November 9 - 13

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston doesn't always love completing Language Arts' assignments, but he usually does them anyway.  This week he was asked to write a poem about a peacock after learning about different rhyming patterns (AABB, ABAB, ABCA, etc). He worked on it for a bit until he thought his poem said just what he wanted to say and also followed a rhyming pattern.  (Mom served as scribe so he wouldn't forget what he was trying to say before he could get the words written down on paper).

MARISSA

Marissa's favorite activity this week was bird watching.  She started drawing different birds, observing their patterns in our yard, and even checked out a field guide on birds from the library.  She found a new passion and it's so fun to watch her pursue it.  

CALEB

Caleb finished learning about the British Isles in Musikgarten this week.  They wrapped up the unit with coloring a picture of a tea pot and sent home herbal tea and cookies for us to have our very own tea party to celebrate.  Marissa was so excited to join him!  

OTHER

SEASONS

We've been enjoying whatever season happens to show up.  In one week, we enjoyed a big pile of leaves to jump and play in and then a couple days later, built a snow fort.  

Marissa also has been observing the patterns in snow and ice she finds outside.  I must admit, I find it quite fascinating as well.  

GEOGRAPHY

We read a couple really cute books for Geography this week.  They are about cultures all over the world and seasons in different countries on the same day of the year in March.  It was a lot of fun!  

We also updated our maps with Lake Superior, but I forgot to get a picture.  :P