Valley Forge (182/180)

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here's W in the Literary Magazine and Yearbook class:

D and J were inspired to do some sewing.  They made matching eye-pillows for J and a teddy bear:

R took an Outschool class on Behavior and Learning Psychology.

D went to circus!

We went to Valley Forge.  We visited the cabins and Washington's Headquarters (where Wolfy would not have been able to stand upright - he would have been tall in 1778!) and took a hike by the stream.

J went to hip hop and ballet.

W participated in leading a worship service.

All the kids went to their religious education classes.  Here are D and R demonstrating interdependence by running (and winning) a 3-legged race.

W and R worked with LOF.  The girls played addition card games.

W read independently.  R read with support.  D practiced reading.  J mastered 

Rub-a-Dub by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  R practiced spelling, D worked with Handwriting Without Tears, and J worked with Explode the Code.

W worked with Khan Academy Art History, walked, and cooked regularly.

I read to the girls:
No Hugs for Porcupine by Zoe Waring
Luna and Me: The Story of Julia Butterfly Hill by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too! by Rachel Isadora
Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli


Elena's Serenade by Campbell Geeslin



This week included 7 days of instruction.

Cat's Cradle (175/180)

All the kids went to their new classes at MAHC.  W is taking Yearbook, Government, and Functional Origami.  R is taking Data Driven Policy, Podcasts, and Book Club, which is reading American Street by Ibi Zoboi.  D is taking Foods from Latin America and Spain, Watercolors, and Wizardry.  J is taking Ballet, Snacks Kids Can Make and Take, and Incredible India.  Here is J in several of her classes:

D went to Circus.

J went to Ballet.

All the kids went to their religious education classes.

We ate an an Indian restaurant, and everybody tried new things.  The girls helped plant flowers.

W and R worked with LOF.  D and J played addition card games.

W read independently. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
  R read with support.  D practiced reading, starting the 5th box of Bob Books.  She is feeling challenged by the longer text in the first book, but she's pushing through!  J practiced reading.

D and J journaled a book we read a while ago:

R worked on spelling words.  D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

W cooked dinner and lots of food for his birthday party.

This week included 5 days of instruction.

College Tour (170/180)

R went to Parkour.  J went to Ballet and Hip Hop.  J is trying out Ballet 1 (she's been in Pre-Ballet 3) with the approval of her teacher and dance school.

W, D and J went on a tour of the campus of Montgomery County Community College.  W is considering pursing an associates degree in Game Design, starting with dual enrollment classes in the fall.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  Here is W being extremely silly with one of his classes:

D went to Circus.

R went to a half-day middle school UUs event.  Here he is working on a breakout puzzle:

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W and R worked with LOF.  D and J played addition card games.

W worked on Art History.

W read independently.  R read with support and finished The Attacks of September 11th, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis.  D mastered
Max and the Tom Cats by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Ok, Kids by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

The girls journaled about a book we read earlier, and the movie Coco:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Autumn Soup in spring (164/180)

R went to Parkour.  J went to Ballet and Hip Hop.

We had visitors, including cousins with whom the girls made an elaborate treasure hunt map:

All the kids attended their homeschool coop classes.  Here's J listening to her partner's story and taking pictoral notes:

R took a class on Outschool on Outbreak!  Classifying Zombie Pathogens.

The girls made soup and wrote a recipe for it:

D went to Circus.

All the kids attended their religious education classes.  Here is D in her class, where they were competing to name songs by listening to the first 10 seconds or so of them.

W and R worked with LOF.  D and J played addition card games.

W read independently.  R read with support.  D mastered 

Jumper and the Clown by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Sox The Fox by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  I read to the girls:
Once Upon a Cloud by Claire Keane


Grand Canyon by Jason Chin.

The girls journaled about a book we had read together earlier: 

This week included 5 days of instruction.

Ski Trip (159/180)

R went to Parkour.  J went to ballet and hip hop.

Here she is in her ballet class:

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  D is taking Ancient Writing and enjoying her homework:  

All the kids went skiing at Jack Frost!  I was very proud of how they all worked together to teach J how to ski, and how W stayed mostly with her while D and R did some more adventuresome slopes.

R took an Outschool class on Extreme Animals: Poison and Venom.

D went to circus.

W went to the UUA's Youth Ministry Revival social justice conference.

R, D, and J went to their religious education class, which included some yoga:

W read independently: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor.  R read with support: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis.  D and J practiced reading.

W and R worked with Life of Fred.  R completed Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents by Stanley F. Schmidt.  D and J played card games for addition practice.

D and J and I continued our journaling about children's books from the class I am taking:

I read to the girls:  A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe by Irene Smalls-Hector

The Cricket and the Ant: A Shabbat Story by Naomi Ben-Gur.

This week included 6 days of instruction.