So, these two weeks are all about the letters F and G for Soccer Boy. We learned all about foxes, fish, firemen, gorillas, gumballs and goats. We counted, sorted, colored, cut, glued and finally made our own little fox for "F" and goat for "G" to add to our alphabet tree. We continued reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as he really loves this book and read about a day in the life of a fireman (especially fitting with the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11th this weekend).
Artsy Girl was off to Germany to explore the land of over 150 castles. We visited the amazing fairytale castle, Neuschwanstein Castle. We read extensively about the Holocaust and Artsy Girl read a biography about Anne Frank. We talked about what it would be like to go into hiding for two years and to ultimately be separated from our family. We also learned about Ludwig Van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach. We listened to some of their most famous musical pieces and read about their lives. Beethoven composed his most famous symphonies after he lost his hearing! She was surprised that she had heard all these musical compositions and didn't know who had written them. We completed the German craft of pressed flowers and put our flowers into a frame...very cute craft. We also learned about the German artist, Klee, and made a replica of his "The Golden Fish" painting. In Bible, we began learning about the story of Daniel which will continue into next week. In Math, she completed a math review of the things we have learned so far and did fantastic. She may complain about Math, but she is doing very well in it. In Science, we began learning about seeds. We looked at some various seed coverings (testas) from a sunflower, bean and coconut. We even planted a sunflower seed to watch the process of germination. In English/Grammar/Spelling, she completed the section on the writing process by writing a story about our trip to Magic Springs in Arkansas. Stay tuned next week, we are off to Russia!
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