She said, "A Friday! You know! One of those things with ice cream."
"Oohhh!", I said. "You mean a sundae!"
"Yeah," she answered. "A Sunday!"
Yesterday Leah wrote "L"s for part of her school. She is good at writing them as her name begins with that letter. She also knew the sound. But I still had her do her alphabet page with the rods. She will act like she doesn't want to do it. I am realizing that I still need to have her do what I tell her to do as next fall she will start K and she will have to do the work. Here she made a log cabin, a lemon lollipop, and a lamp.
Daniel is working on his math. Sometimes it is hard to juggle two small children's different school work at one time. My heart goes out to all those moms who have many children to school and several preschoolers. I really admire you!
Daniel has always been good at numbers and math. This year he is doing much better with the written problems. He used have trouble figuring out whether to add or subtract. Now he gets it almost every time. This past week has thrown him a little as he has two steps to each problem. But he is getting it.
This and next week we are studying Mexico. I found a lot of good books at the library that we have been reading. For art we are making a pinata. In my book it said that pinatas actually originated in Italy. I didn't know that but had never really thought about it. Yesterday we cut up newspaper and dipped it into liquid starch to cover the balloon I had tied to my light fixture in the kitchen. Leah didn't like getting all starchy but helped for a little while. Daniel finished it with little help from me. It is still drying. Once it does we will paint and decorate it. When we have our Mexican Fiesta we will celebrate by filling the pinata and breaking it.
I like that the curriculum I use, MFW, has a forum that many mom and one dad teachers write and ask questions or give their ideas. It is well organized. Each different year has its own ideas and helps. I can go to ECC Ideas, then click onto which week we are on, and get helps from others who have already done it. I wasn't going to make the pinata and just do something easier for art. After reading the posts I felt encouraged to try it. If ours turns out I will post my recipe I used to make the starch.
I get an email astronomy newsletter from Classical Astronomy listed in my sidebar. Since I have been getting it I have learned a lot about the stars and planets. Last summer we watched Jupiter most of the summer until it disappeared over the western horizon. This summer Jupiter is visible in the evening sky in the SE. Did you know that Jupiter is the 4th brightest object in the sky? First is the sun, followed by the moon, Venus, and then Jupiter. You can view Venus in the early morning sky in the east right before the sun comes up.
I knew from my newsletter that last night was a good night to see how close the moon and Jupiter were together. I went out right after sundown and then a couple more times before I went to bed. Jupiter is much brighter than the stars so you shouldn't miss it. It didn't really show up well on the picture I took. I can see it on my saved pictures on my computer. When I loaded it onto blogger the picture is much smaller and Jupiter isn't visible. It is down and a little to the right of the moon. But I can't see it here.
If you get a chance take a look at the Classical Astronomy website. Go to the newsletter page. Click onto the various pages and sign up for the newletter. There is a lot of information for viewing the night sky in the month to come.
Today looks like a good day to stay inside if possible. The wind is so strong and it is cold. I still haven't made a fire but am really tempted to do so today. If it isn't any warmer in here when we have finished school I will make one. Have a good day. Welcome, Whitney, to the Internet! I will be waiting for you to start blogging!
