Kennedy's video: Kingston's video: Mom's Notes: Language Arts: Kennedy read Little House in the Big Woods . Kingston is reading easy reader books. He gets about 50% of the words on his own in the first reading. Kennedy read Twister on Tuesday.  Math: The kids sorted rocks from dirt. We do a lot of miscellaneous counting each day. The kids often practice their skip counting. We talk about how skip counting is multiplication. The kids practiced counting by hundreds. Social Studies: We learned about Jacques Cartier founding Canada for France. We read in Story of the World  about the sea battle between England and Spain. Science: We looked at different types of flower bulbs online. We are reading a book about sea anemones and corals. We watched more DIY Sci. Tech/Trep: The kids built with Legos. Kennedy built a house. They also used blankets to build a fort. Golf in the driveway evolved into rolling the balls down tracks. Elective: The kids played golf in the dr...

Kennedy's video: Kingston's video: Mom's Notes: Language Arts: Kennedy is writing a talk (oral presentation) on service. Kingston is reading books with Mom. He knows most of the words in Who Can? Daniel Can!  While reading we talk about words that rhyme and phonics. Kennedy, "I read Welcome to Lily's Room  on Kindle." We practiced writing. Math: Kingston did a lesson in Teaching Textbooks Math 3. Kennedy did lessons 1-3 in Teaching Textbooks Math 4. The kids laid on the sidewalk and measured each other. Kingston did a math problem himself on the whiteboard. Social Studies: We read in  Story of the World  about Walter Raleigh. We played Passport To Culture. Kennedy watched a movie about Walter Raleigh ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-d5BBRbEsk ). Kennedy dressed up as Queen Elizabeth I. Science: We watched Cat in the Hat and learned that rubber comes from trees. We watched Wild Kratts and learned about mimicry in animals. We...

Kennedy's video: Kingston's video: Mom's Notes: Language Arts: We discussed the meaning of the word "boast." We are reading The Magician's Nephew . Kennedy did a notebooking page on Galileo. Kennedy took the IRI test. Kennedy and Kingston did reading games on ABCya.com. Kennedy is reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Kennedy did some reading assignments on Easy Peasy Homeschool. We learned about Shakespeare and watched A Midsummer Night's Dream . Kennedy read Frindle . "I liked it. I liked that the boy made a new word and his teacher didn't like the new word. At the end, the boy gave his teacher a golden fountain pen." Kingston wrote "I love you" on a card. Math: Kennedy and Kingston did math games on ABCya.com. Kingston liked the 100s chart game: Social Studies: We read about Galileo. He was the Father of Modern Physics. We also learned about the queens of England and Shakespeare. Kennedy says, "Mary and E...