Week of 8/20- 8/26

What another great week here in the Rickard household!  On Saturday, Matt's work had a Family Day.  We took the kids so they could inside of where Daddy works.  They had food for us, Bingo, inflatables, rides around the building on golf carts, games, and did I mention FREE food?  The kids had so much fun eating hamburgers, hot dogs, sno cones, and popcorn.  I enjoyed meeting all the people I hear about on a regular basis.  It was nice to put faces to the names.  

We've learned a lot this past week in school.  Jacob has been learning about prime factoring, division by prime numbers, and exponents in math.  In language arts, he's been learning the comma rules.  He is learning about the countries of the Middle East (their location, capitals, leaders, etc.).  Here is a picture of how you homeschool in a small space.

In science, he's been learning about mammals and their different characteristics.  We're still continuing our study on Pablo Picasso in art, and  chugging along in Dr. Dolittle for literature.  

Evelyn has been learning more division facts and reviewing the multiplication and division facts that she already knows.  She's also been learning comma rules, as well, in language arts.  She has been studying Captain Miles Standish in history, and also is studying different types of animals in science.  She does the same art and literature as Jacob.

Aiden has been working on reading his sight words.  His words for the week were of & on.  He also builds words on his word ladders.  I love seeing the look of excitement on face when he sounds out the word and reads it.  He's working on writing his numbers and letters as well.

He was so excited about making this clown puppet!!

This was his first watercolor painting.  He loved using the paints.

Claire studied the letter B this past week.  She and Aiden also memorize a Bible verse each week and I LOVE hearing them recite their scriptures.

Claire is working on her pre-writing practice.

She loves searching for the letter B (or whatever letter we're working on) in these silly stories. 

Butterfly coloring page

Letter B scavenger hunt-  bear, book, boot, box.  (please excuse the messy background.  I'm working on reorganizing the school shelf.  That usually leads to more of a mess before it's actually organized.)

Butterfly puzzle

Matching the correct number clothespin to the corresponding butterfly

Black bean collage

Butterfly magnet page

As usual, we ended the week by celebrating with a letter B party.  We ate burritos while watching Bedtime Stories.   And who doesn't love dancing to them music at the end of a movie? 

I also made Blueberry Buckle for dessert and the kids told me I was the best mom in the whole world!  Score!!  Matt was also happy because that is his favorite dessert.  Win, win!!

There you have it, our week at a glance.  I wouldn't trade being able to be home with my kids for anything in the world.  Time goes by so quickly, and I love being able to spend with the people I love most in this world!