On a related note, last week Nathan finished his first "Explode the Code" book, (an 11 lesson phonics book; he did book 1), as well as his Saxon K Math book. This book was 112 math lessons for kindergarten, but he started it in pre-school. It wasn't planned, but he finished them both last Friday. So, I told him we could celebrate...Nathan chose Cherry Berry, which didn't disappoint me:) We both have our struggles with school, but I'm so proud of how well he is doing. He's starting Book 2 for Explode the Code (I believe book 1 and 2 are first grade level), and we're continuing with Five in a Row. I've decided that with the extra time we'll be focusing on Thanksgiving this month, and then doing a D-term, as I like to call it; focusing more on art, music, and of course Christmas! Next January will start doing our more traditional schedule again and I'll start 1st grade math.
But anyway, here are some highlights from previous weeks.
One book we read was Madeline. It had great illustrations and was a great intro to Paris and France. On Friday we had "French cousine"day. For lunch we had Croque Mossiures (aka baked ham and cheese sandwiches).
It's not like it was a bold food choice, but all the kids liked it!
oh yeah...and for dessert we made crepes, with chocolate of course. Addie partook moreso in the chocolate than in the crepe.
Yummy...crepes!
Another book we recently read was Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel. A classic we've read before so it wasn't new, but it's a favorite so they enjoyed reading through it again. Friday, Matt and Nathan did an experiment to demonstrate the power of steam using a homemade pinwheel and a tea pot. It wasn't perfect-but it worked...the steam coming out of the tea pot spun the pinwheel!
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