October 11 - 15

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston participated in a service project in his leadership class.  They tied blankets to donate to Afghan refugees.  I love that service is a part of his overall education.  

Preston also read "William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy" for his Key of Liberty class and book discussion.  His teacher told me after class that his comments are quite deep and insightful.  Gotta love this kid!

MARISSA

Marissa took place in the book discussion on Benjamin Rush this week.  They made homemade candles and talked about how that was the only kind of light they had at night back in the 1700s.  She LOVED making homemade candles and already used hers at home.  

Marissa also started using a new cursive program.  She learned cursive last year so this year she is practicing her cursive using poetry.  She LOVES her new book and I love that she is getting exposed to beautiful poetry at the same time.  

CALEB

Caleb is always excited about math book.  This week we read two Sir Cumference books.  We have also slowly been working through a couple fun math books from the library.  We also are working through Life of Fred books slowly during our morning reading as a family.  Caleb also LOVES practicing math facts with Imagine Math Facts.  This week he was working on multiplication.  

Caleb finished his print handwriting book this week.  We are going to slowly start learning cursive to see if that is easier with his fine motor challenges.  

Caleb also created his own game this week.  It was a combination of Risk and Monopoly using army soldiers, money, dominoes and vehicle math manipulatives.  :)