Well, I'm just not too good at getting on here EVERY day.  I don't really think I should try because some days are just "basic."  But I'll try to sum things up after a day or two or at the end of the week.  Wednesday and Thursday were, just like was mentioned, pretty basic.  We covered worksheets on Telling Time (which we completed) and Phonics.  Monday we'll move into Math-U-See Beta.  Joshua really enjoys that material, so I am looking forward to it. (Note to Teacher--Make a Decimal Street poster by Monday!!!)
    All week we discussed Vertebrates and Invertebrates.  We played animal charades and I tried to have Caleb and Joshua focus on playing out all different kinds of animals--not just the "normal" ones.  They did real well with it even doing some invertebrate animals (worm and fly and jellyfish).  We ended with a discussion today about what makes man different from other animals.  We discussed how God made us different and we read from the creation story in Genesis.  Joshua is also continuing with his memorization of the scripture from Romans 1:20, and doing very well.
    Now I'd like to talk a little in-depth about the Draw, Write, Now curriculum that I selected as our writing curriculum.  After two weeks I have discovered that this is really not a writing curriculum, but more an art curriculum.  And that is ok, but Joshua will need to do more writing in another area.  Draw, Write, Now is good, however, because I was not covering any art at all.  So this gives us a great opportunity to try to be creative with drawing.  I have even learned a few things.  But because the only writing that occurs is on Friday, we're not getting a whole lot of practice and Joshua needs lots of practice.  SO, I went ahead and ordered the Handwriting Without Tears workbook for grade one.  In it we are going to be doing a lot of copy work and practicing.  Especially on the lower case letters.  But we will continue to do the DWN material.  It has been fun and Joshua does get to do a little creative writing as well!

   We finished out the week drawing the pig, coloring it and writing a very simple story.  I get somewhat frustrated with Joshua as he draws and colors the subject, but I am learning to be restrained and not to go and erase things and require him to do it over.  This is his creation and I do not need to be too critical of it.  I have been able to remind myself to give him pointers about where to place the legs of the animal or the ear or how large to draw the snout, for instance.  And I try to remind him to think about proportions and size and about placement of different aspects of the picture.  When we colored, I encouraged him to color in one direction and use different amounts of pressure with the pencils in order to create different effects.  He did this very well and even decided the pig needed a shadow under him.  Very nice job!