This week is going to be a lot of fun!  We are reading Ereth's Birthday, a book about a porcupine, who, while adventuring, is stalked by a fisher.  My boys adore this book (we've read it once before)!  This time however, we are going to be learning about porcupines and fishers while we read the book.  Today we read about porcupines in our DK Animal Encyclopedia and the next couple of days we will be using the Kids' Wildlife Book to find out more information, as well as doing some small activities.  We will use toothpicks (smooth vs. rough) to demonstrate how a porcupine's quill works when it enters its target.  Also, C. and G. are very interested in Native American's in history so we will learn how they felt about porcupines and how they used porcupine quills for decorating canoes, teepees and clothing.  C. & G. will then be able to paint toothpicks (their quills) and make a Native American design with them.  They'll love this!  We will also do some notebooking about porcupines for their Animal Notebooks and C. enjoys doing word searches so I made him one with words all about fishers and one based on words from the entire book, Ereth's Birthday. 

C. began his new math workbook today and did very well and mentioned twice how much he liked it.    Needless to say, I am very pleased indeed.  G. is almost done with his math workbooks (he alternates between two) and is looking forward to getting a new one of his own. 

C. began his new Draw-Write-Now book today, based on Native Americans and Pilgrims.  He is so excited and wanted to do more than one.  He chose a teepee to draw and design. 

For now I will close.  My family went downstairs to watch a movie on this cold, gray day and I will go snuggle under a blanket and join them.