Glory to God: Weekly Homeschool and Life Wrap-Up 5/22

Friday, May 22, 2015

Weekly Homeschool and Life Wrap-Up 5/22

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Giving Thanks

~ We serve a glorious God

~ Our glorious God groans with us over sin and sickness

~ We have love, abundant; mercy, abundant; grace, abundant

~ Filled to overflowing, we can love with his power and mercy

~ He knows our heart and we know His; Oh, to be loved in spite of ourselves!

~ He trains us up in the way we should go

~ He gives us power, wisdom, and grace as we parent

~ He is our strength and our song

~ He is mighty to save

Activities This Week

Mary worked on y as the long e sound. (Those are syllable tags)

She read her beginner's reader Bible everyday and enjoyed it.

The boys are really enjoying Stowaway, featured last week. Peter, especially, enjoys all the naturalist content (a naturalist and his team are busy on this voyage). We began using The Young Naturalist--part of Core G Sonlight Science, and Peter began a science journal.

All About Reading Level 3 story

Some of Beth's "sculptures" using recycling materials.

More of Beth's creations

She prayed and prayed and this week, finally...a toad!

She looked at him through the magnifying glass.

And generally thought of him as a best friend.

Some summer fun (though winter kind of returned again)--sidewalk chalk, two hoolahoops, bubbles. Beth and Paul enjoyed several games of hopscotch.

I'm still in whole wheat/flax bread mode 5 to 6 days a week.

Dancing to the beat of our Christian station.

A great library book find from Paul. Kept him busy this week.

Ah, fractions. Least common denominator, greatest common factor..just yuck. Math now takes two hours for Peter, what with ADHD, OCD, and fractions all coming together to derail him. He doesn't focus, doesn't sit still long enough. At least for this unit, which includes long, drawn-out problems, I decided to have him do half a lesson a day (13 problems plus the lecture).