Weekly Recap 10/4-10/8/10

We began this week with some time at home.  M6 has developed a love for Amelia Bedelia.  H11 and S8 were happy to share their reading skills with her as long as they could spend some extra time snuggling.

We spent time this week learning about lift and what makes a wing fly.  While some of our experiments worked perfectly, some required a little more, well, experimentation.

Overall this week was a pretty great one.  We got the house totally straightened for a realtor walk through, had some extra fun in the kitchen and completed all of our lessons.  M6 even completed FLL Grade 1.  She's very, very pleased with herself.  That makes her an official kinfirsecond grader. 

We are moving right along with Story of the World 2.  We learned about Australia and New Zealand this week.  That was especially fitting since Rob is in Australia.  I think we'll be watching Whale Rider this weekend.  We love that movie.

Much of our math was done while cooking but S8 and H11 did start multiplying multiple digits with carrying.  Fun stuff.  It's a review for H11.  She doesn't seem to mind.  S8 is thrilled with the orderly nature of math. 

H11 is also preparing for the NaNoWriMo by working on the young author's workbook.  She's anxious to get started with the actual writing but has agreed that the pre-planning will help her be successful in November.