Volunteer! (180 + 7 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here's W in debate:

W attended Teen Coop.  He played D and D.  D attended circus and J attended ballet.

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W's coming of age group volunteered at Del Val Community College's A Day state fair.

We all went to enjoy the festivities!  D climbed a traveling rock wall:

W, R and D worked with LOF.

W read independently.  R read part of  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.  D mastered
Go, Bus by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Muff and Ruff by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

I read to the girls:
Too Loud Lily by Sofie Laguna


I'm Not a Baby by Jill McElmurry


Everything but the Horse by Holly Hobbie


Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Discoveries by Mike Venezia


Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray


That Book Woman by Heather Henson.

Coming of Age (180 + 6 weeks)

R went to Parkour.

D, J and W rode the local trains.  W is babysitting and our goal is for him to be able to get to the job and back on the train independently.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  D made cupcakes with beet-colored frosting, to accommodate classmates with sensitivities to food coloring in her Tea Time with Beatrix Potter class:

We completed our first draft design for our MAHC t-shirt:

W attended his Teen Program and played D and D several times

J went to ballet

and D went to circus.

W completed his Coming of Age program year.  He participated in leading the recognition worship service by lighting the chalice and speaking joys and sorrows for the congregation.  He also presented his Credo, or statement of belief.  The other kids attended the service to honor him!  Before hand we had some exploratory play in the woods.

W, R, and D worked with LOF.  D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

W read independently.  R practiced reading, completing his first full-length chapter book (he read part, we read part each day:
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome.  D mastered
Rub-a-Dub by Bobby Lynn Maslen and J mastered

Jig and Mag by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  I read to the girls:

Letters Home From Our National Parks Yosemite by Lisa Halvorsen
Do They Scare You?: Creepy Creatures by Sneed B. Collard III


The Mummy Makers of Egypt by Tamara Bower


Anasazi by Leonard Everett Fisher.

Mutter (180 + 5 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here's R in his seasonal cooking class:

And D in her Beatrix Potter Tea Party class:

W attended Teen coop, where he began new classes, Evolution and Hiking:

He also played D and D several times.

D went to circus class, J went to ballet.

W went to the Mutter Museum:

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  W read independently.  R practiced reading.  D mastered 

Ok, Kids by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Dot and the Dog by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

J worked with Explode the Code and D worked with Handwriting Without Tears.

I read to the girls:  Whose Eye Am I? by Shelley Rotner

A quiet week (180 + 4 weeks)

W had a mother's helper job.

R went to Parkour.

D went to circus and J went to ballet.

We went for some hikes.

W played D and D.

All of the kids attended their religious education classes.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  W read independently.  R practiced reading.  D mastered Ok, Kids by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered

Dot and the Dog by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

I read to the girls:


A Piece of String Is a Wonderful Thing by Judy Hindley


Ballet Sisters: The Newest Dancer by Jan Ormerod


Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough


Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney


Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian

Easter Bonnets - and dresses (180 + 3 weeks)

R went to parkour - twice.  He is the ball of blur in the middle here:

D and J visited the dentist and received clean bills of health!  

D went to Circus class.

W played D and D.  He also built a table for hosting games in our basement:  

D and J requested home-made dresses for Easter to match hats given them by their grandmother.  D did some of the sewing on the easier seams:  

They also got to meet ducklings visiting next door:

W, R and D worked with LOF.  D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code, completing 

Get Set for the Code - Book B by Nancy Hall.

W read independently.  R practiced reading.  D mastered
Sox The Fox by Bobby Lynn Maslen and J mastered
Dot and Mit by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

I read to the girls:

Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall by Michelle Markel


This Is My Dollhouse by Giselle Potter


Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe by Don Brown


Lucky Ducky by Doreen Mulryan