Oh! Reading all this 'stuff' and seeing pictures about
Preparing...is making me want to get started with
it!
However, we are so enjoying
Bigger...We began last Monday(the 18th), and just completed Unit 1 on Wednesday(the 27th) due to Dr's appts. last week, a class the kids had, and then Daddy was home last Friday. The kids love the Science experiment days...that's something they've really longed for, and 2 a week is really making them happy. And Daddy and Mommy are happy that they are learning the
Scientific Method! My ds (5) joins in on the experiments too...he just can't resist. He was even able to tell Daddy why the balloon did not sink.
We are also enjoying learning all about Columbus and his journey to 'India" as well as
Pedro's Journal(extension pack)..which is written from the perspective of a 'ship's boy'. Our Storytime selection is
Phillis Wheatley, and we are also having fun with that. It's fun to 'watch' her learn to speak and 'see' all the things she gets into through our reading!
My kids also like the
R&S English lessons as well as the
Singapore math assignments, so I'm glad we made the switch. I really think both will prove to be a good move. Right now some of the English is review for both of them, but that just means we can skip some and move on ahead as needed.
We are all finding joy every day in singing the hymn
Holy, Holy, Holy! The kids often sing it throughout the day...so much so that I end up having to ask them to stop singing and get their ___________ done! And we are all learning so much from the
Bible Study portion. I am so pleased that we are studying character traits. First
persistence, and Unit 2 is
humility. We spend a little extra time looking up some words in the dictionary...you know how some definitions require that you look up another word because there is a word in the definition that the kids don't know?
That's just what we do...I often tell them definitions, but I also don't want them to rely on me as the only source, so we look in the dictionary at other times. Also, this is helping my daughter to learn how the dictionary works, as she has never used it before. We also are glad to have wonderful scriptures to memorize! And poetry...we have spent a bit of time previously reading poetry, or using it for copywork. However, we have never had a real 'study' of poetry, so we're enjoying that. And, as a bonus, my kids had the poem memorized by day 5!
So, this was our week! I only got a couple of days of
LHTH done with my younger son...but I know we'll get that in as a more regular part soon. He was excited to finally begin learning the fingerplay for 'B' though, and he absolutely loves the Bible readings.
I'll be back next week to tell you more...can't wait to read more of what you all have been up to!
What was I thinking? The only thing my boys have complained about mostly is missing their friends but we have Scouts and church and we are joining the coop playgroup today if it doesn't rain again. Oh, and Brendan (6 yrs old) is scared he will never have a girlfriend again 
