Our second week of school this year included some more fun activities. We are continuing an overview of the world in Exploring Countries and Cultures. Here, C made a paper doll chain and then drew each paper doll to be characteristic to a child from different countries.
Matthew has finished his handwriting review and is now reviewing reading short vowel words and learning the long vowel sounds. He memorizes a new Proverb each week. This is the first time he has had to write it down though. We are working ahead at his pace but now that we are into the third week in the teacher's manual, we are slowing back down to one lesson per day.
We usually do school when Leah is sleeping, but sometimes she joins us if we aren't finished yet or if her loud brothers wake her up. She loves to color like her brothers do. 
One of C's assignments was to make a "world cake". I let him make the whole cake on his own except for the oven part. He did a great job with measuring and following the instructions.
He also frosted the cakes himself. The cake on the top has the Eastern Hemisphere. The bottom one includes North and South America and Antarctica.
C is studying distance in math and has been coverting distance into meters, kilometers and centimeters, as well as yards, feet, and inches. He likes measuring things but doesn't care for the amount of calculations he has to do. As long as he gets it done, I guess he doesn't have to like it. He does get frustrated sometimes with how loud his brothers can be and that has been a challenge. He'd much rather do the map and art portions of his school work.
He's also going over a brief summary about different religions. This week we read about animism, budhism, islam, and judaism and how they differ from Christianity.
I think it is so cute how she lies on her tummy to color on the floor...just like her brothers.
One of C's assignments was to make a "world cake". I let him make the whole cake on his own except for the oven part. He did a great job with measuring and following the instructions.
He also frosted the cakes himself. The cake on the top has the Eastern Hemisphere. The bottom one includes North and South America and Antarctica.
C is studying distance in math and has been coverting distance into meters, kilometers and centimeters, as well as yards, feet, and inches. He likes measuring things but doesn't care for the amount of calculations he has to do. As long as he gets it done, I guess he doesn't have to like it. He does get frustrated sometimes with how loud his brothers can be and that has been a challenge. He'd much rather do the map and art portions of his school work.
He's also going over a brief summary about different religions. This week we read about animism, budhism, islam, and judaism and how they differ from Christianity.
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