School Days January 2021

We finished up another fun month of learning yesterday.  Here is a look at what we did during the month of January.

 We studied and prayed for the countries of Spain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Trinidad.

This semester I added this book to our morning Bible time.  Each week we will learn about a new missionary. So far we have enjoyed stories about Gladys Aylward and William and Catherine Booth.

Math keeps us extra busy.  We do a lesson in the mornings and then both boys have math homework every day.  Here is Ben working a multiplication sheet.

We like using Wrap Ups for reviewing math facts.

We also use online drills from Math U See and XtraMath.

 

 We enjoy playing Math War for review too.

 

 Cruz is working his way through fractions- one day at a time!

 

 Here he is writing spelling words on the board as I called them out.  If wearing that chair on his head will help him spell better, I'll let him wear it every day. lol

 A quiet moment while they were both busy doing work.

Ben read about the States of Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Here he is doing an art project for Oklahoma.

His projects from his State books.

Writing a book report.

He began the semester reading Tornado.

Doing a reading presentation.

He read Meet George Washington.  After each chapter I had him write a few facts that he liked.  We combined them into a small booklet and attached them to a poster.

He used it to give us an oral report on all that he had learned.

Cruz doing a reading assignment in his BJU 5 reading book.

He also read Number the Stars and did a book report on it.

One morning as I was cooking breakfast I peeked into the living room to find them both reading on their own before school.  It made me smile.

Cruz doing a lesson in Fix It! Grammar

 

Writing a story for IEW

Reading his rough draft to David.

 

another paper to write

He does one a week.

Typing his story and making corrections.

In History we learned all about the Civil War.  It was a great study!  Here is Cruz doing an art project after a lesson one day.

 

Our Civil War activities

At the end of our lesson we played this review game.  I found it online at a blog I love- 123homeschool4me. com.

We finished our study with a fun Civil War themed recipe called Idiot's Delight.  The boys loved the name.

We spent the month learning about the Nervous System in Science.  Here is Cruz using modeling clay to make a model of the brain.

The cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem.

We also used modeling clay to make a model of a neuron. 

A notebook activity to label the parts of the brain and neuron.

 

Cruz doing another Science notebook activity.

We learned the brain lobes and made a model of it as well.

 

We took an online test to see if we were right brained or left brained.  Three of us are left brained and one is right brained (Cruz).  We also tested to see which eye was dominate.  Here they are doing an experiment to test reflex and also see how fast signals travel to our brains. We have one more lesson on the brain next week before moving on to a new topic. Science is so much fun!!

We are cruising into February...

I have changed out our focus wall decorations and come Monday we will be ready for a new month of learning.  

Have I mentioned lately how much I love homeschooling?  It brings me a lot of joy.