For science this week we learned about electromagnetic waves and the things that encompasses. We watched a YouTube video about wireless radiation, and we also watched a YouTube video put on by Mark Rober discussing why the sky is blue. We learned a lot about solar wave lengths from him. We also started a new unit study that incorporates solar radiation as well and we learned that molecules move faster the warmer they are. We did an experiment and we learned about equilibrium as well.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna all practiced their musical instruments (both piano and their string instrument) every week day. They are all polishing off songs and starting on new ones. We are working on getting lessons going via online.
Adam, along with other family members, went on about a 3 mile hike along the mountains. We also got his bike tuned and he rode his bike a lot outside as well.
Elsie learned on Zoom how to change the background and how to show people in the meeting pictures and videos by sharing her screen. She also played on regular Minecraft and found a shipwreck and she is working on defending her house. Kimball learned how to share a screen on zoom. He learned how to convert a phone picture into a file on the computer. Anna played some games on the computer, which helped her mouse skills. She also learned about zoom by watching her siblings.
For math Elsie redid chapter 25 where she practiced changing mixed numbers into improper fractions and then multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting. She also looked over her story problems. Kimball did chapter 30 of his math book, Delta. He learned more about roman numerals and took the test. He did lots of story problems and review such as long division, conversion problems, , finding the average, finding the area, and creating fractions. Anna practiced reviewing her addition and subtraction facts and telling time. She also practiced counting by 3s. She learned what a parallelogram was, practiced subracting 2 from numbers, practiced subtracting from 11 and 12, and reviewed fact families, counting strategies, and how to tell apart coins. Adam learned about the shape octagon. He practiced adding and subtracting by 2s. He worked really hard at filling out a calendar he has with all of the months. He counted and wrote from 1 to 30 or 31 over several times. He is getting good at learning how many days each month has.
For language arts Elsie practiced spelling words that followed the open syllable vowel sound. She also read several poems and then wrote her own about nature. She corrected it and typed it up. She went over what an idiom is and other spelling rules. She read 2 chapters of The Little Princess and she added three more chapters to her dragon story. Kimball read a short story about George Washington (about 32 pages). He also read some from his reader (16 pages) and answered questions from it. He practiced spelling words, finished memorizing a poem, and went over spelling rules. He practiced writing about himself using transitional words and did some phonogram review. He had a fun time sharing his poem for "Poetry and a Picnic". Anna learned about the "or" and "oo" blend and practiced reading and writing them. She practiced memorizing a poem called "Singing-Time" and shared it in our "Poetry and a Picnic". She learned about the soft c and g sounds and practiced reading words with them. She also worked on spelling out some of her spelling words. She read a couple stories from her reader. One was about cleaning. She also read started reading a graphic novel called The City of Ember. Adam reread the mini book Mom and Dad. He reviewed the vowels and learned more about the alphabet. He practiced reading 3 letter words and learned about the "ck" blend. He also practiced sounding out words to spell them and practiced spelling some words.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Learning Log 31
For tech this week all the kids, Kimball, Elsie, Anna, and Adam, had meetings/play dates on Zoom. They learned how to navigate Zoom quite well: muting sound, adding recording, using whiteboards, how to chat, and how to end a meeting.
Their science teacher (me, haha) was sick this week and couldn't muster much else besides language arts and math and music lessons, oh and cooking from scratch and keeping everyone happy. Whew. There was a lot of discussion about Covid-19 and how germs spread. We all learned how to be extra careful: to wash hands, disinfect, and use social distancing. We also learned first hand about earthquakes, aftershocks, and more about the seismograph scale.
Although all music lessons were cancelled this week, everyone of the kids practiced piano and their string instrument every day. They did great. Kimball even played the piano for a special musical number for our family worship on Sunday. Elsie is working on a new song in piano, Happy Farmer, and is polishing up a different version of Long Long Ago on the violin. Anna is polishing up Long Long Ago on the violin and starting on Lightly Row on the piano.
Although Adam's wrestling is cancelled, he still had a fun time running around the yard and playing games with everyone. Our favorite game was Refugee that we played as a family. He lasted running around for several blocks before he got caught.
