Jul. 2, 2008

Winter in Peru

For many of my friends especially those on homeschoolblooger you are all in the middle of Summer with heat, bugs, rain, growing gardens,etc. Down here in Peru we are in the middle of Winter. In our particular area it never gets really cold even if people here say otherwise. The days they say "It's COLD" I just think, "This isn't cold! Do they really know what cold is?" For us the weather just gets really dry and windy with cooler temps in the morning and evening sort of like Springtime or early Fall in North America. After all those months earlier this year with rain and all the green plants, it's strange to see the mountains all around us looking so brown and dusty. It's been quite a challenge to keep up with dirt blowing into the house every day. I wonder how many pounds of dirt I've swept up or wiped away these past few 3 years we've lived in this house? Since it's Winter that means the schools here are still in session until they have a break later in July for Peru's Independence Day. We continue with school here at home. Not necessarily because everyone else here is, but because it tends to work best for us to keep going and when their is a reason for a break we take it. I love homeschooling. Dane and Arel and I have been working through the Apologia Science book "Astronomy" on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is well written and enjoyable to read. The boys and I are really learning a lot! We are working our way through the planets and are in the middle of reading about Venus. We've already had some good discussions. Dane is finishing books lately. Done with Easy Grammar 4 and waiting for the next one to arrive in the mail. He is on his last few workbook pages for Math U See Epsilon. Arel also is in the last few lessons of his Math U See book too. Not that it's super important to be finishing books and starting new ones but it is a good feeling after putting so much work into it to finish and be able to get into what comes next. Well, I'm almost done with my tea, so I think it's time for some History! We have some very creative Lego/Math U See manipulative blocks building going on...that could end up being part of our morning.

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Jul. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by sonoranstamper

Hello. Your name caught my attention so I thought I'd drop and and say hello. We just finished the Astronomy a few months ago and even my 13 yr old loved it. Don't you just love homeschooling?! We are going to do the gen science for him and the marine creatures on the 5th day for my 10yr old. I love it!! It was great peeking into your 'life'. Thanks for sharing! Robyn

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