This week was full of more sickness and surprises. Peter developed a really nasty cough, and by the end of the week was sick and stuck in bed. Elsie decided to cut her hand with a paring knife and take a trip to the Instacare to get some stitches. She stayed on Tylenol for several days. Kimball found out he had a really bad cavity at the dentist that was creating a nasty infection in his gums. We got him on some antibiotics right away. It was an eventful week, and kept me on my toes. However, we learned all we could in the time we were given.
All the kids did some reading this week. Even Elsie, who complained about how hard it was to hold a book with her cut hand. Kimball read a bunch of How Science Works, and purused through about 50 pages. He said he learned about molecules, energy, and forces. He also read outloud to me from Dinotopia several times. He studied his spelling words and did 4 pages from his handwriting. Anna read to me another chapter from her First Steps book, called To the Store. She also read a Pinkalicious story to me. She did several pages of her handwriting worksheets and wrote sweet notes to people in the family in her special phonetic way. Elsie read about 40 pages from Little Britches. She also read from a set of books about the Westward Expansion titled "Loggers. She learned the different ways the loggers would move the logs. Sometimes they built canals and used existing rivers to send them down, they loaded them onto trains, or they rolled them downhill or on top of other logs. She also wrote several books for her Calico Critters. One was about a lonely dog that found a home with some wolves. After listening to me read outloud some from Marco Polo's book, we decided to watch Aladdin. Elsie wrote down predictions of what she versus her brother thought Aladdin would use his wishes on. Peter read about 100 pages of Phantom Tollbooth. He also wrote in his journal several times and worked on writing a couple different stories. One was a continuation of a story about a wolf, and then he started a new sci-fi story. He wrote about 100 words in each.
Peter learned a lot about numbers in his Pyramid Project class. He learned about the significance of 1., and that it is a magical proportion, foundall through creation, like human faces and bodies and the Fibonacci spiral. He said arcitects use the 1.6 proportion sometimes as well. He learned about the numbers 5,6,7, and 8 from a lecture about The Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe. He worked on his math and finished chapter 27 and took the test. He started on 28, learning to convert military time to standard time. He also reviewed finding the cubic area of cylinders, cones, and pyramids. Kimball worked on chapter 24 of his math, multiplying 2 digit numbers with regrouping. He also did some story problems and reviewed some conversion facts. He worked on his math facts by playing Timez Attack. Anna learned to add by 2s. She did several pages and reviewed adding 1s and did some story problems. She also worked on her new math facts by playing Timez Attack. Elsie finished her math chapter and took a test. She learned to find the cubic feet of cubes. She also reviewed long division and conversion facts.
We had a fun time acting out the rotation and revolution of the earth around the sun. We learned what makes a day and a year. We also learned a couple more constellations to add to our star book. Kimball told me all about what he learned in his Science book. He said that molecules get farther and farther apart when you go from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas. He also learned about Newton's cradle, and that for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction. However Newton's cradle doesn't last forever because each ball takes some of the momentum, and energy is lost through the friction. Kimball also told me he thought gravity took a little bit of energy from the momentum as well. Anna said she learned a lot going to the dentist, like how important it is to brush and floss to keep plaque and cavities away. She also learned about fluoride and how it makes teeth strong. She learned that X-rays take pictures of teeth to help the dentist. Peter went to his forensic science class and they worked some more on taking fingerprints.
As I mentioned before, I read a little bit out of Marco Polo to the children and they had a great time learning the geography and cultures of the different places he had been. Peter also watched CNN 10 every evening and learned about the current events. At his classes at the library, he participated in a cahoot about current events, and his timeline class.
The kids participated in music as much as they were able. Elsie went to her piano lessons, but between piano and violin lessons was when she decided to cut her hand. She was unable to practice the violin for the rest of the week, and practiced the piano with her right hand. She did go to choir on Friday though with Kimball and sang through all 7 songs they are learning. Because of Peter's cough, he was unable to go to choir, but still went to his piano and viola lessons and practiced the first several days. Kimball and Anna also went to their lessons and practiced as well. Anna is ready to move on from the twinkle songs in violin!
We also worked on our business class. Peter joined in with us. We learned about the importance of budgeting for a business. We learned it was important to start being responsible with our personal expenditures, and we watched a couple videos as well. We made a commitment to track our own income and expenses for the following week.
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