MFW Highlights Wk30 Countries and Cultures

Week 30 MFW Countries and Cultures

Homeschool Wrap-Up

Theme for our studies this week…. Russia and the Arctic

 Great book/s we read…. We finished up The Magic Schoolbus Polar Bear Patrol and our family read-aloud Gladys Aylward.  We also watched the DVD The Gladys Aylward Story.

Interesting facts we learned….The Kyrgyz who live in the snow-capped mountains in the country of Kyrgyzstan became an independent country once more in 1991.  We also learned that they eat the head of sheep.  An eye to eat so eyesight will improve and an ear to eat to remind the youngest to listen to their elders.

As Mom/teacher, I found this week to be….back to somewhat normal.  We have been visiting different therapists and doctors this summer trying to get a grasp on the reading and speech struggles one of our kids has had this past year.  This past week we had no visits and I have gotten into the routine of batch cooking and menu planning for our new diet.  With all that said this past week was a nice change of pace.
  

Favorite hands-on projects…. Baking bread and knitting with the girls.

Favorite extracurricular activity (if any this week)…. Hannah had a midweek sleepover.

We got excited when…. Lexi went poo poo in her potty.  Lexi has pottied three times now on her own initiative.

Craft idea for this week…. Knitting hats for the homeless.

I am praying for my children to…. have a deeper understanding of who our God is and how much he LOVES us!  We have been making our way through the book

and it has been a great book to share with our children.



I am learning to…. crochet new dish cloths.  I am also educating myself more about food and the chemicals within it as well as how our bodies react to the lack of the vitamins it needs.  

A new resource is…. the States, A 3 DVD set celebrating all that makes this nation great

Got the idea to do wrap ups from Mama Buzz (see icon on the right hand side of my blog), but she is done for this school year. So I am not linking this back to her blog.

MFW Weekly Highlights Wk29 Countries and Cultures

Week 29 MFW Countries and Cultures
 Homeschool Wrap-Up
 

Theme for our studies this week…. Russia and the Arctic

A great book/s we read….

Interesting facts we learned….Some compound words are hyphenated if they are one part of speech and not hyphenated if they are another part of speech.  As an example, first class is a noun while first-class is an adjective.  In other words adjective compounds are hyphenated. 

Arctic Terns migrate the furthest.  They fly from the Arctic to Antarctica.

We had a lightbulb moment this week….Hannah is beginning to understand how to write fractions in their simplest form. 

As Mom/teacher, I found this week to be….A bit hard due to my hormones, but about mid week it improved greatly.  

 Two favorite hands-on projects…. 
Our Permafrost Activity

 Firm gelatin represents the frozen ground, the permafrost layer.

The soil represents the unfrozen layer of soil above the permafrost layer.

Finally, crushed ice represents the snow that will melt now that it is spring.

What did we learn?  When the snow melts the permafrost layer keeps the water from going deep, so the soil becomes very muddy.

Many wooden houses in Yakutsk are tilted and sinking into the ground because the ground they were built on had become mud.  The newer apartments are huge concrete buildings built on "stilts" that go deep into the ground, leaving about 10 feet of air space between the ground and the bottom of the building.

And Baking....

 Favorite extracurricular activity (if any this week)…. Horse lessons.  Hannah has a new teacher and she is fabulous!  Hannah really learned so much from her in just the one lesson.  Hannah said that Ms. Jacqueline really had a love for teaching horse lessons and she enjoyed being around her.

We laughed when…. Lexi covered herself in sunblock.

Craft idea for this week…. We haven't been to crafty lately.

I am praying for my children to…. Be more encouraging to one another and to help each other succeed.

I am learning to…. Be more flexible and patient.  We volunteer at a local nursing home and I wish they were a little more organized. Each time we go we really don't know what we are in for. I think God is using this experience to bend me and teach me to be more flexible and patient with others.

My favorite new resource is…. our lapbook from http://yeeshallknow.com/

 My favorite picture.... Well not sure it is my favorite picture, but I enjoyed sitting on the back porch with Hannah watching the Downy Woodpecker in our Willow tree.

Got the idea to do wrap ups from Mama Buzz (see icon on the right hand side of my blog), but she is done for this school year.  So I am not linking this back to her blog.