Week 25

 Never Complain of what you have. 

Always remember you are fortunate to have it.

Ma Ingalls

LA- We finished reading The Long Winter from the Little House on the Prairie series and just in time for us to have a three day "blizzard". We had a lot of fun reading it on the cold evenings while snuggled under the blankets.

Last week I mentioned J picked up 22 books and I predicted it would take her about 2 weeks to finish them.  Well, three books (a series) she decided wasn't a good fit for her but she read the other 19 in one week!  Those were some thick books to!  

Stay Curious- J wanted to know who the fastest speed reader was. Howard Stephen Burg read 25,000 words a minute which equals 80 pages a minute! Watching him read looks like he's just throwing pages. He see the whole page like a painting and understands it.  While most of us read one word at a time, speed readers, like J, read chunks at a time. For example, she reads a whole sentence at once. Mind blown! 

Math- J's math consisted of calculating how many pages she had left in each book and estimating how long it would take her to finish. We also did Singapore Primary Mathematics and some special winter math- measuring snow!

J measured three spots and took the average. 14 inched of snow in the morning. However, it continued to snow all day and by the end of the evening, we had another 14 inches of snow! And still more came!

Morning

Evening

Next morning.

A couple weeks ago I mentioned it was the most snow our kids have ever seen in their lives. Well, I stand corrected again. This three day snow storm is the most snow our kids have ever seen. The public school had one day of late start and one day of virtual learning. Another benefit of homeschooling is, instead of a storm delaying school, it enhances it. Snow makes a great math/science/PE lesson.  

Exploring Tech- Typing, Legos, and engineering snow tunnels.

Almost there

Made it!

Cooking- On her own J made bread. We made pumpkin muffins. And A made cinnamon rolls.

Science- Along with snow science and baking science, we continued our unit on the human body. We learned about the layers of the skin, the digestive system, and the respiratory system. 

History- We learned about Martín Luther King Jr, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Ruby Bridges. J continued to learn about the government through Crash Course.

All About K and A2

Legos

Sensory- beans with Dragon supervising

Not pictured- play dough, rice sensory, Water Wows, and reading.

Fun Facts

This is the kittens' first winter.

And our dogs favorite season.

Yeah, I just wanted to show off cute pictures of our pets. :)

Happy Learning!