Our week was chugging along swimmingly until this morning, when Pete woke up with stomach trouble. He’s the only one who’s had an issue so far, so I’m guessing it was something he ate yesterday. Either way, he’s spending the day in quarantine. Hello, first sick day of the year. 🙁

Here’s a little of what Pete and Poppy worked on this week:

Language Arts

Reading

Pete zoomed through the rest of his Barnes and Noble Reading Challenge books this week. The program includes a section where the reader recommends the book to others who might enjoy it. My favorite recommendations from his this year? He believes that “people who like wedgies” might enjoy Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Women” and that those “who like airplanes and strong ladies” might enjoy Kate Boehm Jerome’s “Who Was Amelia Earhart?”

Spelling

Pete definitely prefers hands-on work (in every subject) to written stuff, I’ve continued to look for and use tactile projects for his spelling lessons. One of his favorites this week was using a foam brush and some water to make his spelling list vanish from the sidewalk outside.

Math

Every so often Poppy and I hit a point in her math curriculum where my explanation of how things work doesn’t connect with her mode of understanding. That happened this week with her reintroduction to multiplying multiple numbers. So we turned to MathAntics, and they once again solved our dilemma. Thanks, MathAntics dudes!

History

We’re still talking about Napoleon this week.

Extracurricular

Almost all of the kids’ extracurriculars are back in action now, but somehow it didn’t feel overwhelming this week. Pete had guitar, Poppy had two soccer practices, and they both went to tae kwon do. Poppy will be back to piano next week, and Pete’s soccer practice starts in a few weeks. I’m guessing it’ll start feeling busy then!

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