Week in Review

In our homeschool this week…we had a three-day school week, taking off Thursday and Friday. So, we fit in three math lessons, most of a week's lessons in writing (we'll have to finish that up next week!), a step in spelling, a page in handwriting, two grammar lessons, a French lesson, and a bit of Greek. We didn't get to science this week.

History co-op was lots of fun - we learned about the Vikings and the kids made viking boats. I had some other things planned but they wanted to play so we let them play instead.

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…shopping week for us - and we finished up all our Christmas shopping yesterday. It feels great to have that out of the way! Now I can relax and enjoy the season.

What’s working/not working for us…Right now our subjects are going very well. I need to add in a bit more time for Greek but otherwise we are getting to everything I'd like to do.

Questions/thoughts I have…I'm trying to decide if I want to add Heart of Dakota's Bigger to our existing schedule. Right now we finish all of our basic "skill" subjects (math, grammar, languages, etc.) in an hour and half in the morning. One afternoon a week we have a history/art co-op with friends. Another afternoon we spend studying earth science. I'd like to do Bigger three days a week and take a year and a half to go through the book.

I’m reading…Jane Eyre. I'm really enjoying this book. TJ and I haven't gotten much read aloud time in this week - we're still working on Pippi Goes on Board. She's read some princess-type books this week.

I’m cooking…Christmas cookies! I'm getting the cookie dough ready and in the freezer. I'll be in Maine over Christmas and I'll be seeing lots of relatives so there is a lot of baking to do!

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…time for snow tires up here in Canada.