We woke up to see dark clouds forming. Maddie and Hunter had soccer pictures at 8:00 and, sure enough, it started raining at about 7:50. Pictures still went on as scheduled, however, and it stopped just about when our 8:30 game was supposed to begin. The only problem was that the opposing team did not show up!! So. . . since we had 6 players, we decided to burn off their energy with a scrimmage. (boys against girls) I think boys won by a couple goals, but who's keeping score!?
Haley and Maddie had their pictures at 9:30 and the second soccer game at 10:00. Haley had to leave a little early to get to orchestra at 10:45.
This afternoon was a little calmer. The girls were very anxious to work on their rainforest unit. Since Haley is now home four days a week (she goes to JET on Mondays), I decided to try out the new curriculum I found. I ordered a set on Relationships since the first topic studied is the Rainforest. We started yesterday and both girls are doing very well! There is usually an activity I and II (easy and hard option), so both girls can do the same thing at their own level. They LOVE the work and beg me to go on to the next lesson! Yesterday the girls colored and labeled a map of the world, showing where the rainforests are located. We read The Green House and discussed the metaphors throughout the literature. They are now watching a video and taking notes on the animals and plants found in the rainforest. It's amazing how much they LOVE to learn when the teaching is centered around a topic.
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