Closing out The Week

All in all a great week--our summer school only lasts about 1 hour a day, but it gives our summer momentum and that feels productive and satisfying.  We reviewed Spanish words for parts of the body, read the body books over and over again, and it seemed to hold the kids' interest.  I think the best part of this little summer plan is that the information is presented in a concentrated way over the week.  I think it was beneficial to read "Me and My Amazing Body" three times in 5 days.  They did not mind the repetition and it helped their retention of the information and allowed them to develop questions.

Our little joint experiment was interesting.  I wrapped the kids arms up in magazines.  The 1 yr old was so excited to get her magazines--she wants to be like the big girls.  Then she panicked when I put Cheerios in front of her and she couldn't eat them!  I was quite proud of daughter #2 for coming up with a creative way to solve the "feed yourself without elbow joints" problem.  Look:

Good aim!

I ignored their learning jounrals all week until on Friday they remembered and requested to write in them.  They very eagerly drew pictures of skulls and brains and such.  Each one came to me and carefully explained what was in each picture.  They know the brain is the boss of the body, the lungs are like the balloons, the heart pumps the blood, and bones are like tent poles holding themselves up.  I am glad they remembered the journals--they turned out precious.

My eldest's journal was obviously more detailed and even included interesting factoids. In order to keep her thinking skills up to school standards she has been completing science worksheets, while I have been holding reading lessons with #2 and #3.  Maybe I should have her report her findings . . .