Weekly Report~ January 16, 2009

I came downstairs yesterday morning to find the boys side by side, D playing his Leapster and B "working on my computer" as he would say. If you know my kids, you would realize how rare moments like this are. Although they *do* seem to be happening a bit more often lately. After awhile I told D to turn off his game and get ready for school. He said, "Just one more game, mom. Besides, I'm doing math so this IS school". I couldn't argue with that logic, and gave in to the 'just one more game' request.

This week of school has been fantastic. I'm not quite sure why the change in attitude, but D has done his work quickly and neatly. When he puts his mind to it, his lessons get done in less than an hour. Maybe he's finally realizing that when his work gets done, it leaves more time for playing. Another difference this week is that we started a homeschool gym class. It meets twice a week for 1.5 hours at a time. I think getting out of the house, being around other kids, and running around playing sports for a few hours was just what the boys needed to burn off all that pent-up energy that's been brewing.

Here's a summary of our week:

Handwriting~ Cc, Dd, Ee
ETC~ Lesson 8, began Lesson 9
Reading~ OPG Lesson 85-87; LSLF "Funny Ann"
Math~ P.66, Lesson 18, Review 1, Power Math Unit 11 (p. 211-213)
Social Studies~ Read Bimwili & The Zimwi; Mirandy and Brother Wind with narration; mapwork
Science~ Began unit on Astronomy: Read Sun, Moon and Stars and crafts (made a space telescope)
Music~ Listened to classical music and The Musical Life of Gustav Mole book/CD
Religion~ Bible stories