Sunday, June 14: 180 + 7 weeks

Robin attended the final week of his MAHC classes: Battle Re-Enactment, Improv, and Board Games. I read to Robin: The Man from the Land of Fandango by Margaret Mahy


Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Jason Chin


The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli


Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins


Robin exercised. The main event of the week, however, was his godmother's wedding. Here's the first released shot of him in the wedding party:

Sunday, June 7: 180 + 6 weeks

Robin attended his MAHC classes: Battle Re-Enactment, Improv, and Board Games. He finished working with Life of Fred for the year, as well as with his English workbooks until July! We went to the library. I read to him: Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola


Old Bear Board Book by Kevin Henkes


A Visit to Dr. Duck by Rosemary Wells


Robin went camping and enjoyed lots of hiking, campfires, good food, and good friends!

Sunday, May 31: 180 + 5 weeks

Robin attended his MAHC classes: Battle Re-Enactment, Improv, and Board Games. He worked with Handwriting Without Tears, Explode the Code, and Life of Fred. He read a Bob Book and I read to him: Columbus by Demi


Mr. Tall And Mr. Small by Barbara Brenner


Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford


Robin exercised and went swimming!

Sunday, May 24: 180 + 4 weeks

Robin attended his classes at MAHC: Battle Re-Enactment, Improv, and Board Games. He worked with Life of Fred, Kahn Academy Math, Handwriting Without Tears, and Explode the Code. Robin read a Bob Book, and I read to him: Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning


Mossy by Jan Brett


The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss


He visited the Franklin Institute and saw the IMAX movie Great White Shark. Robin exercised, and went to the pool for the first time this year. He attended his religious education class, which focused on helping homeless veterans through a story and hands-on making of care packages.

Sunday, May 17: 180 + 3 weeks

Robin attended his classes at MAHC: Battle Re-enactment, Improv, and Board Games. Here's a picture of him in action during the "Battle of San Jacinto."

Robin played a lot of Minecraft. I read to him: A Honey of a Day by Janet Perry Marshall


I Have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres


Robin exercised. He attended his religious education class, which focused on the Golden Rule.

Sunday, May 10: 180 + 2 weeks

Robin attended his MAHC classes: Battle Re-Enactment, Improv, and Board Games. He worked with Kahn Academy math, Life of Fred, Explode the Code, Handwriting Without Tears, and read Bob Books. I read to him: LadyBug, Ask, and Muse Magazines Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? by Wade Bradford


I Am So Brave! by Stephen Krensky


Bear Play by Miela Ford


The Bear's Bicycle by Emilie W. McLeod


Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor


Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of Brave Bessie Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh


Robin attended his religious education classes, which focused on finding ways to give love and connection with the natural world through fishing! He walked and exercised and hiked and rock climbed. Robin also saw his doctor for his annual physical and is at the 50% for height and the 75% for weight, and in good health!

Sunday, May 3: 180 + 1 week!

We have completed 180 days of instruction logged as we are required to do by law in Pennsylvania. From here on out, I'll blog weekly about what we've done. Robin attended his MAHC classes, including Scratch Programming, Improv, and Wave Mechanics. He began working with Kahn Academy classes on-line, specifically 3rd grade math. He experimented with using Cuisinaire rods to better understand multiplication:

He continued working with Handwriting Without Tears, Explode the Code, and reading Bob Books. I read to him: The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies


Whose Knees are These? by Jabari Asim


Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett


A Leaf Can Be... by Laura Purdie Salas


Hug You, Kiss You, Love You by Joyce Wan


Robin exercised, including by visiting a trampoline park and a rock climbing gym.

Robin experimented with making microwave popcorn, finding out that it is in fact possible to burn it!

Robin attended his great-grandmother's memorial service, and his religious education classes, which focused on putting love into action and experiencing the web of life by fishing.

Thursday, April 23: 179/180

Robin worked with Life of Fred, Explode the Code, Handwriting Without Tears, and read a Bob Book. I read to him: When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill


Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses by Jennifer Arena


The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky


We watched a brief documentary video about DJ Kool Herc. He exercised.

Sunday, April 19: 176/180

Robin attended his religious education classes, which focused on welcoming the stranger and our place in the Universe. He exercised.

Robin landed a jump + flip on our beds for the first time, to his very great excitement:

Friday, April 17: 175/180

Robin worked with Life of Fred, Handwriting Without Tears, Explode the Code, and read a Bob Book. I read to him. Lucky by David Mackintosh


Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton


Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth by Molly Bang


We went to the library. Robin exercised.

Wednesday, April 15: 174/180

Robin worked with Life of Fred, Handwriting Without Tears, Explode the Code, and read a Bob Book. I read to him: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder


A Nest in Springtime: A Mandarin Chinese-English bilingual book of numbers by Belle Yang


The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Rosemary Wells


Robin exercised.

Monday, April 13: 172/180

Robin attended a performance by the Peking Acrobats. Here he his right before they began:

I read to him: Whose Toes Are Those? by Sally Symes


Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares


New Baby Train by Woody Guthrie


Robin exercised.