Day 10

Today wraps up our first two weeks of school! Public school starts here on Monday but we'll be taking the next two weeks off to finish packing the house and get settled into our new place. Ibis was a bit of a hard case again today but we had a long discussion with her last night and all agreed that if she chose not to do her work during the day, she would lose privileges for the day (tv, computer, playing with friends) and not be allowed to do any arts or crafts that day. Plus she would have to complete any missed work on the weekends with daddy while mommy takes everyone else out to have fun. I think we finally hit the nail on the must-do-school head with that one! She started to protest today but eventually came around and finished all of her work. That child is going to cause me some gray hairs!

Alexei, Grade 4
math p 60-62 : extra practice and Ch. 2 test
English p 66-67 : writing sentences with proper and common nouns
read book of choice for 15 minutes

Ibis, Grade 2
math p 11-14 : use a ten frame and addition table to add
reading practice p 12-14 : prepare to read Frog and Toad All Year
reading book 860-77 : read Frog and Toad All Year

Ibis adds using a ten frame

Coral, pre-K
color items that are brown, circles
color and read letter Bb book
read together Pooh, the Giving Bear by Cassandra Case
look at photos and home movies of family members and how they've changed

Art, all grades
cut out a paper vase and glue to cardstock, then paint flowers in the vase

Alexei adds stems to his vase

Ibis tries out lots of colors for her flowers

Coral paints sideways so she can reach the top of the paper!

Alexei, Ibis, and Coral's finished paintings