Week #23

We had a very nice, little week of school. Everything seemed to flow this week, which makes this Mommy very happy.

Soccer Boy finished up "P" by painting a cute, little penguin. He humors me when it comes to art projects, but he doesn't find it very fun. This is just so different from my little Artsy Girl as she begs to do art each week. This is just one more great reason why we love homeschooling. I can tailor to each child's strengths and interests. We spent Thursday introducing the new letter "K" and will continue on with kangaroos next week.

Artsy Girl learned about Robert Fulton and his great contribution of the Steam Boat and submarine. We also learned about Mississippi and Indiana and the importance of traveling by the Mississippi River.
She also completed her 3rd grade Teaching Textbooks curriculum and moved right into 4th grade math. We also finished observing her Petri dishes that we started last week. She came to a major conclusion: hands.are.dirty! We grew lots and lots of colonies in the dishes with the hand swabs. Yuck! She came to realize jut how important soap is and why Mommy continually says, "Go wash your hands" at least 50 times a day. Nothing like a little bacteria colonization to show that I do "sometimes" know what I'm talking about.

Happenings of the past three weeks...

I have not posted in the last three weeks...shame on me! No excuses, just life.

Soccer Boy is moving along with his letters and sounds. He is now working on the letter "P". We have been studying all about penguins. We even practiced being Emperor Penguins by balancing an egg on our feet to show how hard they work to protect their babies and to keep them warm.

Artsy Girl has learned about Daniel Boone, Kentucky, our state of Tennessee, Ohio, the Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana, Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin.
We have spent the last couple of weeks using the Magic School Bus World of Germs as our Science study. We made a replica of a animal cell out of jello, grapes and beans. We have also put several specimens in our Petri dishes to test the growth of several different kinds of microbes. We will monitor the results this week.