Our virtue this week was self-control. This was a great one for our whole family to work on. I am really trying to get the boys to stop punching each other when someone makes them mad. It drives me crazy. I do not understand why they always have to be touching each other and punching each other. So, we talked a lot about self control and keeping our hands to ourselves. I am also working on not getting angry as quickly as I do. One of the negative things to staying home with your kids is that you are ALWAYS with them. Now, don't get me wrong, I love being home with the boys. But, when you are around anyone for too much time it is easier to get upset faster than you normally would. I am working on having self control when it comes to getting upset and yelling.
The boys have also started their "100 days of virtues" poster. When all of those little caterpillars turn into butterflies then they have mastered the virtue and we will be doing something very special. I did a terrible job paying attention to what they were doing well this past week and they only got one butterfly. I hate how we can focus on the negative so easily, but need to remind ourselves to look for the good behavior. Hoping to do better next week.
Grey is still being a champ at doing all his chores everyday without being told!
Theme of the Week: Five in a Row
The big boys finished up Another Celebrated Dancing Bear. Check out my post on all we did over the past two weeks reading this story. We had a lot of fun reading this book. I am so glad we decided to read it again. We loved learning about The Nutcracker and that is what we focused on the most. We read The Nutcracker and had to start watching a few different versions of the movie before we found one that wasn't too scary. I didn't realize how scary The Nutcracker actually was! We also enjoyed learning about Russia and baking a Russian treat.
Britton finished up Ask Mr. Bear this week and we had a great time learning about life on a farm. He also LOVED making and playing with his animal puppets all week. We were treated to puppet shows every day. He also learned about the life cycle of a plant.
Science
Greyson and Lincoln worked more on birds this week. We talked about what birds eat and where they would build their nests. The boys both had to choose a bird to do a little report on. They drew pictures and then had to present to us. They did a great job. We had a lot of fun learning about birds.
100 Book Challenge
We finished up the BFG by Roald Dahl. Such a fun book with so many great lessons. This is by far one the boy's favorite books that we have read. I highly recommend reading this with your kids.
Math, Reading, Writing & Art
Britton has been working on learning to tell time and beginning addition. I am very happy how well he has been doing. Lincoln has been working multiplication, Roman numerals, and money. Greyson has been working on coordinates, adding 5 digits, equations, and greater than/ less than in the millions. They are all doing great!
We have found Lincoln a new book series that he really likes. He is loving the Beast Quest books. I was worries after the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series that we may never find anything that he would like again, but he is loving these. He read three of them last week! (We will be needing to find another series soon!) Greyson is enjoying Encyclopedia Brown.
We did a really fun art project this week. The boys wrote their names out in glue and then covered it in salt. After that, they used water color paints and painted the glue. It was so fun to see the reaction to the paint and the salt. I love how they turned out!
Greyson have been moving right along in the Writing with Ease books and learning how to summarize a story. Britton pulled out an oldie but goodie this week. He was using his Leap Frog Scribble & Write to practice his writing. He has also been moving along in ABC Mouse.
Story of the World
This week we read about Hannibal and how he moved his army of elephants from Africa to Rome without being noticed. That is a pretty amazing feat. We read a book on Hannibal's life and learned why he was such a good leader.
Extracurricular Activities
This was just another crazy week in the lives of the boys. They made it to every event this week and have really been enjoying soccer & swimming. We did make it back to Clayworks this week and the boys made cards with clay figures on them. Britton made a cute elephant. They love this class.
Special Moments
I feel like I blinked and then the week was over. This week just flew by. I noticed I didn't take many pictures this week. We did have some great moments though. Lincoln got a new bike! He is so happy. I will have to get a picture for next week. The boys stopped to say by to the iguana at RIS. Even though we go to the school everyday, the boys still need to stop and see what the iguana is doing. (It is in the same spot every day!) We had an unbirthday party at the end of the week to wrap of Britton's book. We made a cake and the boys each got to open a small gift. The boys were really surprised! I also made my first (of many I am sure) loaf of pumpkin chocolate chip bread. Even though it never gets cold here, our weather does change a little. There is a cooler feeling to the air and it makes me feel like there is a little "fall" in the air. (in reality it is still in the 80's-90's!) So, that was week 6 of school. Time to start planning for the next week!
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