Our Week

Tuesday was mostly a play day. We had company for most of the morning and spent the afternoon playing and settling back into our groove. We played a few board games and weeded our garden.

Wednesday Ethan made it to his Wonderful Wednesday and cut out yellow star shapes and pasted them on black paper. We spent the mid-day at the HDT campus working on our spiritual growth through the open heart drumming circle that I host twice monthly. Our focus was to grow our own energy as well as the energy of the campus. It was another open day, of play and being outdoors and celebrating the summer warmth and beauty.

And today- we had a good day of homeschooling. We started the day off with morning movement guided by the book "Snail's Journey Through the Jungle" by Emma Less. It's a story about a snail who goes on a grand adventure through the jungle and on the way meets all kind of animals and has fun challenges. We were able to act out everything. Following morning movement, we worked on our numbers and dexterity skills by creating a long line using the alphabet blocks and measuring it when it was done. It measured 99 inches long. Ethan then learned how to jump and record the distance using the block line as his starting point and placing a block down where his feet landed and measuring the distance between the two. His first jump was 2 ft. 8 inches, the second 3 ft. and the third 4 ft. 2 inches. Following this he made shapes using the blocks and made a square 20 blocks wide by 20 blocks high. He then sat in the center and so did Avery. They played more outside before lunchtime.

In the afternoon we went to Brainerd and selected a new bike and gear for Ethan and Avery. Ethan got a new big boy bike and a helmet and protective pads and a horn, and Avery got a helmet, pads, and a horn as well. Our goal was that this evening Ethan would go over to the lake house to learn how to ride without training wheels. When I got home from teaching yoga I found Ethan managing to ride in a successful line without falling over. He is on his way.

We'll be visiting Lake Superior this weekend and gathering stones to make a rock garden at home. We will also be making our stepping stones. We were going to do that this morning but got involved with going to Brainerd. Lots to do! So much fun!