January 25 - 29

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's favorite thing this week was finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  He was so excited to finish the whole series.  The order of his favorites goes like this.  First, Goblet of fire; second, Half Blood Prince; third, Deathly Hallows; fourth, Chamber of Secrets; Fifth, Prisoner of Azkaban; Sixth, Sorcerer's Stone; and Lastly, Order of the Phoenix.  

The next series on his list to read is the Percy Jackson series.  

MARISSA

Marissa is loving her new math book.  It is colorful and for the most part, she is able to work on it without a lot of help or instruction.  She likes math, but really doesn't like working on the computer or iPad very much so we've been on the lookout for a fun workbook that would be good for her.  

CALEB

Caleb's favorite thing this week was Musikgarten class.  They finished up their study of American Indians by making a totem pole with each child adding their animal.  Caleb's animal is called "Strong Gorilla" with all sorts of powers and abilities.  They got to eat popcorn, nuts and seeds and corn chips to learn about the different foods that Native Americans from different parts of the American continent ate and how they lived.  He had a lot of fun with this unit!

OTHER

BEAR LAKE

The kids got lots of extra PE time in this week with our weekend trip to Bear Lake.  Preston and Marissa got to ride a snowmobile with their dad and all three kids spent hours in the swimming pool and sledding down a huge hill.  It was a blast and great to get out of town for a few days!