Highlights In Our Homeschool this Week ... Chris has joined the girls in producing their puppet show. Everyone has changed parts several times. It's been harder than they thought, so production has stalled. Chris has inspired the girls to write stories this week. He has been writing furiously and is on typed page 35, chapter 8.
Katie has been using printables from Barb at Handbook of Nature Study to identify the trees in our yard. Quite a feat, because we live in the woods.
Our projects for the science fair are finished.
My Favorite Thing this Week... Chris taught the girls to how to play "Magic." It's a fantasy card game. The girls were so excited that they were old enough to play it, and Chris was so excited to have someone to play it with.
We're Reading... Chris read The Archer Legacy #2,3. Katie finished Warriors #6 and started The New Prophecy (also Warriors) #1. Chelsea is reading The Boxcar Children Halloween Special. Chris is still reading Gregor # 3 to the girls. I'm still reading Treasure Island to everyone. I finished reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (for adults), and started The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe.
Places We're Going ... Ballet, geography club, fire station tour, and good friends' house to play
Things I'm Working On... putting together a fairytale unit. I was inspired by the show "Once Upon a Time" on Netflix (we don't have cable). I really enjoyed the show. After our fairytale unit, I'm going to watch it with the kids. I think they'll love it (word of caution: this show may be too scary or not appropriate for some children, so preview it first.)
We don't have cable either, but we have Netflix. I may have to preview that one. I have two princesses who might be interested in some lessons that revolve around fairytales. Thanks!
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