Adam did 4 lessons in his language arts book. He practiced sounding out 2 and 3 letter words as well as sounding out and spelling some of them too. He also read a mini book called Mom and Dad, and we reviewed what the vowels were. Kimball took a spelling test this week and is working on a new spelling list. He read several short stories and wrote down answers to questions about them. He also worked on homophones and learning the appropriate spelling for various words and situations. He read 10 pages in The Bulletproof George Washington. Elsie also took a spelling test, learned a spelling rule about open syllables, and learned to spell words with the "ti, ci, and si" blends. She learned about possessive nouns, verbs, and state of being nouns, and practiced editing. She worked really hard and beautifully traced North America on vellum and identified all the countries. Elsie learned the three things that make a sentence and learned how to identify them also. Elsie worked on her story, and wrote about 3 chapters in her dragon story. She wrote 1 chapter in her bear story also. She read about 20 pages of The Thing about Jelly Fish, and she read the first 2 chapters in The Little Princess. She also got together with her cousins on Zoom and discussed starting a book club.
Adam also did 4 lessons in math this week. He learned about growing patterns and how to recognize them in nature as well as numbers. He reviewed less than and greater than and adding and taking away the number one. He also learned about odd and even numbers and how to recognize them. Kimball started and finished chapter 29 (except for the test). He learned about fractions and what a numerator and denominator were. He also reviewed long division, finding the area of shapes, and Arabic numerals. He did some story problems as well. Elsie redid chapter 23, where she learned how to find the reciprocal and reviewed the rule of four when dividing fractions. She also worked on chapter 24 a little bit.
Their science teacher (me, haha) was sick this week and couldn't muster much else besides language arts and math and music lessons, oh and cooking from scratch and keeping everyone happy. Whew. There was a lot of discussion about Covid-19 and how germs spread. We all learned how to be extra careful: to wash hands, disinfect, and use social distancing. We also learned first hand about earthquakes, aftershocks, and more about the seismograph scale.
Although all music lessons were cancelled this week, everyone of the kids practiced piano and their string instrument every day. They did great. Kimball even played the piano for a special musical number for our family worship on Sunday. Elsie is working on a new song in piano, Happy Farmer, and is polishing up a different version of Long Long Ago on the violin. Anna is polishing up Long Long Ago on the violin and starting on Lightly Row on the piano.
Although Adam's wrestling is cancelled, he still had a fun time running around the yard and playing games with everyone. Our favorite game was Refugee that we played as a family. He lasted running around for several blocks before he got caught.
Adam did 4 lessons in his language arts book. He practiced sounding out 2 and 3 letter words as well as sounding out and spelling some of them too. He also read a mini book called Mom and Dad, and we reviewed what the vowels were. Kimball took a spelling test this week and is working on a new spelling list. He read several short stories and wrote down answers to questions about them. He also worked on homophones and learning the appropriate spelling for various words and situations. He read 10 pages in The Bulletproof George Washington. Elsie also took a spelling test, learned a spelling rule about open syllables, and learned to spell words with the "ti, ci, and si" blends. She learned about possessive nouns, verbs, and state of being nouns, and practiced editing. She worked really hard and beautifully traced North America on vellum and identified all the countries. Elsie learned the three things that make a sentence and learned how to identify them also. Elsie worked on her story, and wrote about 3 chapters in her dragon story. She wrote 1 chapter in her bear story also. She read about 20 pages of The Thing about Jelly Fish, and she read the first 2 chapters in The Little Princess. She also got together with her cousins on Zoom and discussed starting a book club.
Adam also did 4 lessons in math this week. He learned about growing patterns and how to recognize them in nature as well as numbers. He reviewed less than and greater than and adding and taking away the number one. He also learned about odd and even numbers and how to recognize them. Kimball started and finished chapter 29 (except for the test). He learned about fractions and what a numerator and denominator were. He also reviewed long division, finding the area of shapes, and Arabic numerals. He did some story problems as well. Elsie redid chapter 23, where she learned how to find the reciprocal and reviewed the rule of four when dividing fractions. She also worked on chapter 24 a little bit.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Learning log 30
For science we learned about potential and kinetic energy. The kids all build a frog hopper out of origami as well as a catapult out of popsicle sticks and we learned how to categorize and recognize the two different types of energy. We also learned about renewable and non-renewable energy. We all played a game on conserving energy. We continued to learn about Covid-19 as well.
