History/Geography -  We started learning about the early peoples of America, namely the Indians/Native Americans.  We are reading the second book in the Boxcar Children series, called Surprise Island and the children discover some Indian artifacts on a part of the island.  We also read "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola.  We talked about what a legend is and that the Indians were the first people in America and they didn't know our god and made up stories to explain the things they observed in nature, that nature was very important to them.

Literature - We continued to read poems from "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson for poetry.  We're still reading Surprise Island (2nd Boxcar Children book).

Reading - He read a couple Level 1 books from the library, but mostly found excuses not to read.  I have encouraged him to read on his own and a couple times I have heard him reading in his room.

Copywork - He is really resisting any of my attempts to encourange him to write, even his name.  He will get a composition/journal book at school which they start with each morning.  The left hand page is blank for drawing and the right hand page is lined for writing.  I hope that having his own book (and another adult encouraging him), will help.  My plan is to have him pick a family member each week to write a letter to mail, but I am postponing that a few weeks.

Science/Nature - We took a walk in the neighborhood. S ran ahead of me several times and I told him when he took a break  to wait for me to look closely at the ground and tell me if he saw anything interesting.  He found some yellow and red leaves on the ground that he said were "signs of fall".  He also saw a very tiny cricket.  I was proud of his observational skills.  Our painted lady caterpillars arrived in the mail and he observes them several times daily.  We also read a fun book called "Where in the Wild?" by David Schwartz.  It's a seek and find book of camouflaged creatures in the wild and contains poem clues to find each animal and an animal fact page behind the flap which reveals each animal.  This is a great living science book.  Also, our Painted Lady caterpillars arrived.  They grow so fast!

Math - Read "How Much is a Million" by David Schwartz.  Very good.