School of Monkeys

Monday, December 21, 2009

Week 16- Theater

This week was the kids Theater performance. Once I get the videos I will upload them for all to see. Shelby played Violet the shy flower from "Alice and Wonderland" and Matthew was a mouse from the "Lion and the Mouse" fable. They also had other songs they performed.

The kids did a great job but the sound system was horrible. I am not sure if we will use this school again in the future. Shelby and Matthew had a great time though and learned a lot. That is what is important.

Daddy is now working 12 hour days 6 days a week so mommy honestly can't remember what we did for school. Her math got done, her writing got done, her map work got done, her reading got done but I don't remember any of it.

Week 15- Our first Snow day!

Sorry not much detail but still catching up! This week Shelby and Matthew did a bunch of crafts for Christmas presents. There are not many pictures of those since they are gifts! I will say we did mix colors, oil and water (to see what will happen) and had lots of fun. They also put up their bulletin board for December and wrote out their Christmas list.

We had our first SNOW DAY of the winter (very rare to even have a snow day) this week on Friday. It blew for about 30 minutes before the sun came out. Nothing stuck but we did have fun running outside to play in it. In the slide show you will see some pictures of the kids playing.

Matthew spent Wednesday cooking with Mommy. We made homemade honey wheat bread and potato soup. He had a blast making the bread and was very impressed with how it turned out. He says Mommy is the best baker in the world!

Shelby worked on subtraction this week, reading and decoding letter blends and finishing up her handwriting book.

We will start new books after the Christmas break and a new Handwriting/Science/Art book. The kids are very excited.

Weeks 12-14 Thanksgiving

Here I am playing catch up. Over weeks 12-14 Shelby focused more on math, writing and reading. We did cover science and history in living books. We also made lots of crafts and redid the playroom. We made leafs to hang on Thanksgiving, puppets to play with and even baked.

Shelby helped me with the Thanksgiving meal and loved cooking. She was able to read the recipes and do most of it herself. She LOVES cracking eggs and measuring out the ingredients.

Poor Abigail got sick with a double ear infection the week of Thanksgiving and just wanted to sleep all day (first day the pain had gone away). The pictures show her sleeping in her high chair instead of eating. Shelby ate everything and Matthew only ate his usual staples. He loved the decorations but wanted nothing to do with the food.

The slideshow below shows Abigail playing at school, our new schoolroom/playroom. Craft making time and Thanksgiving.