Silks (180 + 15 weeks)

W and R had their semi-annual dentist's visit.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  In our bake sale class we dipped pretzels and fruit in melted chocolate!

The boys went to the woods with their class:

W attended his Teen Program, and played D and D.

D attended her last circus class until later in the summer.  She's got some skills on the silks!

The girls explored the element of fire on a cool, rainy day:

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  R and D practiced reading.

Many podcasts were listened to and documentaries watched.

I read to them:

Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley


Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet by Jane O'Connor


Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry


Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report by Jane O'Connor

Plays! (180 + 14 weeks)

All the kids attended their classes at MAHC.

We went to the Arden Theater's production of The Light Princess.

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

D attended her Circus School class.

We attended the School Free Players' production of One Man, Two Guvnors.

All the kids attended their religious education classes, which included meeting a screech owl!

W, R and D worked with LOF.  R and D practiced reading.

I read to them:


Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey


Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg


Billy Goats Gruff by Fran Hunia


Pinkalicious: Tutu-rrific by Victoria Kann


Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes





Robin read this one to everyone! The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites by Dr. Seuss

Circus Arts (180 + 13 weeks)

W and R went to their MAHC classes (D was sick.)

W went to his Teen program and D went to her Circus class.

W played D and D several times.

We went to a show featuring circus arts at D's circus school:

R, D and J went to their Religious Education classes.

R finished

Life of Fred: Ice Cream by Stanley F. Schmidt

And W and D worked with LOF as well.  R and D practiced reading.

Lots of podcasts were listened to and documentaries watched.

I read to them:


Easter Parade by Irving Berlin


Hula Lullaby by Erin Eitter Kono


Pancakes For Supper by Anne Isaacs


The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman


For Liberty: The Story of the Boston Massacre by Timothy Decker

Tree climbing (180 + 12 weeks)

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  In our Practical Lego Building class they finished a Rube Goldberg Machine.  The part W worked on worked perfectly; some of the other parts did not function correctly, which was frustrating:

R turned 11!

The girls discovered a nearby park with a great climbing tree and decided to get a portable rope swing to hang from it sometimes:

W attended his Teen coop classes.  D attended her Circus class.  W played D and D several times.

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  R and D practiced reading.