ourselves. It's interesting but I can't even tell you what they 'learned'; I just know they did!
Tuesday was Medieval Day(s) at our house. It was a lot of fun. There was a lot of work put into researching the time period by Lee, and some by Fox (but not so much...). She did all the work for the day (mostly, but I helped a wee bit). You can see how that went by reading my posts here and here. I so wanted to get pictures but no, no pictures- this time! Next time is Greek/Roman Day...and I will be ready!
Fox met a personal goal and was treated to a movie. The movie they picked was Furry Vengeance. I'm not sure I liked it much but the kids thought it hilarious. We picked it up from Red Box for the night.
Wednesday Fox started on his independent study of Military History. His choice. I have been scouring through books we have and books we can get (free if possible) for him to read for his study. I don't really know how that will work because he doesn't want to write about what he reads, he doesn't want to narrate what he reads- he just wants to read. For the most part that is what I am letting him do because he has a pretty full load otherwise.
Another thing about Wednesday is that Lee found a recipe to make a polymer clay (I think that is what it is called) so she has been designing and devising what she can make with this new found neat stuff.
Because the day went alright I decided to let the kids watch the movie again before it was due back.
Because the day went alright I decided to let the kids watch the movie again before it was due back.
Thursday ....I couldn't tell ya what went down...it's a blank in my mind lol. Fox is having some troubles with math. We are using Life of Fred and we all like it but...some of the basics he should know he does not...required a bit more time than usual and I am wondering whether I need to find some more resources for him. He does a lot of math games online (Math Moves U, mathgames.com, Math Arcade, etc) but perhaps he needs more of the dreaded worksheet type work.... shudder...
Anyway, on to Friday. We were a bit behind in our Foreign Language classes but it seems that we are constantly reviewing what we did last time so today I just said go for it. They did a quiz in Latin and both got 100%. Makes me feel a wee bit ashamed that I thought they weren't catching the lessons. Funny though sometimes I think Latin is the one subject we are doing the best with. Ah, Lee finished her PreAlgebra 1 with Biology book today...for the next few days she will be watching Math Tutor DVDs to 'catch up' on any concepts she may have trouble with when she begins her next book, Beginning Algebra.
Tonight Fox is having a friend spend the night, Lee is reading one of the four books she checked out from the library, I am working (ahem, really I am) on my paper for class, and dear hubby is watching a documentary. It's been a fast week and I'm surprised I remember any of it! I think I will start my What We Accomplished Today again on here so that I have it.
Head on over to Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers to link up to more Weekly Wrap-Ups. Have a great weekend!
Sounds like you had a really productive week. I'd love to see the recipe for the clay. It sounds like something that my daughter would really enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Heather, I will see if I can track them down and post them. She's tried two different recipes so far and there are a lot out there!
ReplyDeleteI like this, Blossom. What a great way to remember the week. Your blog background looks very inviting, too. :)
ReplyDeleteTrisha, I know- doesn't the beach sound like a great place to be? Since I am in the middle of the United States, with no beach for days, I thought it would be good to put it up on here. Makes me feel relaxed :)
ReplyDeletePLEASE post your specifics about Military History! My son would love it! I would love to actually start working on a curriculum that we could start the second half year of school, maybe January. Your ideas would be so awesome!
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