We got started really late 'cause I was trying to get the house clean first and then we had to have lunch and then we had to clean up lunch and... well, you get the picture.
Anyway, I wrote some topics on the blackboard for the kids to choose from for essays for the week and explained that I am going to have each of them write me an essay every week, with the lengths depending on ages and abilities of each kid. I told them to make this first one as long as they could (except Kjeri, who could probably go on for pages and pages) and then we would see where we need to set the lengths next week. Miri is the only one to have started on hers, Josie is going to dictate to a big person, and Eli had a fit about doing it - this is going to be fun.
I also assigned math to everyone except Kjeri - I still haven't found the book I want for her yet at a price I can afford. I ran out of time to do Emmy's and Josie's math with them so hopefully I can make up for it tomorrow. So, pretty much, Miri and Eli did their math.
Today was a science day so I worked with Eli, Miri and Josie to catch up on the minibooks for our botany lapbook that we will be putting together when we finish the book. On Friday, we will get back to reading the book and making the minibooks as we go.
Also, Emmy spent a lot of time practicing piano, Eli, Miri, Josie, Sarah and Will played with wooden blocks and the giant Legos for quite a while, Emmy made brownies for dessert after dinner, Josie and I looked up Big Ben on Google Maps and Wikipedia (no, wait, that was yesterday), everyone took a turn rotating laundry, almost everyone worked on washing dishes, and I listed a couple more things in my Artfire studio this morning (after getting home from grocery shopping with Rock in time for him to go to work). All in all, a pretty productive day.
What did you learn today?
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