Weekly Report~ October 17, 2008

The beautiful fall weather kept us outside and away from our books more than it should have this week. The way I see it, we'll have plenty of days stuck inside this coming winter to make up any work we miss out on this month. The month of October in New England is a gift to behold, not one to miss out on. We enjoyed a week of pumpkin picking, hayrides, corn mazes, picnics at the park and getting together with friends, both old and new. While D's favorite activity seemed to be playing with other kids everywhere we went, B was content to befriend some farm animals at Emery farm and to hang out painting his pumpkin at a homeschool group's park day/birthday celebration.


We did manage to get some lessons accomplished in between all the fall fun. For science, we finished our unit on the human body by outlining D's body on butcher paper, and he proceeded to fill in and color his entire anatomy, including his brain, lungs, espophagus, veins, bones and muscles. We're traveling through India this week and next for social studies. After mapping out India on the globe, we read a handful of stories and folktales including The Magic Cooking Pot. Both boys enjoyed this story so much that I decided to pull out the clay and have them create a magic cooking pot of their own. Here is D's so far~ he plans to paint it to make it look "more like a real pot". Although B also played with the clay, he ended up with a wet, messy heap as opposed to anything paintable. It's fun to watch his creativity developin as he takes my instructions and interprets them however he feels fit.