WOW time is flying, this year is almost gone and Christmas time is upon us. I am doing a poor job of keeping this blog up to date so let me update on the happenings around here...

First in line is the homeschool department, we are finishing week 6/7 in our studies

Caden- * starts unit 7 in HOD next week
* reading is going very well, he is able to read books like cat in the hat, and most early readers on his own.
* he continues to do copywork for handwriting
* we are continuing to study phonic and spelling rules
* in math he can add, subtract ( simple without borrowing) he can write math sentences, can count money and we are currently working on telling time and place values.
* he enjoys Bible quizbowl each week during homeschool group.

Zach- * has completed 34 lessons in his grammer book covering usage of commas, run-on sentences, apostrophe, contractions, colons, hyphen, semicolon and underlining.
* almost finished with lifepac #2 in math
* has finished 6 lessons in spelling and vacab. (each lesson takes 4-5 days)
* we are finished with ch 4 in geography, this is taking longer than I planned, there is just so much good info in these chapters. We have covered the earths surface and landforms, maps, climate, and industry. The kids are also making a map project this semester.
* we have completed studies or experiments in the following areas of science.. air pressure, light, (color, refraction, shadows) and wind. We are ready to begin weather, clouds, and water. We all took a tour of a hydro-electric dam also.
* reading - has finished one biography (sitting bull) and is halfway into the second Gengis Khan
* music each week taking guitar lessons
* Bible quizbowl each week at homeschool group.

Autumn - * has finished 16 lessons in vocab/spelling. study of word root, prefixes & suffixes
* finished 25 lessons in editor in cheif for grammer review
* 104 pages in world literature
* Geography ( see above, both she and Zach are doing this subject together)
* science - finished ch 5 in exploring chemistry ( study of metals and gases)
* math - geometry- finishing ch 2 this week, this is slow but we don't move on if she is not understanding the concepts. The chalkdust DVDs do a great job of teaching, and she likes them alot more then the math-u-see we used last time.