10 things…
Oct 4th, 2008 by Alicia
We’ve learned and done the past couple of days…
1. Victoria bought a skateboard and has been learning to ride. She’s letting Jack and Anna try too.
2. We went to Marshall and visited some homeschool friends. The kids played baseball, made marble runs, pretended to cook and about 104 other things until we finally dragged them away.
3. We did math shapes. It was really cool and we realized that there are only 5 patterns for all multiples in the universe. I lost the link where I got the printouts, though, and will have to search before I can share it. 
4. We’re still reading Story of the World.
5. Victoria got a Cricket magazine and has been devouring it, as usual.
6. Jack has been reading tons of things in his environment. For example, he asked me why something on the computer said “save now” and read a long, complicated brand name on something that he recognized from an ad.
7. We went to homeschool swimming.
8. We watched a spider wrap a ladybug he caught for later. Even Alex was mesmerized by his work, as he dangled by a thin silk and waved his “arms” around and around to wrap his supper.
9. The kids have been playing Uno and Jack won his first game ever without help.
10. Daryl got an old fashioned “hoops” game and taught Jack how to play.
It seems like we have been driving somewhere every day this week and I’ve refused to budge for at least a day. It’s a bit chilly in the house so I may have to at least go outside with the kids to warm up though! 
On the agenda: cool science, SOTW, some sort of art project and getting organized. Oh yes, and some reading or poetry, and maybe that word game I keep meaning to get to…
