Our Week in Review - Week 41

We had quite a week.  I may have found a happy amount of work to accomplish each week.  I really like the limited amount of running this week!!  It was awesome!!!  Next week is going to be a challenge.  But we have two great field trips planned :)!!

Joey is working on a 4H project here.  He needed to make fruit kabobs.  Well of course he wouldn't eat them, but Lydia and I thought they were great!  Caty loved the watermelon, even though it wasn't as great as "in season".

Joey kept working on his Unit study about Knights and Castles from Journey though Learning.  These were some of the books he read this week.  And he caught me off guard...I again thought he was just skimming.  But he came out quoting some fact about knights, and I asked if it was in his lapbook?  He replies, Nope, it was in the Ms. Frizzle book.  Go figure, he was reading!!

Caty School is another post, but this week Caty and I read Moon Bear and we learned about the Moon Bears of Asia.  Here she is making her bear craft.  And yes, that is coffee grounds she is putting on her painted bear to give him texture.  She also learned some phases of the moon.

Oh my...this was a good salad.  Lydia and I were digging to find salad supplies (since I forgot to get "special" stuff).  We used a great organic leaf lettuce mix, with tomatoes, avocado, sliced grapes, diced chicken and lemon juice.  It was super yummy and so simple!!!

Lydia continued her study of the Earth, using the Earth Lapbook from Journey through Learning.  Here we watched the Brain Pop Jr. video on the Water cycle.  She also learned about Oceans this week.  Her geography terms this week included continental shelf, so everything sort of fell together.  It was nice.

In History, Lydia finished the first section of Ancient Egypt in Story of the World V.1.  She shocked me picking out this library book...on her own to read with me!!

I think she is enjoying her study of Ancient Egypt.  This week she made a sugar cube pyramid.

She used blue sprinkles for water...not sure why?!?

We also watched some videos on Ancient Egypt.  Someone put a lot of work into this blog and sharing all this info!!  I cannot thank them enough for all of it.  We are enjoying watching these clips.

I found these cute color by number books at the drug store  a couple weeks ago.  The girls and I sat and colored the other day just for fun.  I am working more with Caty on these skills.  I bought special triangle crayons because she is having such a hard time with her pencil/crayon grip.  She does at least 3 pages a week with me.

Hooked On Science.org issued a challenge to build with spaghetti and mini-marshmallows in honor of the new Veggie Tales movie.  So we accepted, and this is what happened.

We started out with it being rather large, but trying to brace the level with extra spaghetti.

 Yeah...it didn't go so well....

 Lydia really got into the marshmallows that I don't normally buy anymore.

We built on a smaller base, but still only got to 12 inches...Caty put the flag on just before I snapped the pics....and then it fell.

Right now Lydia is using Touch Point Math - Grade 2.  She finished her first module and almost done with her second.  (Watch for the upcoming review).  These flashcards are great because she is working on fact families.  The smile I got when the bulb went off, like I finally got it!  9 + 1 is 10 and 10 - 1 is 9...it was funny!

Joey is working on a drawing project from 4H.  Here he is learning to use a grid to do a drawing.

 The boys are almost finished with their Astronomy study from Journey through Learning.  This week they learned about Rockets and the Moon.  Here they are watching a Youtube video on the Phases of the Moon.  They were using white oil pastels to create their own Moon Phase chart.

Yet another 4H cooking project.  Joey is making granola bars.  I need to re-write all the recipes to make them allergen friendly.

 These did not stick together well for some reason...not sure, but they were super tasty!!!

Lydia made homemade model magic today.  It was fun and cheap.  Total cost for a HUGE batch was roughly $3.00.

This much would've probably cost us about $15.00 in the store to buy it.  She is using it for her Book Festival project.

Lydia got very creative with acrylics the other night and went crazy painting.  She used every brush and color I had.  She was using mat board for canvas....holy cow.  She painted and went through probably 12 mat boards.  She is copying this project from the Usborne project ideas book.

Joey's last 4H cooking project his week.  He made pizza pockets or calzones for lunch.  It was another re-written recipe.  We used Bob Red Mills Pizza crust mix.  Made homemade pizza sauce (since most jar sauces have soy in them), and DIYA vegan cheese.

 They were pretty good!!!

 To help with the boys final science lesson this week on Rockets, we made balloon rockets.  The girls had fun with this one too.

Lydia and I are trying Yoga together.  We found a YouTube video to get us started.  We are trying some videos from the library also to see what ones we like.  Then we'll buy some.  This has been fun.  Although, so far it hasn't helped my fibro any....but neither has this weather!

Brayden finished his History booklet this week, right now schedule.  He is still seeking bare minimum, so I am forcing in any learning I can.  Joey is also reading about Daniel Boone right now for Adventure club.  I have learned so much about Daniel Boone in the last few days.  I never...ever. knew this much in school.  Really frustrated about all the misinformation I was always told!  Today we watched a cartoon on Daniel Boone I got from Netflix...and surprisingly it was not full of lies.  Even Lydia came out in the living room and watched it too.

Lydia and Joey both had their first 4H meeting of the year this week.  Lydia loves Cloverbuds.  Joey was a bit bored that night because it was elections, and a lot of speeches to listen too.  But he made it through as I kept explaining him that these kids worked on those speeches and they want everyone to know what kind of job they will do.  

