By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge
the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~Proverbs 24:3-4
• Aug. 28, 2009 - Week 3 of School
We just finished week 3!
In Adventures of Sea & Sky this week, we learned more about what it was like to be a sailor. We also learned about the Egyptians and Phoenician sailors.
The kids enjoyed watching me try to do the sailor dancing. They were laughing too hard to try it much themselves. Yes, Mei wanted to take pictures but since I was still in my nightgown, I refused!
This weekend I plan to pick up the dried beans to make the bean soup the sailors had to eat. We won't make hardtack since we made it back when we studied the pioneers in AS1. We enjoyed trying to remember all the various groups we have studied so far that ate hardtack - sailors, pilgrims, Civil War soldiers, pioneers, and probably escaping slaves. We also wondered how it compared to the elf bread in Lord of the Rings, but decided the elf bread probably tasted a whole lot better!
Mei looking up the signal flags for week 2 of her Captian's Log Notebook.
Mark working on his page;
Yes, we wear our PJs to school most every day. Just one of the many joys of homeschooling.
We just finished our first week of school. It went mostly well.
I made this nice assignment schedule for Mark and then both of us forgot to look at it each day. We left off some work.
We started learning about ships from our Adventures in Sea & Sky history class. I kind of forgot about having Mark do his extra work for this class, so we will need to fix that this week.
Mark did well with doing science on his own and enjoyed it too! He also jumped right back into Algebra rather than reviewing first. He is doing that more on his own this year.
Mei likes her new work and is as busy as ever being a third grader. She likes having science that is just her subject.
We mostly figured out the extras we will do this year. Mark will do Boy Scouts and Mei will do Girl Scouts. Mark will also do Odyssey of the Mind with some other homeshcool kids. He really likes it. Not sure what Mark will do during Girl Scouts. Another mom is trying to organize a class or something for the boys. He may need to spend that time on school work.
As for Paul, we officially moved him into the dorm at college. His classes start on Wednesday. So far it has not sunk in that he is gone. Seems like he is just away for awhile. Of course, he does plan to come home every weekend, so maybe we won't miss him too much! Via Facebook,I read that he found all his classrooms and visited the cafeteria to eat! Just what a mom wants to hear!
Mark - first day of school
Mei - first day of school
Why we love homeschooling!! Yes, we had real food before we had ice cream. The game is called SET. It was rated a top game by Mensa, so we are getting in a little critical thinking skills over lunch. We usually play some game at lunch. Our favorites are Skip-Bo, Phase 10, Uno, Set, and Blokus.
This past weekend we went to KY for dh's 30th high school reunion. That was fun. Kids got to spend time with Granny. Then it home for the night before rushing off to Paul's orientation for college. Now that we are orientated, I must do some tasks before heading off to a woman's conference this weekend. Taking my mom with me for a late mother's day & late birthday present.
Hubby is heading to the UK while I am at the conference. Then homeschool starts, take Paul to college, then Paul's Eagle ceremony, then parent's 50th party --- then maybe I can relax. Say, around Sept 20 or so.... Because I forgot to mention that at least 2 field trips are thrown in there for good measure - one of which I am organizing. But we do get to see original Picasso's!
Our favorite (and only close by) museum is opening a new dinosaur exhibit. This week they had special member's only preview hours, so we went on Friday. We spent most of the day outdoors looking at the animals, sailing boats, and eating lunch. After the pictures, be sure to read my bear story!
Run faster Mark! He is gaining on you!
We love visiting the butterfly house. This guy is on a pitcher plant, native to our state.
The ring-tailed lemurs were out and moving about.
Bring us our food! Mark is also showing us his new glasses. Found out this week that he needs them.
When we moved inside out of the sun and hot, the kids participated in a science lab about color change.
The museum has black bears. This one was up moving about and had recently taken a dip in the pond. The rest were in the back area snoozing in the shade.
So the black bear is native to our state and yes, some do live in our part of the state. Some times they get confused and wander into human areas. Like this summer. About 3 weeks ago, there were some sightings in north part of the city. One near the country club golf course and even one in the parking lot of the hospital. Then there was a report of a bear found dead on the highway about 15 miles west of here. Was he the bear spotted in our city?
Then 2 weeks ago, a bear visited the museum. Did he smell the captive females? Or maybe it was lunch (eerr - the animals) in the Farmyard? It was a Saturday afternoon around 1pm when he climbed the fence near the playground. Staff ran to the farmyard to lock up the goat, turkey, pig, etc. They also got all visitors inside. The bear wandered around for just a bit and then climbed over the fence and took off.
Where did he go? Is he still in the county somewhere? Probably... Better cover your trash and keep the dog inside...
Our most favorite restaurant is Chick-fil-A. Today was Customer Appreciation Day. If you dress like a cow, you get a free meal. So Mei and I downloaded the "costume starter kit" and became cows. We also had tails and spots on our backsides. Mei had a nose but took it off before the picture was taken.
We walked in and the employees all cheered and rang a cowbell. We said Mooooo and they let us have our choice off the meal, except for milkshakes. Love, love their chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In other news, Mark and James are at Boy Scout camp enjoying themselves. Paul is busy doing Paul things.
Run faster Mark! He is gaining on you!
We love visiting the butterfly house. This guy is on a pitcher plant, native to our state.
The ring-tailed lemurs were out and moving about.
Bring us our food! Mark is also showing us his new glasses. Found out this week that he needs them.
When we moved inside out of the sun and hot, the kids participated in a science lab about color change.
The museum has black bears. This one was up moving about and had recently taken a dip in the pond. The rest were in the back area snoozing in the shade.
