Our curriculum is wonderful about including science and art in the daily lesson plans. During our Lewis and Clark study we are learning how they journeyed to the Pacific Ocean and traveled across America. Along the way they discovered many plants and animals they had never seen before. We love to look in our nature study book and find out information on those plants and animals. Then we write down that information and draw a picture of them. We have started a journal type book for our information and pictures during this unit.
The kids started their piano lessons a couple of weeks ago. They had a hard time at first because the lessons were on the TV and the piano faced the opposite way in the other room. I found a really nice inexpensive 19" TV with DVD player built in that fits on the piano. So when they are doing their lessons they can see the teacher right in front of them and it won't be so difficult. It has helped tremendously. They are able to go to the next lesson when they feel they have mastered the one they are on. Posture and hand positions are a work in progress. We still need the piano tuned but haven't found anyone to do it yet.
Our school year is coming along nicely. We start our fifth week of school tomorrow. We did the work for today on Friday. We have been reading some great books. Even our unit study books have really been good books. We only have two more weeks of our Lewis and Clark study so we will add three more books to our reading list for the next unit.
We have met with our two homeschool groups once each. In August, AAHE had an ice cream social for our new school year kick off. We have our September meeting on Friday followed by lunch at CiCi's Pizza as a fundraiser for that group.
Our HomeBase Homeschool Friends group meets every other Thursday at the church gym. We had a great time this past Thursday talking about what we were using this school year and the kids playing in the gym. We are working on field trips and group activities we can do at least once a month. Your ideas are more than welcome. Share them with us.
That's our progress report for today. Thanks for stopping by.
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