Running Flips

Robin loves to do flips off of our dressers onto our bed.  Recently, he figured out how to run along the (very narrow) windowsill above the bed and do flips off of it, too.  This is not good for my anxious-mom-ness.  It is very entertaining to his baby sister, though.

Robin attended his classes at MAHC: open game studio, mask-making, and cooperative games.

He went to soccer practice and played in his game.

We read to him: What's Older Than a Giant Tortoise? by Robert E. Wells

and

Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

Robin watched some Nova documentaries, and another one about Easter Island statues.

He went geocaching.

And for bike rides.

Robin worked with Saxon Math 2.

And Explode the Code.

He played RoboRally at a game night.

And attended his religious education classes, which focused on differences of skin color and adaptive technologies, as well as climate change.

Robin attended his classes at MAHC: Dinosaurs, Mask Making, and Cooperative Games.  He went to his soccer practice and played in a soccer game, with a tie of 2 to 2 as the outcome.

Robin worked with Saxon Math 2.

He wrote in his journal, and drew.  He worked with Explode the Code.

I read to him, including:

Cute by Lida Dijkstra

Masters of Spinjitzu by Tracey West

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie dePaola

Stopping Bullets with a Thread: Stephanie Kwolek and Her Incredible Invention by Edwin Brit Wyckoff

Three Friends/Tres Amigos: A Counting Book/Un Cuento Para Contar by María Cristina Brusca

Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book by Brian P. Cleary

Volcano! by Ellen J. Prager

Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie dePaola

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

We went for walks and bike rides.

Robin attended his religious education classes.

He watched documentaries about dissecting sharks, lions, and tigers.

MAHC

Robin began the fall semester at Mt. Airy Homeschool Co-Op this week!  His classes were Open Games Studio, Mask Making, and Cooperative Games.

He also went to his brother's soccer practice (his was cancelled for field issues.)  And his own soccer game, which his team won - he played striker.

Robin worked with Saxon Math 2.

I read to him, and he worked with Explode the Code.  He also wrote and drew in his journal.

He watched a documentary about the ancient Greeks and attended his Religious Education classes.  I read him articles by Paul Salopek.

And The Song of Six Birds by Rene Deetlefs

We looked at a photo of a frog jumping in front of a rocket launch.

Win!

Robin's team won their first soccer game of the season 4 to 1.  He played "every position!"  He also had a soccer practice.  He's on the Ivory Coast team.

He attended the beginning of the year Social at Mt. Airy Homeschool Co-op, playing some Capture the Flag.

Robin worked with Saxon Math 2, including a cool ink-blot symmetry project.

I read to him, including these books: The Walker Book Of Read Aloud Rhymes For The Very Young by Jack Prelutsky

Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems

And articles by Paul Salopek.

He wrote and drew in his journal.  And experienced excellent music in our ingathering worship service for the year.

Robin experimented with a large glass lens.

Top O'Dunes

Robin really enjoyed our yearly pilgrimage to Top O'Dunes, a cooperatively owned house in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island in New Jersey.  He swam, played in the sand, walked, went kayaking, and played with cousins, uncles, aunts, and grand/great-grandparents.

He also worked with Saxon Math 2, and played Minecraft.  And Settlers of Catan.

He used Explode the Code.  He wrote and drew in his journal.  We read to him: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

And articles by Paul Salopek.

Graves' Mountain Lodge

Robin very much enjoyed our family vacation with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in Syria, Virginia!

He went horseback riding, swimming, and hiked the White Oak Canyon trail in the Shenandoah National Park.

Just for a moment, we were lucky enough to see a bear cub!  He and his cousins also captured a toad for a time.  Robin also attended his Religious Education class, which focused on the ecosystem of the Fellowship grounds.

Robin created a tie-dye t-shirt.

We read to him, including these books:

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan

Two Noble Kinsmen

This week we went to the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater and saw their summer production: The Two Noble Kinsmen.  I can see why it's not one of the most performed Shakespearean plays, but it was certainly worth the (free) admission.  Robin especially liked the sword fight.

He worked with Explode the Code, completing the letter P.  We read to him lots, including Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day by Donald J. Sobol

Robin worked with Saxon Math 2.

We went to the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, which Robin has been to several times.  They have very assiduous docents, one of whom followed us around and answered all of our questions about everything, even showing us his own military medals. We also read posts from Paul Salopek, and this book:  How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz

Robin went to a playground with lots of monkey bars and did them several times.