Our virtue this week was diligent. The boys practiced being diligent all week long and did an amazing job getting through our entire week of school work. We were even able to accomplish all of our lessons with a few more after school activities thrown into the mix. Hoping we can continue to be diligent next week as we will have after school activities everyday!
Sensory, Hooked on Phonics, ABC Mouse & Writing
Britton had a great time searching through a box of "bunny tails" to find the alphabet. His brothers even enjoyed this activity. It always makes me smile when the big boys want to help their little brother out. Greyson and Lincoln are working more on their Writing with Ease program. They are really focusing on summarizing short stories. Greyson has taken off with his writing and finally seems to be enjoying writing! Britton also worked on writing his alphabet this week. He also completed Level 1 of ABC Mouse and we all were excited for him to get his certificate.
Theme of the Week: Five in a Row
Britton read The Little Rabbit this week for his Before Five in a Row program. We had a great time reading this story together. We learned all about pets and how to take care of them. Check out my post on our time rowing this book.
Greyson and Lincoln read The Glorious Flight about the man who designed and flew the first plane across the English Channel. We learned about airplanes, inventors, France, and about the Wright Brothers. I did a separate post on this book too.
Science
Greyson and Lincoln were continuing to learn about light. We read about the color spectrum and talked about transparent, translucent & opaque. The boys made rainbows by shining light through a prism. They also finished up the chapter this week with the unit test. A's for both boys and a perfect paper for one of them. They did great! We also watched a Magic School Bus on the Color Spectrum. We also watch one of our favorites, They Might Be Giants: Roy G BIV.
Britton had a couple fun experiments this week. He tried blowing a balloon up with baking soda & vinegar, but our reaction was so strong that it blew the balloon right off the bottle. We thought it was pretty funny after our hearts stopped racing! He also watched ivory soap turn into a soap cloud in the microwave. This didn't work great for us as it is very difficult to find Ivory soap here. I found it at a market and who knows how old it actually was, but it didn't feel very new. Our cloud didn't grow to the size I was finding online, but we still thought it was fun.
100 Book Challenge
This week we are reading The Borrowers by Mary Norton.
Story of the World
This week we focused on North and South America, learning about the ancient Americans. Last week, we learned about the Inuit culture in our FIAR book, so this week we focused more on South America. We learned about the strange buildings and mounds that have been found in Peru. We watched a movie on Netflix about the Nazca Drawings. (That was really interesting.) We read the story Rabbit Shoots the Sun, a North American story about why rabbits are so timid. We also made tapioca pudding like the ancient South Americans used to make.
Extracurricular Activities
Back at Clayworks again this week. Greyson made a Jack Skeleton, Lincoln made a Captain America, and Britton worked on tints and shades again. They all had piano this week. Britton also had a fun little alphabet lesson with a friend. Next week, we start up full force again.
Special Moments
Ben left all three boys a note of encouragement this week. It was a great surprise for the boys and they all really appreciated finding them at breakfast. We also made semi-homemade toaster strudels this week. We had relay races this week to burn some energy for the very active boys. They had so much fun and I think I will be adding that into our week. Now on to week 4 of our school year!
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