Weekly Update-a week late

It has been a busy couple of weeks so I haven't been on here much to post so I'll do the best I can with what I remember (I'm not currently at home).

Math: Ellie took another test and got through a few more lessons. Kara got at least 15 lessons done.

English: Ellie did 4 more lessons and has been working on her story ending for Clubhouse Magazine. We'll get that finished up this next week I hope. Kara has been doing 2-3 lessons in OPGTR. I was doing only 1 lesson per day but it was going to take me too long to get through the book and she isn't having any problems with the material. She was reading out loud today and Dan commented, "When did Kara learn how to read?" She did great.

History: We read chapters 11 and 12 from SOTW and the girls made paper necklaces from wallpaper. We also read assorted books that corresponded.

Spelling: Ellie finished another spelling lesson. This week's lesson was a little easier and she only missed a couple on the pretest and did great on the final test. Kara is off from spelling for a few weeks until she learns how to read the words on her list.

Latin: We continued the lesson from the week before since there was some confusion about 2nd declensions. We've got that figured out now so we'll move on next week. She is doing a great job remembering all the words she has learned so far.

Science: We continued studying the earth and learned about how the tilt of the earth affects the amount of sunlight a country gets and the temperature of the seasons.

Art: We continued studying Mary Cassatt. They memorized her painting "Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly." We also reviewed the other paintings they have memorized by Renoir and Bruegel. They each colored their own Cassatt paintings again. I forgot to scan them in so I don't have images of them yet (I'll do this later). Kara was in a bit of a hurry this time so she didn't pay as much attention to the detail. Ellie was frustrated with her painting since she couldn't quite get the colors to match the original. She noticed that the original of the one she was coloring was overall a grey color except for the rosy cheeks of the kids playing on the beach (Cassatt's Children on the Beach).

Music: We reviewed the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy that we had learned previously and learned the first verse of a hymn which of course, right now, I can't recall (I have Chris Tomlin's How Can I Keep From Singing in my head and can't seem to remember what hymn we started).

Periodically I'll get some beans out for the 2 younger ones to play with while we are doing school. Natalie recently has been keeping herself occupied for long periods of time with these. She absolutely loves them and frequently asks if she can play with them. And she isn't interested in sharing. Here are a couple of pics of her playing with the beans, a few of her farm animals and other miscellaneous toys.