Well, I guess we will just consider week five as our early fall break.....
Between Labor Day on Monday, and me and Little E coming down with stomach bugs, we really only had one day of sit-down school stuff! No one had the motivation or desire to do much except lay around reading books and watching movies.
A friend of mine introduced us to a great book series for kids. They are called I Survived! and Big K is really into it! This week we finished up I Survived! The Sinking of the Titanic 1912 and started a new one called I Survived! The Shark Attacks of 1916. They are great historical fiction novels. I love that they don't really sugar coat the awful-ness of the event (in fact, one chapter in the Titanic book actually made Big K cry a little!) but are still really kid friendly. The chapters are short and the books are easy to follow along. Big K and I usually read a chapter or two before bed. He is perfectly capable of reading them, but most nights he just likes to listen. That's fine, too! We have gotten them from our local library, but you can find them on amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/I-Survived-Sinking-Titanic-1912/dp/0545206944/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410208241&sr=1-1&keywords=i+survived+titanic
Big K also spent some time learning on the computer this week. We really like www.starfall.com and the Umi Zoomi games on www.nickjr.com!
We have a FULL week planned for week 6, so we will make up for lost time for sure! It all evens out in the end!
Happy Learning,
Momma C
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