The kids all went to their piano lessons and string lessons and they practiced their instruments. Elsie, Kimball, Anna, and Peter participated in a little recital for the piano, and they all did a lovely job. They are working hard on new songs now.
Adam was unable to go to wrestling practice, due to Covid-19, so he played hard outside instead. He played tag, such as infected and hide-and-seek.
For language arts Anna practiced reading and spelling out words and stories with the sh, ch, th, and ee sounds. We studied paintings by Hans Dahl and read some poetry. Anna memorized a poem about the days in the months and shared it at our poetry and tea. Anna read a bunch this week as well. She is enjoying reading the picture books. She read, among others, Sullwe and Big Sister and Little Sister. Kimball read about 20 pages from a reader from The Good and The Beautiful. He also wrote in his journal several times. Kimball learned what adjectives are as well as the difference between common and proper nouns. He worked on reading fluency as well as worked on polishing off his spelling words. He practiced differentiating various homophones and studied a couple paintings and wrote some sentences about them. Elsie learned how to spell out “oor” sounds in words and other spelling rules, such as with open syllables. She read several poems from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen and studied paintings by Edmund Adler. She also studied where many countries in Europe are located. She also read the Book Daddy Long Legs and went to her book club and discussed it. Adam is learning to read and write two letter words and read short sentences. He read a very short book and practiced word sounds.
The kids all went to their piano lessons and string lessons and they practiced their instruments. Elsie, Kimball, Anna, and Peter participated in a little recital for the piano, and they all did a lovely job. They are working hard on new songs now.
Adam was unable to go to wrestling practice, due to Covid-19, so he played hard outside instead. He played tag, such as infected and hide-and-seek.
For language arts Anna practiced reading and spelling out words and stories with the sh, ch, th, and ee sounds. We studied paintings by Hans Dahl and read some poetry. Anna memorized a poem about the days in the months and shared it at our poetry and tea. Anna read a bunch this week as well. She is enjoying reading the picture books. She read, among others, Sullwe and Big Sister and Little Sister. Kimball read about 20 pages from a reader from The Good and The Beautiful. He also wrote in his journal several times. Kimball learned what adjectives are as well as the difference between common and proper nouns. He worked on reading fluency as well as worked on polishing off his spelling words. He practiced differentiating various homophones and studied a couple paintings and wrote some sentences about them. Elsie learned how to spell out “oor” sounds in words and other spelling rules, such as with open syllables. She read several poems from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen and studied paintings by Edmund Adler. She also studied where many countries in Europe are located. She also read the Book Daddy Long Legs and went to her book club and discussed it. Adam is learning to read and write two letter words and read short sentences. He read a very short book and practiced word sounds.
For math Anna learned math skills and how to read a compass, how to
find and write coordinates, and how to find things on a map. She reviewed subtraction and addition facts
and worked on counting by 3s. She
learned about angles and how shapes have the same number of angles, sides and
vertices. Kimball almost finished
chapter 28, where he is learning to read and write roman numerals. He reviewed long division, where he divided 3
digit numbers into 6 digit numbers. He
also did some story problems and found the area of various shapes. For math Elsie learned to solve for the
unknown in simple multiplication equations.
The other review she did was all done incorrectly. She is working on redoing her math. Adam worked on finishing patterns and writing
out the date. He worked on adding and
subtracting one. He worked on counting
backwards from 20.
For Tech their dad showed Anna, Kimball and Elsie how an electrical circuit works. They hooked up a light switch to a batter and
a breaker and an on off switch. She
learned how to trip a breaker and how to complete a circuit. They talked about how fires are started and
safety precautions to take
Learning Log 29
For science this week the kids learned about the Law of Conservation of Energy. We did experiments where we watched energy transfer to one item to the next. We built a pendulum and watched it swing, we dropped a smaller ball on top of a bigger ball and watched it bounce higher, and we watched some rub goldbers online. We also learned much about Covid-19 and how it is infectious.
