Week of May 12th

Monday

Boys went to my moms group at church where they attended their class for 6/7 year olds.

We read aloud from our Thomas Edison book. In the part we read, young Tom was sent to school when he was 7, but the teacher couldn't deal with his quirkiness and constant questions, so his mom homeschooled him. This sparked a really good conversation about homeschooling.

Read aloud from a book about the Golden Gate Bridge (we spent Mother's Day in San Francisco and drove over the Golden Gate Bridge). Then we watched a documentary on YouTube about the building of the GGB. This led Tommy to want to know more about earthquakes.

Tuesday

Schoolwork.
Played outside most of the day.
Lots of read alouds.
Watched YouTube videos about earthquakes, roller coasters, and jet cars.

I know that some people have children who read all the time and it's no big deal. While my children are able to read, it's rare to find them actually sitting quietly and reading a book. But lately I've been seeing them reading a lot more often, and it makes me so happy!

Wednesday

Schoolwork. Piano lessons.
Legos while listening to history read-aloud (Story of the World, Vol II).

Lots of outside play.

Thursday

Last official day of school!
As part of our last-day-of-school tradition, we went to Jamba Juice to celebrate and then to Target for summer goodies.
Outside play with summer goodies.

Friday
Early morning Mythbusters. Tommy found a new show called West Coast Customs on Netflix. What could he not love about a show that is all about taking apart cars and putting them back together in amazing ways? We spend the morning looking up YouTube videos about custom cars and hot rods and talking about it.
Tommy built a monster truck rally out of popsicle sticks.
Outside play.