Jumping Jacks

Caleb and his brothers learned how to do jumping jacks today. Caleb has also been wrapping presents for his brothers and writing labels for them.

Merry Christmas!

We are doing crafts, baking cookies, playing in the snow, and getting ready for visitors this week. Caleb received his first penpal letter yesterday with a handmade card. He was so excited. And now, his brothers really want penpals, too.
Merry Christmas!

Funny Faces

I gave Caleb a stack of shapes that I had cut out along with a glue stick. And, he had fun.

softening and hardening chocolate

Today for our science experiment, we softened and hardened chocolate. We made peppermint bark! Caleb smashed up a few candy canes in a sandwich bag by hitting it with a big spoon. We placed chocolate chips in a dish and melted them in the microwave. We then spread the melted chocolate out over a pan. Caleb then sprinkled the smashed candy over the chocolate and then placed the pan into the fridge to harden.

Landforms

Today is Geography day. We learned about all of the different types of landforms using BrainPop.com. I've considered joining brainpop and am using the 5 day trial right now, but I doubt we will do it. I would love to find something similar, but with a Christian world view.

Caleb actually learned some Algebra today! Math-U-See teaches beginning Algebra right along with addition. He was solving problems like x+3=9.

sick day (just a normal day here)

Caleb and the rest of the family are sick and so if he had been attending regular school, he would have not gone today, but since he is schooled at home, it was just a normal day.
He continues to do Bible using "Family-Time Bible in Pictures", which the boys and I have really enjoyed. We're only about 1/3 of the way through, so we'll be using this for quite a long time. Each section has a couple questions following.
Then he does his Math U See work. Today he learned how to skip count by tens. We have gotten into a routine of doing 2 pages a day. If he gets anything wrong, I erase his answer and he reworks each problem until he gets each correct. If I notice he's not understanding something, we go back and review. He does one chapter lesson over the course of 3 days, usually.
Today we continued on with our history book, which we really like, as well. We are about 2/3 done with this book and so I'm on the outlook for what we will do after we complete it.

freezing salt water (and pepper water!)

Caleb is conducting his own experiment today. He is testing which will freeze faster; salt water or pepper water.
All of the boys get to watch "Charlotte's Web" which we're finding is much closer to the book than the "Stuart Little" movie was.