Daily Report: Haircut Day

We had some more gorgeous weather! We still stayed focused, although it was tempting to go run outside and go visit some parks.

The Magic Tree House book has replaced our current book "Holes" for now. DJ really wants to stick to this series. I do enjoy the books, but they really don't offer him any kind of reading challenge. I guess for the love of reading, he wins.

Just as I thought the Snap Circuits offered them real enjoyment and lots of learning at the same time.

The Sun Game.

Learning the parts of the atom.

The Stamp Game

Roman Numerals

Endangered and Extinct animal research.

Body puzzle put together ready to be labeled.

An Overdue haircut. Dj wasn't the only one to get a haircut. Today I cut my dredlocks off that I have being growing for four years !!

Weekly Wrap Up

We had a very busy, fun, wholesome homeschooling week! Here are some more pictures of our week.
                                 Science

Ken and DJ were introduced to the parts of the brain.

DJ had some fun with play doh and learned the parts of the earth.

They both made a booklet about Seeds.

This work comes from Montessori Print Shop.

On Monday Ken planted radishes, carrots, and onions. Yesterday the radishes started to sprout.

DJ continued to work with his digging rock kit, and was able to excavate all the pieces so that he could play the game that goes along with it.

The game board.

The twelve game pieces were the objects to be excavated.

                          Language

I wrote about this pen earlier this week. I now call it a "magical" pen. They only stop using it when someone else is writing with it. They have done creative writing with it as well as copy work.

We only have two more chapters until Ken and I are finished reading " Walk Two Moons". I can't tell you enough how much we have enjoyed reading this book so many great roller coasters. In the picture above she completed a research work about Famous Mothers.

DJ did a lot of syllabication work with the dinosaur names as well as his favorite words that he would just randomly break down throughout the week.

                               Mathematics

DJ worked a lot with Roman Numerals from 1- 9 and then made a booklet of his work.

Working with geometric shapes.

Doing multiplication with the small bead frame.

Ken did a few chapters in Honey part of the Life of Fred series.

Ken also made a booklet of some geometric shapes.

                                    Extras

Ken made this craft of the Colors of Faith.

Ken also tried french knitting for the first time.

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Journals For The Reluctant Writer Or Researcher

We found these cool Smash Journals at Micheals Craft store. The kids fell in love with them instantly and came up with plenty of reasons why they needed these journals:) I am a sucker for anything that gets my gets excited about writing so I brought them.

It came with a nice pen that also has a end to use as a glue stick.

Scrapbookers would love the designs that are different on every page. My kids were delighted to see the pictures, and chose their journals according to the graphics on the page. The designs are different in every journal and it goes along with the color of the binding of the journal.

It also has pocket sleeves in the front and the back perfect for sneaking in photos for a journal prompt for the kids to write about. My kids specifically begged me to to buy these because of the different designs and wanted to have an assortment of paper right at their fingertips and in one place.

Ken decided to use her journal as a diary of a slave girls' life. She is using facts in her writing that she has found while reading the book LETTERS from a SLAVE GIRL by Mary E. Lyons. DJ is taking by Jack's (character in the Magic Treehouse books) research style and has been writing facts that he is finding about dinosaurs. Michelle is writing in her journal as I type this post.

We all had a coupon for 40% off (yes, we are that family) so each journal was about $8.00 not bad if they continue to write and use every piece of paper.