Adam went to wrestling Tuesday and Thursday and worked hard. His goal on Thursday was to sweat, which he did. He learned new wrestling moves as well. Elsie, Kimball, and Anna all went to their piano lessons and string lessons. They practiced really hard for their String Festival they participated in. They also have an upcoming piano recital they are practicing hard for as well.
Adam went to wrestling Tuesday and Thursday and worked hard. His goal on Thursday was to sweat, which he did. He learned new wrestling moves as well. Elsie, Kimball, and Anna all went to their piano lessons and string lessons. They practiced really hard for their String Festival they participated in. They also have an upcoming piano recital they are practicing hard for as well.
For Language Arts Anna started The Good and the Beautiful, reading and
spelling out words with consonant blends and long and short vowel sounds. Anna also worked on reading and sounding out
words with the silent e and the ar blend.
She read a ton of books! She says
about 20 beginner books. She is loving
to read! Anna listened to a book online
called Story of Pilgrims for Children.
She learned a lot and discussed at our family book club as we discussed
what we learned from our various readings about the pilgrims while we ate spudnuts. Kimball started memorizing a poem called
September by Edwina Fallis. He practiced
spelling words with qu, ar, and or. He
worked on using the correct homophone such as for/four and where/wear. Kimball also worked on a set of spelling
words that break regular spelling words.
He studies several paintings and wrote some sentences about them. He read about 50 pages about the pilgrims,
called Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Pumphrey and discussed with us
at our book club. Kimball also wrote
several entries in his journal. Elsie
learned about commas in a series, and about all the rules to the silent E, when
to double the letters s,f, and l,and how to apply them to her spelling. She learned that not all books are equal, and
read an essay about what makes a good book.
Then she started on a one paragraph essay on what SHE thought made a
good book. She read about 50 pages of
Argonauts of Faith, which is about the pilgrims, and then she discussed with us
at our book club as well. Adam reviewed
his letter sounds and started reading short, 2 letter words. He also practiced his handwriting and did
lots of handwriting workpages.
For Math Anna learned about parallel, intersecting, perpendicular,
horizontal, and vertical lines. She did
lots of math fact reviews, solving for the unknown and learning extra tricks to
solve addition math facts. She practiced
counting by 2s and 10s and reviewed telling time on a face clock. We discussed fact families and reviewed some
subtraction facts as well. Kimball did
half of chapter 28, where he learned how to read and write in Roman numerals. He also did some story problems and reviewed finding
the area of a triangle. Elsie did
chapter 23, but she did everything wrong.
She was learning how to find the reciprocal of fractions and using that
to divide. She also was turning mixed numbers
into improper fractions and dividing them.
She has a lot of work to do. Adam
learned how to read a calendar and practiced continuing patterns. He learned the equals and not-equal, and
greater than and less than signs. He
practiced reading and writing out number.
For Tech Kimball
finished electrifying his town. He used
red stones and trap doors. He also took
a picture and turned it in. Elsie has spent hours trying to put electricity to her town, and she is almost done with it. Her brother helped her find herself when she got lost in a porthole, which was exciting.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Learning Log 28
For science this week we reviewed the various definitions of different types of energy and had a fun time doing experiments each type: heat, sound, electric, light, mechanical, chemical, and magnetic. Some of the examples were we tied two cups together with string and listened to how sound travels, we blew up zip lock bags using vinegar and baking soda, and we made s'mores in our oven for heat energy. We had so much fun with the experiments. We also read several chapters from The Burgess Seashore Book for Children. We learned about lobsters, seals, and clams. The kids had a fun time starting on their own dioramas of the seashore.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna also practiced the piano and went to their piano lessons. They are getting ready for a recital. Anna will be playing Cuckoo, Kimball will be playing Little Playmates, and Elsie will be playing Short Story. They also went to their violin and cello lessons and they practiced. They are getting ready for a string festival to perform a piece in front of judges.
