PRESTON
Preston had a unit review this week for language arts and spent a couple of days completing that. It was great to see how far he's come with his grammar and spelling, his ability to edit writing and diagram sentences.
MARISSA
Marissa's been really enjoying her math book. She worked on geometry this week with different shapes, line segments and angles. She also learned a little bit about probability and statistics.
CALEB
Caleb is working on reading and handwriting a lot right now. This week, we did more rhyming words, worked on the difference between "d" and "b" and decided to review some phonics with "All About Reading, Level 1." I want to make sure his reading is solid since he's struggling with auditory processing issues that make sounding out words a little bit difficult for him.
OTHER
We read a fun book called "Alexander's Mirror" that was really great. It was all about reflecting light using a mirror. We talked about only being able to reflect light when you can see the light. The kids practiced reflecting light using small mirrors for several hours and were astonished how far they could get light to bend. It was a very fun, memorable activity.
In addition to tumbling and karate, we got in some good hiking over the weekend with a quick trip to southern Utah. The kids had a great time with their dad and some family friends exploring trails and climbing rocks. They also got to hold a pretty cool lizard (a pet of family friends). They had a great time!
We finally found time to make Scottish shortbread (one of the recipe's from Preston's geography section in his language arts' book. It was pretty simple and delicious. We decided to take some to a family friend whose mom is from Scotland. She was diagnosed with cancer last year and is still in recovery. Marissa made a darling note for her and we took her some authentic Scottish shortbread to cheer her up.
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