Another week of summer homeschool

We've done much better this week about getting our work accomplished. Still working on the light side, we've been doing Lang Arts, Math, Geography and Quiet Reading one day and then alternating, Reading, Geography, and Quiet Reading on the other day. We do a little bit of copy work and a "postcard" every week with the geography curriculum that we are using.

This week we studied the water cycle and why and hows of the seasons.

This Friday for our co-op we did an activity mimicking the salt water in the ocean and the sun heating it up (evaporation), then condensation forming, followed by precipitation and collection of water in one of our bodies of water. It also showed why we can't drink the ocean water (because of the high salt concentration).

The girls watched short movies on Brainpop about the water cycle and the seasons and made a book about the water cycle and filled in a Fill in the Blank on the seasons. We add these activities to our Science notebooks every week.



Water Cycle Activity


Coloring our Water cycle books.

Hannah finished reading Socks this week. You can tell she really liked it because she has made reference to it many times this week. Mikayla has been reading various Dr. Suess books.

We are making slow but steady progress on our Bible Bee verses...but I am sure we won't be ready in time come Sept.

Autumn has been enjoying our new cat- Cupcake.

Cupcake has the sweetest disposition. She is a stray cat that has already been de-clawed. We are growing to love her!!!

Autumn and Cupcake

The Girls had their ears pierced today.

I can't believe it but right now...all my girls have their ear's pierced. We were so fortunate to have our pediatrician prescribe us numbing creaming for their ears before they went. The only trouble I had was out of Hannah (just being scared of the whole process..) Once I finally got the Mommy voice out..."YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS"-After she'd been telling me she wanted to...she settled down and let them do it. I asked her after..."Did it hurt?" She said, "No, I was just scared." That's my girl...she is me all over...

Mikayla barely blinked...neither did Autumn. She was just aggrivated that the lady had to clean her ears.

IT was an interesting day for sure!

Hannah ask Jesus in her heart!

So I said nothing major happening....how could I totally forget the most amazing thing that happened last week. My dear almost eight year old...asked our sweet Jesus into her heart! I am thrilled. This has been a long time the spirit has been working and we are so excited to see her life changing as she follows Christ. Chad led her in prayer as Mikayla and I sat at the table praying with her. I just pray God will keep His mighty protective hand on her all the days of her life and that we will humbly guide her into the woman of God that she has always been meant to become. It is so very exciting to see your children have their spiritual birth before your very eyes. How awesome!!!