Kimball and Adam both went with their older brother to free-style wrestling practice. They had a lot of fun learning techniques and practicing on other kids their size. On Saturday they watched their brother compete in a wrestling tournament and also watched kids their age competing as well.
For tech this week Anna learned how to navigate the Well Educated Heart App to find her online book about pilgrims. She had to navigate through several menus to find it. Elsie and Kimball worked on Minecraft. Elsie made a portal and then got lost in the portal, and now she can't find her way back to her town. She is frustrated! Kimball learned how to navigate the computer and pull up a movie on the computer.
For math Elsie took the test for chapter 21 and finished chapter 22 and took the test. Chapter 21 was adding mixed numbers with different denominators, and chapter 22 was subtracting similar mixed numbers. Kimball did chapter 25 in MUS and continued to learn extra long division and took the test. He also did chapter 26 and took the test where he learned to find the volume of a cube. He reviewed long division and converting ounces into pounds and vice versa and pints into quarts into gallons. Anna did most of chapter 27, where she learned how to subtract by 7s. She also did several story problems and reviewed other subtraction facts. Adam continued to work on counting and writing to 100.
For Language Arts we had another poetry and tea with a couple other families. The kids reviewed poems they had memorized and listened to other friends recite their poems as well. I started reading I, Juan de Pareja aloud to the kids. Anna read several chapters in Hooked on Phonics and learned all the long vowel sounds with a silent e at the end of the word. She did several pages of her
handwriting. Kimball read about 20 pages of pilgrim stories from Massachusetts. He also copied sentences out of one of his favorite books and he also wrote in his journal. Elsie wrote 5 chapters in her story she is writing. One of those chapters was the last chapter to help her work towards a goal to finish her story. She read See Saw Girl and about 80 pages of Argonauts of Faith, which is a story about the pilgrims. Adam practiced sounding out letters and reading short words. He still has a hard time recognizing a few of his letters, so he is concentrating on those last few.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna also practiced the piano and went to their piano lessons. They are getting ready for a recital. Anna will be playing Cuckoo, Kimball will be playing Little Playmates, and Elsie will be playing Short Story. They also went to their violin and cello lessons and they practiced. They are getting ready for a string festival to perform a piece in front of judges.
Kimball and Adam both went with their older brother to free-style wrestling practice. They had a lot of fun learning techniques and practicing on other kids their size. On Saturday they watched their brother compete in a wrestling tournament and also watched kids their age competing as well.
For tech this week Anna learned how to navigate the Well Educated Heart App to find her online book about pilgrims. She had to navigate through several menus to find it. Elsie and Kimball worked on Minecraft. Elsie made a portal and then got lost in the portal, and now she can't find her way back to her town. She is frustrated! Kimball learned how to navigate the computer and pull up a movie on the computer.
For math Elsie took the test for chapter 21 and finished chapter 22 and took the test. Chapter 21 was adding mixed numbers with different denominators, and chapter 22 was subtracting similar mixed numbers. Kimball did chapter 25 in MUS and continued to learn extra long division and took the test. He also did chapter 26 and took the test where he learned to find the volume of a cube. He reviewed long division and converting ounces into pounds and vice versa and pints into quarts into gallons. Anna did most of chapter 27, where she learned how to subtract by 7s. She also did several story problems and reviewed other subtraction facts. Adam continued to work on counting and writing to 100.
For Language Arts we had another poetry and tea with a couple other families. The kids reviewed poems they had memorized and listened to other friends recite their poems as well. I started reading I, Juan de Pareja aloud to the kids. Anna read several chapters in Hooked on Phonics and learned all the long vowel sounds with a silent e at the end of the word. She did several pages of her
handwriting. Kimball read about 20 pages of pilgrim stories from Massachusetts. He also copied sentences out of one of his favorite books and he also wrote in his journal. Elsie wrote 5 chapters in her story she is writing. One of those chapters was the last chapter to help her work towards a goal to finish her story. She read See Saw Girl and about 80 pages of Argonauts of Faith, which is a story about the pilgrims. Adam practiced sounding out letters and reading short words. He still has a hard time recognizing a few of his letters, so he is concentrating on those last few.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Learning Log 27
Our family visited grandparents and cousins the first half of the week, and Kimball and Adam were sick the last half of the week, so our learning logs are less stellar this week.