We had a roller coaster week like always, it's a good thing we all like to ride roller coasters.  Now it's on to our typical cleaning weekend, to make up for the lack of organization during the week.  

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Our week in Pictures - Week 37

This is what our week looked like.  It always seems like a lot, but it's definitely manageable.  I was so happy that we did finish everything on our list!!  Ok..not everything.  Joey will continue his Jacob and Esau study for another week, and since Caty was a bit under the weather this week she only did one art project instead of two.  Since she painted a snow storm with a toothbrush, she didn't do her "artist" re-creation this week.

Joey

Math - Comparing & rounding thousands

Grammar - Essentials in Writing - Simple Sentences

Science - The Plant World

Ohio History - Early Europeans in Ohio

Spelling

Bible - Jacob and Esau

Scholastic News - Learning about Rosa Parks

Adventure Club - George Washington

Handwriting - Handwriting without Tears cursive

Brayden

Math - Review topics from this month

Grammar - Essentials in Writing

Science - Start lesson on Bees

Scholastic News - Learning about Rosa Parks

Spelling

Bible - Lot

Social Studies - Harriet Tubman

Adventure Club - Finish George Washington Book

Reading Comp - Reading Bad Kitty and Reading Comp book

Lydia

Math - Starting Touch Math Grade 2 (watch for the upcoming review)

Science - Finish learning about Caniforms & Experiment from Hooked on Science

Spelling - AAS#1 & 2 (We are going very slowly with this.)

Reading - McGuffey reader

Phonics - A Beka Letters and Sounds

History - SOTW Book 1 CH 1 Earliest People

Bible Study - Creation of Man

Geography - Canyon and Cape

Art - Mark Rothko

Handwriting - I downloaded a new cursive writing app

Caty

Letter/Phonics - Hooked On Phonics PK (she will be starting this new this week)

Handwriting - Handwriting without Tears Wet/Dry app

Math - Practice Counting to 25, counting by 2s and writing numbers

Gym - playing catch with a very soft ball

Science - Shadows

Geography - What are maps?  Draw a large map of our house

Art - Dot Painting

Games - Frog Hop, Dora Uno and Puzzles

Speech therapy - Concentrating on the F and S sounds (playing with Go Fish speech cards)

Stories - Winter stories

Joey and Brayden started their section in Ohio History about Fur Trade in Ohio.  We also talked about the French and Indian War, and why this was a definite turning point in the colonists beginning to fight for their independence.   We watched most of Last of the Mohicans to go along with this study.

The boys got a little behind on their Scholastic Newsletter.  It seems a bit overwhelming for them.  I asked them to do question and answer sheets to go with these (that I created).  They do not like comprehension questions.  I may not do that again for a few weeks.  The boys also officially started a new grammar program (watch for the upcoming review), and they seem to like it so far.  Brayden finished his George Washington book, and Joey is almost done with his reading.

Lydia started Touch Math Grade 2 (watch for the upcoming review)..She has willingly spent hours, actually begging to do the software side of the program.  So watch for our upcoming review next month.  She also continued doing All About Spelling Level 1.  She did two lessons this week, and did a great job.  I actually didn't think we would make it through 1 & 2, but I want to take it slowly, but she really is picking up on hearing the different sounds in a word.  Problem is she doesn't remember this when she gets to a word she does not remember.  She just freaks out and asks for help.  Yep...reading is coming very slowly, but she has made great improvement!

Caty (watch for Caty School posts on Tuesdays), did pretty good this week.  I kept lessons short (roughly 15 minutes max) to help with her learning.  She is loving the Hooked on Phonics alphabet song!!  Hoping this is the program that "speaks" to her and says..."Please yes...continue reading with me...lol"  After all we have been through with Lydia, really hoping for an easier route with Caty!

We had so many little projects ..... Lydia learned a little this week about the European Pine Marten that lives in Belgium.  I learned that they are cute, yet nasty little critters that force people to wrap their cars at night sometimes in chicken wire to keep them from chewing on important car parts like brake lines!

Lydia actually begged to keep playing on her math software.

Joey had a game.

 Lydia and I were going through magazines for her Smash book/Scrapbook.  Yeah...we had a huge mess!

For History we learned about the Nomads.  She did Cave Art, which also happened to be our theme for Art Class this week..lol.

We also read The First Dog by Jan Brett.  Lydia has started Story of the World V. 1 again.  

 For our Artist Study, she learned about Mark Rothko.

Working on her math.

 Joey and I attempted to make a pumpkin custard the way GeorgeWashington loved.....Yeah, mommy was stupid and forgot to check on the pumpkin.  It was yummy, but burnt :(

Caty started her Hooked on Phonics program.  A lot of review for this time, but she really likes the DVD and songs.

Brayden working on his bees unit.

 Lydia being silly...she's reading her McGuffey Reader with a magnifying glass.

She attempted a Word Ladder worksheet.  She thought it was cool, but we are going to wait a couple more months before we do more.

 Lydia loves Mo Willems....this is a newer one at our library.  And of course we loved it....

 And then we made some homemade chocolate pudding to go with our reading.  Reading about all that pudding made us hungry!!

We had a cool week, I'll spend this afternoon making adjustments for next week.  So the boys don't feel overwhelmed.  That and planning our Fire House unit for Miss Caty next week.

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