My dear friend at Blue-eyedblooms.blogspot.com has encouraged me to blog again, hopefully I can stick to it;) I thought it a great idea to keep track of our school year. Also, I should say, we have officially adopted our little boy since last posting...woo hoo!!!!!!
We start our school year in June since our summers are so hot and humid that I would rather keep my kids busy while they are indoors. Last school year I thought I would stretch the school year but we ended up finishing in March even with all the breaks we took. So, we are in our second week of school a d we are using Adventures in My Fathers World.
This was our 1st science experiment last week. Which egg would float? The one placed in regular water or salt water? Easy enough for 1st week of school;)
We are learning American history this year with a short overview of geography.
She also made a cake "all by myself!" Well, almost. I poured the oil (didn't want a mess of oil everywhere) and took it out of the oven. The cake project served a few purposes. In Bible, she was learning the important of names, going into the name of Jesus. So this was a 'name cake'. Also, it's math, science, reading and following directions AND it was our family's 2 year 'Gotcha Day' anniversary,the day our little boy came into our home and hearts!
And this is a sweet note exchange I found on my dry erase board between Dad and daughter..
And lastly from last week, a picture from her nature notebook. This Charlotte Mason approach encourages children to take a nature walk and observe the world around them.
Mind if I continue? This week, she has strep:( but we've managed to continue and she is feeling much better today.
She had to create wind to make the ships sail west toward the New World from Spain. We had fun!
To be continued!
