October 5 - 9

 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's favorite part of the week was working on his piano songs.  He's improving so much! 

MARISSA

Marissa LOVED practicing her tumbling while we were at Green Acres Dairy for a field trip this week.  When the mat would clear off a bit, she was able to hit multiple back handsprings and finish with a tuck.  Now she wants to own a big, fancy mat.  I told her to save her money.  ;) 

CALEB

Caleb's favorite thing this week was a field trip to "Green Acres Dairy" for the corn maze and hay ride.  We had so much fun and learned so much about how a dairy farm operates.  Caleb especially liked the "Farm Scene Investigation" activity they had in their short corn maze.  We have been to other farms that are produced based in the past, but this was a first for us.  We all had a great time! 

OTHER

GEOGRAPHY

We learned about Chicken Itza this week, which was really fun.  Grandma has been there and had a whole bunch of supplementary materials to share with us.  We also learned about Olmec stone head (the different cultures of the Olmecs verses the Mayans) and the Great Serpent Mount in Ohio.  I had never ever heard about that before so it was fun to learn something new!  

ART

We finished our diamond dots art project.  It turned out so cute and we had a great time working on it and listening to audiobooks.  We also finished "Whittington," an audiobook about Dick Whittington's cat.  

BUILDING AND ENGINEERING

Preston and Caleb built castles with blocks this week.  They did a great job!  

MATH

Marissa practiced math using some math manipulatives.  She ended up building structures when all was said and done.  Yes, she is wearing a jacket from a confederate army soldier.  It's left over from a Civil War study we did a few years ago with my oldest son.  She was pretending to be a detective and solve a mystery for math.  ;)

ENTREPRENEUR

We read a book called "Show Business" that teaching about being an entrepreneur.  The kids learned the different steps of building a business, the risks involved, how to find an investor, how to budget, cut costs when necessary, make a profit, etc.  It was a really fun book that taught so many skills about owning a business.  

P.E.

In addition to karate and tumbling, we found some time to play at the park.  We found a new park with lots of climbing rocks and got in some good outdoor time this week.