week 15

January 16, 2018

week 15

Monday- We worked on school at home in the morning then the kids went to art school. We had some friends over for lunch and playtime. After lunch we finished up school. Then we dropped off Maddy at her Civic Theater school. I took the boys to see the Martin Luther King jr. exhibit at the Grand Rapids African American museum. Then the boys and I went to the downtown library until Caiden had fencing.

Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Building block fun

Tuesday- The big kids had their once a month outdoor education day at Camp Roger. I took Westin to the early learning communities playgroup. Then we went to the children's museum. After lunch we picked up the big kids at camp. We spent some time at home relaxing then in the evening I took the kids to Rock and Mineral club. The badge they are working on is the earth processes badge. Tonight they learned about igneous rocks. The kids got to bring home 6 new rocks the highlight for Caiden was getting obsidian.

Camp was beautiful today.

Intense play dough play.

Playgroup fun

Children's museum fun

Rock and mineral identification

learning stations

Learning stations

Identification

Wednesday- The kids enjoyed some playtime outside today then they had their Spanish immersion group followed by music lessons. When we came home the kids started their new chapter book. Then the kids worked on their Awana books and headed off to Awana.

New audiobook

Outside playtime.

Thursday- We worked on school at home then Maddy had a friend over for a few hours. The kids went to gymnastics then we listened to our audio book and the kids finished school. Caiden had an Orthodontist appointment then we watched "How to Eat Fried Worms" together and ate gummy worms.

Caiden continues to enjoy reading

The kids were excited to eat gummy worms and watch the movie today.

The kids are really enjoying these clips as we learn about new presidents. This week we're learning about #14 Franklin Pierce.

Westin loves to play with these number puzzles.

We're learning about the underground railroad this week.

Maddy made a hop scotch game today.

Friday- The big kids did a full school day which these days looks like this: Math, learned about the underground railroad, recited the first 14 presidents from memory, read, practiced typing, worked on their writing program, did spelling, reviewed Spanish vocabulary, and listened to an hour of "The Indian in the Cupboard". Westin and I read together and he worked on his alphabet puzzle and leap pad book. We read together and the rest of the time he played with legos and trains. Then some friends invited us to go sledding. Perfect way to end a great week.