We did go to a butterfly pavilion with extended family. We had a fun time watching the butterflies and learning at the different exhibits. There was a leaf-cutter aunt exhibit that was fascinating to watch. We saw their homes and learned they are built out of fungus they get that grows off of the leaves.
For Math this week Elsie finished chapter 21 (except she forgot to take the test) and did most of chapter 22. She is learning how to subtract mixed numbers with different denominators and also reviewed previous math facts. Kimball did chapter 24, where he divided a 3 digit number into 6 digit numbers. It was intense math that required a lot of focus. He also did some story problems. Anna and Adam did very minimal math. Adam counted to 100 and wrote out to 50. Anna finished chapter 26 and took the test. She reviewed her subtraction facts, solved for the unknown, and did some addition problems as well. She colored in a picture based on the addition answers she got.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna practiced their instruments 4 times during the week. Their piano teacher had a medical emergency and so they were unable to go to lessons, and their private lessons were cancelled due to the holiday on Monday for their string instruments. They did all go to their group lessons however and they played together and learned more of a square dance as well.
Kimball read lots this week. He finished the book Fortunately, the Milk and read the book The Show Must Go On as well. Elsie wrote a chapter in her dragon story. She also wrote in her journal and she wrote 2 letters to 2 different friends. Anna started in level three in hooked on phonics. She read some review words and learned the long a and long i with the silent e. She read a couple short stories and she read a chapter from a Little Bear book on her own. She also did several pages of handwriting.
For Minecraft this week Elsie and Kimball created the lemon battery. They learned about electricity. Anna watched her dad teach her how to download something from cd onto her MP3 player. She downloaded a suzuki cd so she can listen to her songs.
We did go to a butterfly pavilion with extended family. We had a fun time watching the butterflies and learning at the different exhibits. There was a leaf-cutter aunt exhibit that was fascinating to watch. We saw their homes and learned they are built out of fungus they get that grows off of the leaves.
For Math this week Elsie finished chapter 21 (except she forgot to take the test) and did most of chapter 22. She is learning how to subtract mixed numbers with different denominators and also reviewed previous math facts. Kimball did chapter 24, where he divided a 3 digit number into 6 digit numbers. It was intense math that required a lot of focus. He also did some story problems. Anna and Adam did very minimal math. Adam counted to 100 and wrote out to 50. Anna finished chapter 26 and took the test. She reviewed her subtraction facts, solved for the unknown, and did some addition problems as well. She colored in a picture based on the addition answers she got.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna practiced their instruments 4 times during the week. Their piano teacher had a medical emergency and so they were unable to go to lessons, and their private lessons were cancelled due to the holiday on Monday for their string instruments. They did all go to their group lessons however and they played together and learned more of a square dance as well.
Kimball read lots this week. He finished the book Fortunately, the Milk and read the book The Show Must Go On as well. Elsie wrote a chapter in her dragon story. She also wrote in her journal and she wrote 2 letters to 2 different friends. Anna started in level three in hooked on phonics. She read some review words and learned the long a and long i with the silent e. She read a couple short stories and she read a chapter from a Little Bear book on her own. She also did several pages of handwriting.
For Minecraft this week Elsie and Kimball created the lemon battery. They learned about electricity. Anna watched her dad teach her how to download something from cd onto her MP3 player. She downloaded a suzuki cd so she can listen to her songs.
Learning Log 26
Happy Late Valentine's Day. My kids had a great time celebrating the day. We went to the jump zone and had fun with a bunch of other homeschoolers. Adam had a fun time shooting hoops, jumping, and swinging off a rope. Kimball had a fun time doing flips, climbing their rock wall and playing dodge ball, and Anna and Elsie jumped and played with friends. Fun was had by all.
