Warm Sunny Days

This week has gotten warm here. We have been wondering if winter was ever going to turn in to spring. We have had rain, wind and jackets for too long. When it was sunny today the kids talked me into doing school at the table on the back deck. It was too bright (I am not complaining) so Tessa got out her Japanese umbrella to shade her paper. Mr. Wheels colored on his laminated pattern letters with green dry erase letters. When he was done I had him pretend he was a John Deere lawn mower and "mow the grass" to clean it up. This is the joy of homeschooling we don't go to school, school comes with us.

Making Regular Polygons

Today for math Tessa was making regular polygons. She is making a hexagon with her 45-45-90 & 30-60-90 triangle to get the 120 degree angle. It was a bit frustrating because the paper moved.  She decided to tape them down and tape her  triangles together. She was proud of her hexagon when she was done even though it was hard. 

The Letter R

He does various activities for the letter of the week. Here are 2 of the ones we did this week. I printed the letter pattern pieces from Confessions of a Homeschooler. Mr. Wheels loves to paint. We have been doing these activities throughout the year. He is not as excited by them as he was at the beginning, but he still really loves painting.

King Saul: The First King of Israel

Tessa wrote this for English and History. She finished it today. She will need to proof it later.

Saul

Here is story of Israel's famous king named Saul. There are three main facts about this famous king. Saul is the first king of Israel, he is tall and handsome, and he starts off a godly man but then becomes evil.

The Israelites wanted a king so they could by better in battle and they wanted him now. So God told Samuel, the prophet of the day, to go find the man whom He had chosen, named Saul, anoint him and crown him king.  To be a king you didn't have to be rich, wealthy, or smart, though that may help, but you have to look like a king which means you have to be tall,handsome, and strong. Saul was all of these. Saul started off as a very godly man but then, of course, he got proud of his riches and his power. All of these got in the way of his walk with God, he became evil, and that led to his own destruction.

In conclusion King Saul is rather famous.  King song is famous because he is Israel's first king, he's tall and handsome, and he starts off as a godly man but then becomes evil.

The 23rd Psalm

Mr. Wheels has his memory verses that we say during family worship each night. His sister has been learning The 23rd Psalm. Today he was sitting with us and said the entire thing. I then videoed it. I put in the subtitles in case it is difficult to understand his 3 year old accent.

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Memory verse

Tessa has been memorizing the 10 commandments. We are taking 10 weeks to do it, one added each week. Each week she writes all the commandments that we have covered thus far. 

This week web are working on "you shall not commit adultery."

Letter H and I

We are catching up on out letters we are doing I this week but there are some activities that we did not do with the H last week. Mr. Wheels is using the pattern block so the letter I. I got theses sheets from Confessions of a Homeschooler. 

He enjoys doing this. I have to make sure that I give him a small amount of the blocks. He gets overwhelmed and then won't do anything. If I give him a small amount then add more as he goes he has a great time.