MFW-CtG Weeks 32, 33 and, 34

Here are a few highlights from our week...

I have to admit, we didn't finish the year off quite as strong as we had hoped. Our steam had pretty much run out...lol! 

We did manage to get in a Drive Thru History video. "Greece and the Word" Episode 1 would be great to watch the last few weeks of CtG.

We had good intentions on completing the last few art projects, doing the note-booking pages, and even had hopes of putting on our own Pentathlon, BUT... none of that really happened. 

INSTEAD, we worked a lot in the garden, got a bee hive going, went camping, and lots of other things.

I promise, we did the assigned reading, we just never got to the last few projects listed in the teacher's manual. It all turned out ok though and the kids didn't seem to mind one bit ;)

We did complete ONE art project :)

My brown-eyed girl giving her oral creating writing assignment. It was about cats...hence the cat 'prop'.

My blue-eyed boy giving his oral book report

The swarm we caught

Our garden in its beginning stages....

And a few months later....

How about you? Did you finish off the year strong?

Have a great summer everyone!

Weeks 29, 30, and 31

Here are a few highlights from our week...

Art

The kiddos did an awesome job on their Greek coins. I was so proud of them and their creativity. We looked up lots of pictures of owls, they each chose their favorite, and set out to make their coins. No complaints at all on this activity :-D

Bible
The amount of kings who 'did what was evil' in God's sight compared to the kings who followed God is very disheartening. All the miracles God used to try and get their attention, the prophets He sent to warn the kings and the people...and they still chose to worship other man-made gods :(


History
So many wars and rising and declining world powers....it is hard to keep up with it all :-o


Science

We are glad to be done with Genesis for Kids. Quite honestly, the last several weeks to months have just not been very exciting or interesting. We were glad to begin Archimedes and the Door of Science, but we are a bit bummed with just reading though. We are starting to miss our science experiments. It has been interesting though. The kids find Archimedes quite comical and cooky.  

We have a ton of experiments and activities lined up for the summer though, so the kids have had fun deciding what to do and pick out. So far on the list is: making our own chewing gum, making our own chapstick and tinted lip balm (my son's choice was sour pickle scented), and making our own lotion bars...manly scents for the boys, of course...lol!

Dance and band have both ended for the summer. Here are a few highlights :)