March 30 - April 10

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book over the past two weeks.  We have also been playing a lot of games together as a family.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book over the past two weeks.  She also practices math facts using the MathSeeds app when she has extra time.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons on the MathSeeds app over the past two weeks.  He is getting up so high that I'm shocked how difficult the lessons are, but he seems to be able to figure them out using logic so we are using that for math for the most part for Caleb right now.  

Caleb got a new game in the mail called "Sneaky Snacky Squirrel" that he has played in his Musikgarten class.  We played it several times as a family.  It's simple, but really fun.  We've been filling in math with extra games during this time at home.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book over the past two weeks.  He also completed three modules in TTRS (sometimes 4 - he's trying to get ahead).  He also completed 30 minutes of reading every day.  He finished reading "The BFG" and then everyone got to watch the movie together.  It was so much fun!  He decided to read another book by Ronald Dahl so he started "James and the Giant Peach."  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book over the past two weeks.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and completed 20 minutes of reading every day.  She's reading fun books that are the "Deckawoo Drive Series" books which follow the "Mercy Watson Series" books.  She is really enjoying them, but the words a pretty hard so I have to sit with her and help her quite a bit.  Marissa has also decided to start working in a new handwriting book because she really wants to learn cursive.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book over the past two weeks.  He has also been reading "Bob" books to me, but I'm going slow so he doesn't get frustrated as he breaks through the early reader stage.  

As a family, we are reading "Anne of Green Gables."  We are about half way through so it will be a few more weeks before we finish, but the kids are LOVING it.  We have a plan to watch the movie when we finish if we can find it somewhere.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class through Zoom this week.  They presented bills to the committee for a vote.  Marissa's bill is about keeping people safe during storms.  Preston's bill is about not judging other people.  It was a good experience for them to have to prepare and present their bills in front of the class online.    

Caleb:

Caleb was sent a lesson and assignment for his "I Love America" class.  We watched a movie about Rosa Parks and he and Marissa drew a picture of a bus.  We also listened to "American the Beautiful" and started practicing it in case we are still able to have a performance at the end of the year.   

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

We have been practicing different kinds of art for class this week.  We were also sent a link of a video about being an entrepreneur that we watched together.

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class over Zoom two times the past two weeks.  It's not quite the same as being in class, but it has been so good for him to still get to practice and get some exercise as well as check in with a sensei.  

Marissa:

Marissa has been practicing tumbling on the trampoline.  She also rode her bike and scooter to the park and around the cul-de-sac.  

Caleb:

Caleb has been listening to songs from his Musikgarten class and dancing and singing to them.  We also try to complete some sort of craft or art project like he would get to do if he were able to attend his class.  

OTHER

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa switched from spring break to FaceTime piano lessons.  It wasn't ideal, but they were able to go through the next songs so they can continue to practice and progress.  

The kids have spent a lot of time building forts - both inside and out! 

Marissa created an outdoor "washing station"

Tea parties in the backyard!

Lots of building is happening around here these days!

We've played a lot of dress-ups to fill our need for theater the past several weeks.  

We helped big brother make a mouse trap car for his engineering class!  Everyone had a great time...and it actually works!

March 23 - 27

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four lessons on the Math Seeds app this week.  He also did some geometry work and fun puzzles that grandma left on our porch as a surprise.     

Marissa:

Marissa completed four lessons on the Math Seeds app this week.  She also did some geometry work and fun puzzles that grandma surprised us with this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed four lessons on the Math Seeds app this week.  He also played with the geometry puzzles that grandma brought.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and 30 minutes of reading every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and 20 minutes of reading every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also read some "Bob" books for extra reading practice.  

As a family, we are reading "Anne of Green Gables" as a read-aloud right now.  We are LOVING it!! Caleb sometimes falls asleep and isn't able to follow it all because of it, but everyone else is on the edge of their seat every chapter.  It's been a fun one for us.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

The kids watched videos on Brain Pop for history this week.  They watched a video about Abraham Lincoln and sang a song they had learned about Abraham Lincoln when they were at Ziegfeld Arts Academy.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb: 

We are practicing all sorts of art that can be used to create things to sell while we are out of classes.  We are loving spending time creating together!

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston jumped on the trampoline, rode his bike and scooter and played basketball for PE this week.   

Marissa:

Marissa jumped on the trampoline, rode her bike and scooter (she has a new bike from her cousin, Kylie, that she is so excited to ride) and practiced learning dances through YouTube and Facebook videos.  

Caleb:

Caleb sang and danced to his Musikgarten CD this week.  In place of his normal arts and crafts projects he would be doing during class, we have been creating projects at home.  This week, he worked on a Koala crate about stars and then we sang some of the songs about the sky and stars from his class.  

OTHER

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

We are taking advantage of extra time at home to make lots of things.  We have missed our building class this year so we are building with all sorts of materials.  

   

March 16 - 20

Wow!  What a week!  We managed to have a fairly normal week overall despite not being able to play with friends anymore and an earthquake that took us off guard (especially mom).  We are now working on finding a new normal and adjusting the flow of our day since our older brother (who is a sophomore in high school and attends UMA is now at home doing his schoolwork during the day with us.  We've had to juggle who gets the computer and when to make things flow, but we are finding a new rhythm.  