Afterwards we had a great poetry and tea at our home with friends. We decorated sugar cookies and shared poems. Elsie recited a poem in a fun accent called The Red Rose, Kimball memorized and recited a couple stanza's from All Things Beautiful, Anna memorized and recited The Lovable Child, and Adam memorized and recited a Valentine poem. Later that evening we went to an elderly neighbor's home and recited them our poems as well.
The kids also had a fun time reading that week. Kimball read about 60 pages of Fortunately, the Milk. He also did 2 journal entries and copied 3 stanzas from a poem. Adam read 2 more Dash into Reading Books. He focused on blending letters together and we played reading games where he practiced reading words and blending sounds. Anna finished the 2nd level of Hooked on Phonics level 2. She read some stories, and learned new sounds. She also read to herself several books and did 4 pages of handwriting.
For science we started a unit study about energy. We discussed and built models of atoms and molecules. We also discussed different types of energy there are and learned definitions and examples of each type. We also continued our study of the seaside creatures and learned about different species of crabs and watched short youtube videos on each of them. We had a fun time.
The kids practiced their musical instruments every day. Kimball, Elsie, and Anna each went to their piano lessons, their Bows and Bridges private and group lessons. They are all learning Oh Susanna on their violins and cello.
For math Elsie finished chapter 20 and took the test and did most of chapter 21. She is learned how to add mixed numbers with different denominators. She also reviewed multiplying nad dividing fractions. Kimball finished chapter 24, where he did lots of long division and multiplication. He worked very hard on being precise and keeping his place value. He also did lots of story problems. Anna started chapter 26 and did most of the chapter. She learned some more subtraction facts and reviewed her previous subtraction facts. She also did some story problems. Adam wrote and counted all the way to 100 and practiced counting by 10s. He is learning the patterns of numbers.
Minecraft Kimball built electricity for his town. He used red stone, levers, and trap doors. Elsie started on electricity for her town. She began by making redstone and putting it around some doors. Anna continued to learn how to navigate the internet and the computer by practicing cutting and pasting, exploring drop-down menus and saving her work into files.
Afterwards we had a great poetry and tea at our home with friends. We decorated sugar cookies and shared poems. Elsie recited a poem in a fun accent called The Red Rose, Kimball memorized and recited a couple stanza's from All Things Beautiful, Anna memorized and recited The Lovable Child, and Adam memorized and recited a Valentine poem. Later that evening we went to an elderly neighbor's home and recited them our poems as well.
The kids also had a fun time reading that week. Kimball read about 60 pages of Fortunately, the Milk. He also did 2 journal entries and copied 3 stanzas from a poem. Adam read 2 more Dash into Reading Books. He focused on blending letters together and we played reading games where he practiced reading words and blending sounds. Anna finished the 2nd level of Hooked on Phonics level 2. She read some stories, and learned new sounds. She also read to herself several books and did 4 pages of handwriting.
For science we started a unit study about energy. We discussed and built models of atoms and molecules. We also discussed different types of energy there are and learned definitions and examples of each type. We also continued our study of the seaside creatures and learned about different species of crabs and watched short youtube videos on each of them. We had a fun time.
The kids practiced their musical instruments every day. Kimball, Elsie, and Anna each went to their piano lessons, their Bows and Bridges private and group lessons. They are all learning Oh Susanna on their violins and cello.
For math Elsie finished chapter 20 and took the test and did most of chapter 21. She is learned how to add mixed numbers with different denominators. She also reviewed multiplying nad dividing fractions. Kimball finished chapter 24, where he did lots of long division and multiplication. He worked very hard on being precise and keeping his place value. He also did lots of story problems. Anna started chapter 26 and did most of the chapter. She learned some more subtraction facts and reviewed her previous subtraction facts. She also did some story problems. Adam wrote and counted all the way to 100 and practiced counting by 10s. He is learning the patterns of numbers.
Minecraft Kimball built electricity for his town. He used red stone, levers, and trap doors. Elsie started on electricity for her town. She began by making redstone and putting it around some doors. Anna continued to learn how to navigate the internet and the computer by practicing cutting and pasting, exploring drop-down menus and saving her work into files.
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