Oct. 17, 2008
end of week 1 of MA
Posted in Homeschool
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It's been a busy week - and this weekend will be crazy. More on that in a minute. Monday we took the day off for Columbus day. Plus my dh had the day off. Makes no sense doing homeschool when he's home. Just doesn't happen. We finished our first week of MA today. It's been fun, kinda. We learned about Johnny Appleseed (real name John Chapman) which I think all 3 of us could agree that was very cool. He was like a missionary - spreading the Gospel and apple seeds. We was considering kinda strange since he was pretty much like a pauper and wore odd clothes for his time (and ours, come to think of it). But the people loved him - and tried to help both the Indians and settlers. Sad that he died of pneumonia. I wonder if there was anybody that helped him when he got sick? Today we also learned about John F. Kennedy. And Rabbit is truly rebelling against me, always going for those Democrats. lol I don't think JFK was such a terrible guy but it's kinda funny how Rabbit goes talking about wanting to vote for the Democratic party. Honestly, I vote for whoever I think is best for the job - Republican, Democrat or other... But she loves learning about the Presidents. The other day we did a Flower Detective of MA's state flower, the Mayflower. But when I did an "image search" on the computer for Mayflower, I got a bunch of pictures of the Mayflower boat, not actual flower. Rabbit, who hardly ever laughs about such things, burst out laughing! So that was cute. We figured it out though and they got their flower detective done. :-) Character Trait for this week: Persistence. One we could all work on! And boy did we struggle. And I'll stop procrastinating next week. lol  I'm so tired now. Sunday is Piglet's birthday party. She turns 8 on Monday. Where does the time go? Our theme is High School Musical, which is no surprise. So far, only one boy is coming but that's perfectly fine. Should be fun. We're mixing a basketball theme in with HSM since Piglet loves basketball and is fairly good at getting the ball in the basket, for her age or any age.. And since Monday Piglet has choir practice, we're bringing cupcakes for after for her group and anyone else.. Got lots to do this weekend and want to get to bed early. G'night and Happy Friday! |
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