Wrapping up the Week - 1/7

Family Read Alouds→ 

During the Day ~ Five Children and It

To the boys ~ The Hobbitt (slowly but surely they are plugging away)

To the girls ~ selections from Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud

My Reading List→

The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur

The Happiness Project

On my Kindle: Digestive Wellness for Children

Around the House→ The Christmas decorations were packed up and put away.  I am going to try this clutter calendar for the year.  I have hopes of trying to do little de-cluttering things almost each day instead needing to do big projects that take up a day on the weekend.  By the way, over the Holidays the girls and I spent a bit of time cleaning and sorting in their room.  We were able to get the project completed in less than an hour, mostly because we weren't sorting through drawers, finding clothes stuffed here and there and refolding clean clothes.  I am loving our family closet!

Around the Kitchen→ This month I am focusing on The Pantry Challenge.  My grocery shopping will (hopefully) be minimal as we work through the things we have on hand.  I did a pantry check and organize, with a bit more to do.

Tea Time→ This month we are talking about self-discipline. Much to discuss in this area!  We enjoyed Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins while we read some selections from The Book of Virtues.  

Winter Outings→ It snowed a bit on Thursday so the kids were anxious to get outside and sled.  Technically it wasn’t enough to sled on, but the kids didn’t care and it was good for all of us to get outside and get some fresh air and exercise.

Learning all the Time→   We continued to read a few Christmas books, I found this book at an after-Christmas sale, Mary Engelbreit’s A Merry Little Christmas Celebrate from A to Z  It was a good way to tie in our alphabet learning with Christmas.

Dad took a break from work to build blocks with the littles.

  

Jacob ~ MUS, Calculadder Drills, Handwriting/Copywork, Reading

Jonah ~ MUS, Phonics, Handwriting, Copywork, Reading

Sarah ~ MUS, Phonics, Handwriting, Reading

We are going to start spending time on Sunday afternoons doing a more focused religion study.  We are using Faith and Life Series and Seton.

   Along the Alphabet Path: - Letter “M” Week ~ We talked about Mary and read portions of the book Mary, The Mother of Jesus.  Here are some of the other M books we read:

Night of the Moonjellies (we love this book)

Madeline

The Moon

Cat and Mouse in the Snow

Our letter M craft was simple.  I printed out an “M” that they cut out and glued to construction paper.  They then glued macaroni onto the letter with magenta colored glue.

Cutting the M out proved to be a bit too challenging for Leah and Levi.  I simply drew a letter M on construction paper for them to glue the pasta.   

Feel free to link up and share your week!