Tuesday and Wednesday March 4th and 5th

Tuesday

Learning Centre Day.
All: we prayed on the drive and listened to the second to last chapter of A Single Shard. My how I love this book, and it is so wonderfully read.

In the morning....
Chores were done by all.
Ariel did Math.
Hannah baked lots of cookies and touched up her chickadee presentation.
Aaron read a bunch of words from Word Mastery and Starfall.
Caleb did his chores and violin EXTRA fast to get to play his new multiplication game Timez Attack (ht. Lissa for this one).

Bedtime Read Aloud:
Magic Treehouse etc. for younger set
Last chapter of A Single Shard for everyone.

Dinner: black beans with sauteed veggies and cumin and cilantro with cornbread (YUM!)


Wednesday

All: chores
Lord of the Rings- big read with Papa while children drew

Ariel:
whistle (big practice)
Math- next page in Zeta
Writing- rewrote passage of Mark and added to his retelling of the large battle at the end of The Return of the King
Latin- oral drill of all grammar cards and did Ex. 26 Henle outloud with H. and I
Read- Tom Sawyer (no Nature Study or History for this bit)
We also did a Writing Road to Reading Session for some spelling practice.

Hannah:
piano (a few songs and some scales- first lesson with Joy this week)
Math- 26D Zeta (she flew through this)
Read- part of a story in the Red Fairy Book
Latin- oral drill of all grammar cards and did Ex. 26Henle out loud with Ar. and I
Writing Road to Reading Session for spelling practice. (went well for all!)

Caleb:
Violin practice
Math- Timez Attack (he is onto the 3s and picking up speed!)
Read- The Minstrel in the Tower
-a story from the Book of Virtues out loud to me
Writing- dictation

Aaron
We worked on some reading and holding our pencils!
Read him The Meat Eaters Arrive

I went and helped a friend move today for a couple hours over lunch. Unfortunately I let myself be sucked into blogland soon after this so I have to pull it together to make dinner and get ready for ballet. The kids are playing a Harry Potter Board game Ar. got for Christmas. Oh yes, and Ar shoveled the front walk this afternoon.

Dinner: black bean soup and cornbread for potluck (made extra beans the night before!)