Week Two Pictures...

A thought on Spelling. I am loving our new Spelling curriculum (Spelling Plus). Makes last year look like a joke as far as spelling is concerned. Our favorite spelling activity is to use the trampoline. I take their words out there and call a word out (taking turns) and they have to shout out one letter with each jump. It's good because it makes them not hesitate to spell it, plus gets some energy out. It's fun. I took Luke's math flashcards out there and did the same thing this week. He liked that. I realized we needed to get his addition facts memorized better. He can add them pretty fast in his head but doesn't have them all memorized, so we are taking a digit at a time and perfecting them. He did nines this week and got through 11 cards in 17 seconds by the end of the week. Now we will work on 8's until he gets those mastered.

We read from The Child's Story Bible each morning and I am proud that we are keeping up with that. I started with the New Testament and we are reading a chapter each morning. Usually I get slack with that stuff (opening circle-time), but am seeing the importance of starting the day off together and with prayer, so we are sticking with it. Anyway, one of our stories this week was about Jesus in the temple when he got angry because the people had made it into a marketplace. The kids were acting it out funny so I got the camera. They got a little crazy with it.





Here is the Student of the Week, waiting for the history lesson to start...
This is often what our lunch breaks look like, watching PBS...