Summer Fun - Weeks 3 and 4

In true summer fashion, these past two weeks there has been no theme or much planned learning. Sometimes it's nice to just be off!

The Math

Emmett didn't have much planned learning.  We did do a fair amount of math stories and a fair amount counting without a curriculum.

Because Abby finished Singapore Math 1b, we moved on to work with MEP year 2.  We only worked half-pace, though, with our own added math review problems.

The Reading

Abby has been reading whatever suits her fancy, including a lot of Dr. Seuss, a few library books, etc. She's excited to enter a few summer reading programs and earn prizes this year.

Emmett is still working through 100 Easy Lessons.  He slowed down a bit these last two weeks, but is still doing wonderfully... The lessons at this point get longer and he doesn't have stamina or maturity to sit that long.  So, we've started splitting the lessons.  He's finished just past lesson 50.

Unplanned Summer Fun

• We had lots of ice cream!

• We flew kites.

• For whatever reason, my kids (especially the middle two) LOVE to watch the garbage truck.  It is the highlight of their Monday.

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• Emmett is constantly picking flowers for me.  What a sweet boy!

• We noticed our blackberries were ripe!  So we enjoyed a taste - yum!  Ellie eats as many as she can.  Hyrum full fists them into his mouth.  Even Emmett checks everyday to see if he can spy a ripe few.

• Abby lost tooth number three!  She pulled it out all on her own.

• Hyrum became a walker!  I guess he is now making the shift into toddlerhood!

• This past Friday we made a trip to Enid to visit Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse.

• While we were in Enid, we visited their splash park where the kids had a BLAST.

• Before heading home, we stopped at just one more park.  The kids were fascinated with the merry-go-round there.

Daddy is off this next week, so who knows what kind of crazy fun we'll cook up!