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four lessons on the Math Seeds app this week.  He is really enjoying it so we are taking a little break from his workbook and doing some online learning for math.     

Marissa:

Marissa completed four lessons on the Math Seeds app this week.  She actually really likes her math workbook so she is continuing to do a couple lessons in her math book as she sees fit.  

Caleb:

Caleb LOVES the Math Seeds app!  He would stay on there all day if I let him.  He did at least one lesson every single day and has already passed his sister's level on the app.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and 30 minutes of reading every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and 20 minutes of reading every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He is also starting to read "Bob" books and is getting excited about learning to read even better.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

The kids have been practicing singing the "Preamble" for their class.  They also have been watching Social Studies videos on BrainPop.  Last week they watched a video about the Titanic. 

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

We have been working on art at home to keep the kids growing and learning about their class.  Last week they painted and Preston drew a picture of the alien from Toy Story.  Marissa decided she wanted to try painting rocks.  She thinks she might want to sell them at the fair in addition to her homemade paper notebooks.  We'll see how it goes.  It's fun to experiment with different things. 

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

There was no karate.  Instead, Preston played basketball, rode his bike and scooter and jumped on the trampoline for PE.  

Marissa:

No tumbling for Marissa.  Instead, Marissa rode her bike and scooter and jumped on the trampoline.  She continues practicing her tumbling moves on the trampoline.  

Caleb:

Caleb could not attend his Musikgarten class, but we listened to the CD of music for this semester and practiced singing and dancing to the songs.  

OTHER

It's been fun to slow down and learn through play a little bit more the past couple of weeks.  Hopefully that continues!

March 9 - 13

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also completed lessons on the MathSeeds app.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed two assignments in her math book this week.  She also completed lessons on the MathSeeds app.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also completed lessons on the MathSeeds app.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed two assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and 30 minutes of reading every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed two assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and 20 minutes of reading every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also completed lessons on the Reading Eggs app.   

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa did not attend their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  Instead, they practiced the Preamble Song and used Brain Pop to learn more about American History.  

Caleb:

Caleb did not attend his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  Instead he practiced the songs he has learned including "I Love America" and the "Preamble" to the Constitution.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa did not attend their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They created more art that they will decide whether or not they want to sell at the fair.  One of the things Marissa is working on is creating mini notebooks out of homemade paper.  

Caleb:

Caleb did not his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  He worked on practicing his art using shapes instead.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class twice this week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week. 

March 2 - 6

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is reviewing adding and subtracting large numbers through estimation, money and time.  He is also working on math facts.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is reviewing time, money and adding and subtracting using borrowing and carrying.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his “Math through Music and Movement” class at ZigArts.  They read another MathStart Level 2 book today - Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes.  This book used shapes to resolve conflicts in space.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes daily.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes daily.  She is reading more books by Kate DiCamillo that are add-ons to the Mercy Watson series.  They are a little challenging, but she is really enjoying them.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  They read three more chapters of Mr. Popper's Penguins, stopping to define unfamiliar words.  They worked on their Recital skit with Schubert's Military March, talking about how music can make su feel different emotions.  Then they did some handwriting practice with passages from Mr. Popper's Penguins.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They finished writing their Bills and formally signed them.  Next week, they will name them and assign them to committees and begin passing them through committee.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the Preamble and talked about another of the 6 promises: Promote the General Welfare.  Their song broke down the words to show the kids that this means they can have Free Enterprise, to be what we want and enjoy competition that makes products and services better.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They continued working on their grid project.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They continued working on crayon watercolor resist.  They learned how to hold their brushes and clean their paint sets.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class once this week.  It was closed for belt testing most of the week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  They sang songs about frogs and made a darling frog pond to bring home.  

OTHER

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH

We visited the Natural History Museum of Utah.  It was so much fun!

UTAH SYMPHONY

Marissa, Preston and I attended a performance about birds in Hawaii put on by the Utah Symphony.  It was beautiful!  Marissa could not get over seeing GOLD all throughout the building - even in the bathrooms.  Funny girl!

Feb 24 - 28

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is also working on memorizing multiplication facts.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is also working on memorizing multiplication facts.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his “Math through Music and Movement” class at ZigArts.  They read another MathStart Level 2 book called More or Less.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and 30 minutes of reading daily.  He has been reading Star Wars graphic novels and started on the next Box Car Children book.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed three modules in TTRS and 20 minutes of reading daily.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  They read chapters 7-8 of Mr. Popper's Penguins.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They wrote their laws in fancy handwriting, on fancy paper.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the Preamble and talked about another of the 6 promises: Provide for the Common Defense.  They talked about the four branches of the military and how each works independently and together to keep us safe.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They worked on their grid sketches.  They talked about contracts and walked through several scenarios where they got to see what benefit a contract provides to both the artist and the business.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed primary and secondary colors and the order of the rainbow.  They also talked about contracts and how Disney gets paid to put their art on all kinds of things, including squishy balls and clothing.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class this week before belt testing began.  He wasn't ready to test this time around, but is prepping for the next belt test in May.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.