Chipette:
For some reason I didn’t take a lot of pictures of
Chipette’s work this week. She did finish her Apples and Pears Spelling Book A which means that she is finally up to grade level in spelling. Her being behind
was nobody’s fault, but mine since I couldn’t find a spelling program that was
what I wanted…until Apples and Pears.
We also finished our ballet unit study
(FINALLY!!!) this week. Her notebook turned out beautifully and as our last “project”
we made sugar plum cookies and watched Ballet
Shoes, starring Emma Watson, on DVD.
The sugar plum cookies were disgusting! Hands-down
one of the grossest things I’ve ever eaten. We made them, we tried them, we
threw them away!
Magpie:
Magpie started learning about King David this week
using Little Hands to Heaven by Heart of Dakota. She made a picture of David’s
sheep in the fields to show that David was actually a humble shepherd boy when
God chose him to be the next king of Israel.
Of course, we had to count the sheep by twos since
she just recently learned how to do that!
Together:
We started a new art program this week. It is
actually a drawing program by Mark Kistler. We tried out the free
Mini-Marshmallow Lesson on how to draw Ninja Eggs. I say “we” because I even
wanted to learn to draw along with the girls.
We really loved the lessons! Mark was quite
entertaining and we produced some pretty good drawings if I do say so myself.
We will definitely be purchasing a subscription to
his website in the future.
The girls still love our Math Mavens time. Basically
we use the Cuisenaire rods to discover and discuss math concepts. This week we had
an honorary member in our club…
Monkey woke up before we were finished so he
joined in our block party.
Finally, while the girls were on a break between
lessons, I caught them having some puzzle fun with Monkey. Chipette had Magpie
put the alphabet train puzzle in order, and then Monkey got to push the pieces
down.
Just one of the many reasons I can totally see
Chipette being an awesome pre-K teacher one day.
She’s good at delegating
authority and getting everyone involved.
Monkey:
This is what Monkey looks like most days spending
his time with three women all day. I think we stress him out!
And that’s what I felt like after my “realistic”week last week when he stressed me out!
Togetherness is terrific in the tree house,
Chelli
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