J turns 4! (139/180)

J and D went to Ballet.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  It was the first week of a new session!  J is in the Nursery, D is in Board and Card Games, Art, and Heroes of the Environment.  R is in Board and Card Games, Explosive Science, and Move It, Move It.  W is in Roman Mythology's Readers' Theater, Capoiera, and Debate Club.

R in his Move It Move It class.

W played D and D twice.  He attended his Teen Program classes.

J turned 4 on Friday.  She had a lot of plans!  She bounced on our trampoline, I took her for a ride on the local transit train, we got lunch and a cupcake, she opened presents, we did cake and ice cream after her favorite dinner and then we all went ice skating.

We went to see the School Free Players production of The Wyrd Sisters - it was great!

The kids attended their religious education classes, and sang in church.

We have been reading a holiday book each day, but they haven't gotten logged.

R read independently: E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld

They watched documentaries and listened to podcasts.

D and J did a lot of drawing.

They exercised.

This week included 7 'days of instruction'.

Ordinary Time (132/180)

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here is R decorating ugly sweater cookies:

Note he is sopping wet - it was raining hard that day!

W played D and D three times, including DMing for his friend's birthday party.

He attended the Teen Program at MAHC.

W, D, and J attended their religious education classes and sang in church.  D attended the Family Choir rehearsal.  R was sick - poor guy!

R read independently:  

Danny and the Dinosaur: Too Tall by Bruce Hale


There's a Fly Guy in My Soup by Tedd Arnold

I read to them: Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber

R and D copied text.  D read Bob Books.

W, R, and D worked with LOF.

They watched documentaries and listened to podcasts and newscasts.

W and R did some mountain biking.  We went for a walk.  W and R exercised.

This week included 4 "days of instruction".

Thanksgiving By Ourselves (128/180)

D and J went to ballet and R went to Parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  In Little House Cooking, we made butter:

The girls did a lot of drawing just about everywhere they went:

On Thanksgiving and before we cooked and cooked and cooked - everyone helped at some point - and feasted!

We also took a bike/hike in the woods:

D taught J how to climb a favorite piece of furniture:

We did not do much formal lesson work this week due to the holiday.

I did read our chapter book to them.

All the kids attended their religious education classes and sang in church.

This week included 5 'days of instruction'.

Cake It! (123/180)

All the kids have been enjoying How to Cake It.  R made a cake in the style:

R went to Parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes and W went to his Teen program classes.

W played D and D twice.

W and R received clean bills of health at the dentist.

We got our passport pictures taken.

We did more NeighborhoodLoveNotes with our actual neighbors this time.  D and J did some of these:

R played soccer.

All the kids attended their religious education classes and sang in church.  This week included a collection of food for a homeless family (living in a shelter) to have a Thanksgiving meal.

W and R read independently (but didn't finish anything).

I read to them:

I Know an Old Teacher by Anne Bowen


Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo


Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss




W, R and D used LOF.

R and D did some copywork.

They all watched documentaries and listened to podcasts and discussed current events.

#NeighborhoodLoveNotes (117/180)

D and J went to ballet, R went to Parkour.

All four kids went to the polls with a parent or grandparent.  All four were deeply distressed and disappointed by the election results, in developmentally appropriate ways.

They all went to their MAHC classes, and W went to his Teen Program classes as well.  Here's R in an obstacle course: 

D, R and W had soccer.  W's team took second place for the season.

D, R and W tried out a new Parkour gym in the neighborhood:  

W played Dungeons and Dragons twice.  

I took R, D, and J to the Art Museum:

They all attended their Religious Education classes and sang in church.  We did Neighborhood Love Notes outside as part of RE.  These are the ones D and W made.

W worked with LOF.  

R read independently:

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown


I read to them:

Rap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon


Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy by Carl R. Sams II


They exercised and walked and biked.

They watched documentaries and listened to podcasts.

This week included 7 "days of instruction".

Halloween (110/180)

We all dressed up for Halloween and went trick or treating with friends:

Zombie Farmer

Her lamb

The whole crew, showing also her cows

Samurai

Monster Ninja

Hanging out

The kids went to all of their classes at MAHC.  W attended his Teen program classes as well.  Here he is in Applied Geometry:

They all went to soccer practice and games.

W played Dungeons and Dragons twice.

On Friday they went to see a Step Afrika! dance performance at the Annenberg Center.  I was sick, so I didn't attend.  They hung out with friends and W took a selfie with Ben:

Except D (who was sick) they attended their RE classes and sung in church.  W wrote, prepared, and led a Dungeons and Dragons adventure for his RE class.

Due to illness, it was not much of a week for organized lessons.  R & D did use LOF.  

They watched documentaries, listened to podcasts, and we discussed current events (i.e., civics.)

They exercised and walked and biked as usual.

This week included 6 'days of instruction'.