We began our week with the last day of our co-op classes. It has been very fun for the kids. They've enjoyed making new friends and seeing them each week. It will be quite a few weeks before we start back.
David had music practice and Hannah spent time at her friend Rebecca's house. The kids had a birthday party that same day, so school work was pushed a little bit into the weekend. Darin pointed out how lucky Hannah was to get to go hang out with a friend in the middle of a school day. I think she does realize how nice the flexibility is.
Hannah is really enjoying the Life of Fred books. She finished up LU 804 in math this week. I will have her finish 805, but she'll be doing the LOF books for the rest of this school year. She is continuing her study of plants in her science. It was really neat to watch her trying to classify trees on a drive home this week. The plants are more interesting to her than the microbiology. Her favorite topic all year has been genetics. In grammar, she has been learning about noun clauses and how to diagram those as well as complex sentences. She did not have a literature selection because I'm trying to get her back on track with the Sonlight Literature matching up with her history. She has been studying the establishment of the country and government. She will be moving to next to the expansion of the country.
David definitely wants to switch to Bob Jones math. He's loved the pages I've given him. I want him to finish all the 2nd grade materials I have here, which is two light units in CLE, about 4 chapters in Bob Jones, and a Singapore book. Once he has finished all that, he can start Bob Jones Math 3. In his language arts, he is learning about possessive nouns. He's also started working on the slants to begin learning cursive. This should be interesting. I think his printing needs more practice, but when he really tries, he can do fairly well. He has a lot of writing to do each day, so I don't emphasize handwriting on everything. In history, he began studying about the early Native Americans.
David really enjoyed science this week. He was learning all about worms. He got to dig for worms at a neighbors house. He doesn't like getting dirty, but my friend's son sure does!
Later in the week, the boys got to observe the worms we found. The worms didn't always do what we expected, but it was very interesting.
