Week of Aug. 9th - 13th

We had a great second week of school. The filing system has made things so easy. I'm so glad I did it. The kids have really done well getting back into doing school full time. We read Psalms 6-10 this week. In Who is God?, we learned 7 ways to build your life on the Rock, God. They are study and learn the Bible; know, think, and follow truth; care for your body and use it the right way; worship God faithfully and joyfully; pray to God always; stand against and resist Satan; put God first, not things or money.

Hannah read Peace Child, a missionary story. She is reading through Why Pray in her Sonlight Bible books. She will be reading every week in a Hakim US History volume. In science she learned about cell structure. We have a small microscope for her to use, but I'm hoping to ask a friend who has a better one if we might could borrow it or come over to use it. She did well with her math this week, and is learning quite a bit in her grammar and vocabulary class. She is working through The Fallacy Detective and is finding it challenging.

David learned about Noah's ark, including the size of the ark, and we did some map work to learn about where the ark probably came to rest. He learned subtraction with borrowing this week in math. He understood it very quickly. He made A's on both quizzes in math and language arts. He enjoys the critical thinking workbooks, especially the Perplexors logic puzzles. In our history study, he enjoyed a game online about the Vikings. He also read more about Christopher Columbus, did a map of his journeys, and a narration page about him. He learned about the Spanish explorers, too, including Ponce de Leon. We went to St. Augustine this summer, so it was good to study him. David is going to do the musical theater group our homeschool group is offering. The group is learning a patriotic program with lots of marching and other types of choreography. It should be interesting.

Both will have some additional subjects added in the next few weeks. I like to ease back into school and not hit it all at once. I will be adding poetry reading and art/music studies with both of them. I may have them both do some piano lessons with me as well. It would just be review for Hannah, but David hasn't done any. Hannah will add IEW's Student Writing Intensive. She will do about one lesson every other week. David will add science week after next. He will be doing REAL Science Odyssey Life Science. We are going to do some of the experiments with our neighbor. I think it will be fun.