School Week 18

It's finally time to start back to school after our long winter's nap.  I'm not sure we're fully awake, but we took an extra week off, so there's no time to ease into things.  We've got to jump in with both feet so we don't get too far behind.  We have another good week coming up, so I'm sure we won't get too bored.  :)

This week in Circle Time we're reading about... 

Bible - Pharisees, Sadducees, and Parables.  We'll be reading from John, Matthew, and Luke... and a few pages from The Awesome Book of Bible Facts. 

History (Tuesday & Thursday) - The discovery of America; Muslim empires; War & Weapons; and Incas.  Our books this week are A Child's History of the World, and the Usborne Book of World History.

This week we'll get to learn a little about Christopher Columbus... and do a project or craft (or something) about him... when I find one.  I'll post later about what we end up doing. :) 

Science (Wednesday) - A little more about clouds and evaporation.  We'll read two pages from our Weather book, do a "Cloud Craft," and the do the "Water in the Air" activity from Science Activities: Volume 3.  We'll also watch the activity on our Discover & Do Science dvd.

Caleb's jumping up in Reading a bit this week with Green Eggs & Ham, and Seth is going to be SO excited to read Viking Adventure!!  Sarah's school program this week includes Stories from Africa: Jabo's Mystery Box, and some selections from Family Treasury of Little Golden Books and The 20th Century Storybook Treasury... and a few others.  

This week's Read-Aloud is The Apprentice, and we begin A Poke in the I.  I think we'll save those for bedtimes this week.

The kids also have their own Math, Language Arts, and Handwriting programs, but they are too detailed to add here. 

So, those are the facts.  Looking forward to sharing the fun stuff from next week soon!