A week of “vacation” around here… which, as most of you homeschooling families know, does not mean there was no learning taking place. I just decided not to pull out anything formally academic and instead revel in the social opportunities this week.
If you’re interested, you can find my summary of the week’s learning notes behind the cut.
Math
- Math-U-See Gamma - firmed up his x5 facts, finishing Lesson 6
- played several games of Yahtzee as well as Card Caper
- talked about fractions, measuring cups, doubling and halving as he helped me make a few dishes for Thanksgiving
History
- studied the history of Thanksgiving; read from our collection of picture books and a few online sources (National Geographic, among others) about the Pilgrims and Native Americans in 1623, as well as about the creation of Thanksgiving as a holiday
- listened to SOTW1 cd 3 - The Phoenicians, etc. - on the way to & from Heather’s house on Wednesday
Fitness & Health
- practiced his white belt katas daily
- went to karate on Tuesday afternoon
Social
- visited Leigh’s family on Monday; enjoyed catching up with them, playing pretend “Link” games, and making Muffin Tin Monday together
- visited Heather’s family on Wednesday; played with all the kids but mostly enjoyed playing Spore with Ethan
- visited Aunt T, Uncle M and Cousin C on Thursday; watched a movie and played computer games with Uncle M, played Apples to Apples with everyone
- went shopping on Black Friday; talked about what “black” Friday means, why the crowds are so big, what we want to get certain friends and family for Christmas
- went out to dinner with Aunt R and Uncle J on Saturday night; talked Uncle J’s ear off about Marvel video game
Reading
- JediBoy read lots of books again this week, mostly Thanksgiving books and readers in his playroom; he read MTH Deep Dark Sea at least once a day and consistently laughed out loud and read aloud the passage, “Don’t panic!” said Jack, panicking.; he also read two Junie B. Jones books and Flat Stanley after Aunt R gave us a bag of books Saturday night
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