Hi, friends! Can you believe Christmas is tomorrow? How fast that came up! I hope you all have a wonderful time spending time with your loved ones this week, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. Merry Christmas :)
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Bible:
Wednesday (12/16): We read the first part of Chapter 15 in
Believe Storybook, about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3.
Monday (12/21): The boys and I wrapped up Chapter 15 in
Believe Storybook, and learned about
Stephen's Story in Acts 6:8-7:60.
Math:
Tuesday (12/15): My Dad was in town this week, so we had fun playing some math games. Today, was
Sorry! The Spiderman 3 Edition.
Wednesday (12/16): Today, we played
Sorry! The Spiderman 3 Edition again.
Thursday (12/17): B did some math family equations for the number 1 today in his workbook, and G worked on figuring out what number came in between in number sequence, and which number was greater. My Dad had a job interview while down here, so we drove him and waited for him in the car, and did homeschool. The boys also had fun playing with
tangram puzzles.
Tuesday (12/22): G did Lesson 9 in
ABCmouse called
Math: 8 and More, and B worked on his lesson in
ABCmouse called
Mmmm...Pizza! and did some math family equations for the number 2.
Wednesday (12/23): We did our favorite kind of math today: Baking Christmas Cookies :)
History:
Wednesday (12/16): We played
Great States Junior today and learned how to match and identify states to their iconic landmarks or textiles, color, shape, and letter.
Friday (12/18): Today, we played
Catan: Family Edition, and set up towns and settlements, and tried to win the game by getting the most points by the textiles each player received.
Monday (12/21): We looked at maps today of states where coal is produced, from our science lesson.
Wednesday (12/23): The boys and I read
Jingle Bells and learned about how other countries celebrate Christmas.
Science:
Monday (12/16): We picked up my dad at the airport today, and the boys loved seeing the planes come in and take off.

Waiting for Pappy and getting to watch all the planes come in!
Thursday (12/17): Today, we read the December/January issue of
Ranger Rick Jr. magazine.
The boys learned about Emperor Penguins, Antarctica, reindeer, bears, and a snowshoe hare.
Friday (12/18): B did Lesson 48
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in
ABCmouse.
Monday (12/21): We learned about the 4 different types of coal today and where it is located in the U.S. The boys got to see and touch the coal on the outside of the plastic bags. You can request the FREE Kit we used for the lesson,
here from the American Coal Foundation. We also did 2 experiments from our
Magic School Bus Science Club, and learned about joints and how the heart pumps blood.
Tuesday (12/22): G did Lesson 10 in
ABCmouse called
World Around Us: More Weather, and B did Lesson 51:
Muscles and Bones. They learned about different types of weather, the human skeleton, and parts of the body.
Wednesday (12/23): We incorporated some STEM into our day by building a Gingerbread House :)
Language Arts:
Monday (12/14): B read
Harry the Dirty Dog all by himself, and then we read
The Elf on the Shelf as a family.
Wednesday (12/16): We read
Where the Wild Things Are today.
Thursday (12/17): Today, we read
The Snowy Day and
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? We also found a cool book store while we were out and about, and they gave the boys some free
Star Wars posters and cards!
Friday (12/18): G did Lesson 7 in
ABCmouse and learned about the letter sounds of e and f. B did Lesson 49 on the
Two Sounds of C and G, and Lesson 50, and learned about silent e.
Monday (12/21): We read
Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: A Super Pop-Up Book we found at the local book shop last week.
Tuesday (12/22): G did Lesson 8 in
ABCmouseand learned about the Aesop Fable,
The Grasshopper and the Ant. B learned about the two sounds of letter c and his sight word of the day was them.
Wednesday (12/23): We read
Gingerbread Friends today.
Writing:
Thursday (12/17): The boys wrote numbers 1-10.
Elective:
Tuesday (12/15): We went to one of the local parks today, we call the
Pirate Ship park.

Love this picture of my boys looking at my Dad!
Wednesday (12/16): At church tonight, the children's group had a Happy Birthday, Jesus party and ate cupcakes and cookies, and sang Christmas carols. They also made Christmas cards.
Monday (12/21) and
Tuesday (12/22): The boys had their friends come over and play.
Thanks for stopping by to share our week! Merry Christmas :)
Blessings,
Kelly
#homeschool