Week #8

Ciao!  We have had such a fun week!  After being off for two weeks, we feel nice and rested to begin again until we're off for Thanksgiving next month. 

It has been all about the letter H for Soccer Boy.  This was one of the letters he has struggled with recognizing, so we spent lots of time on this letter.  He loves the "Letter of the Week" program mixed with a little of the "K4" program by Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler.  It's nice that we can adapt it to fit our needs and increase our work as he catches on. We ended the week with a "House" to add to our ABC tree.

We are continuing to use the "Expedition Earth" program by Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler.  This is a really great program, that again we can adapt to fit our needs.  We're off to Italy this week with Artsy Girl!  One of my very favorite places.  Since this is somewhere I have visited, I had a little insight to add to our studies.  We spent the week learning the history and geography of Italy.  We also learned about the Italian culture/arts specifically Leonardo Da Vinci and Michaelangelo.  She was fascinated that so many of the great masterpieces that are so famous today came from these two Italians all the way back in the 1500's.  She even made her own adaptation of Da Vinci's "David" out of clay.  She also made a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which she says is "beautiful even though it's crooked". 

In Bible, we began our study about Moses.  In Math, she began adding 4 digit numbers.  In Language Arts, Grammar, & Spelling, we learned about using a thesaurus.  She wrote a story trying to use many descriptive words from her thesaurus. 

I think that about sums it up.  Next week we will begin our week long study on Rock & Minerals.