A few Fridays Behind

Skipped a few weeks here, but we have been working hard. Josh and Grace are making great strides in reading. Grace spent a precious morning reading her Beginner's Bible to Josh outside on our first warm spring like day. She feels so grown up reading it to him, and he is listening HARD. Josh has mastered the long vowels and is really trying to keep up with his 15 month older sister. Last week at the hair salon he ticked Grace off by reading a few words on bottles before she did. He is a really good guesser. She is actually following the phonics rules and it takes a moment longer to decipher rather than guess. Grace has moved up to Abeka 1st grade math and is taking it all in stride. Joshua is ready for the K5 book. I think I need to place an order! Grace has spent the entire week so far making animals out of plastic cups. It is a very involoved process using strips of paper that have been colored painstakingly. We have about 8 so far with more promised by the artist. She actually allowed Josh to color one strip!

Camille has increased in speed on her math speed drills. The addition and subtraction facts facts are finally sticking. She is able to do a few sets of multiplication facts as well. I am thinking of ordering a Switched on Schoolhouse math unit to see how she does and to see if we like that curriculum. I am leaning in the direction of a computer based program for Ryan for next year.

We took an afternoon trip to a nearby small town to check it out. It was our impromptu "adventure". We went to Slocomb, AL, locally famous for it's tomatoes and a country-style buffet restaurant. The kids enjoyed the local flavor of the restaurant but got the biggest kick out of walking around the town. We went in a few shops and drove around to see the sights. We learned about tin ceilings. They had not noticed one before.

Everyone but Camille skipped coop this week as we were waiting for a delivery man.

Goals for next week....

Josh - find a real book that he can read.
Grace - move into harder math concepts, drill basic facts.
Ryan - will have a math week to catch up on what he has been ignoring.
Camille - prove that she has her add/sub facts down so we can move on, spelling review, and produce an excellent writing sample.

Me- patient and submissive heart, lose 2 pounds, exercise 5 days.