Aug. 22, 2008 - Week In Review
Week number four went fairly well the crying and whining did take a dive downward this week. It has been a hard adjustment getting back into a routine. Since they have been out of one since January pretty much. I was so sick with the pregnancy and then grieving over the loss of Isaac that most of their school from Jan.-June was student led learning or online and independent. They learned so much this past year and much of it went beyond academics.
Some of the things they learned: how to serve, how to care for their brother when mommy was throwing her guts up, how to take care of someone who is throwing their guts up, the older girls learned to cook more dishes independently, they learned how to trust God even when bad things happen, my two oldest learned how to comfort someone who is grieving. The have both grown so much through this hard time of our lives. I can not imagine how much harder it would have been without them by my side.
So the best part of the week was our mapping activity with Ancient Civilizations and the Bible. We learned so much about the Fertile Crescent. The vocabulary game we played yesterday was a big hit, too! Charades with the vocabulary words. Even my four year old son joined in on the fun.
I let the older girls pick their own spelling words from their reading this week. Well, my oldest daughter picked several sciencific names of lizards and as a result made a 60% on her test yesterday. I don't think she will do that again. This worked great with daughter number two though and she did exceptionally well on her test.
My second-grader had a great week, too. We have been reading Heidi outloud which she is loving!! Only three chapters left and she is ready to go to the library for another read aloud.
And lastly, I have started 100 Easy Lessons with my little guy. He is so different than the girls. He is very smart and learns fast only there is one small problem he won't sit still!!!
So thats our week in review. We are having a crazy fun time on this grand adventure of learning at home.
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