We finished up our school year on Friday, May 20. I did not do a very good job at taking school photos the last few months. In spite of that, here is a look at what we did.
We sang several hymns each morning. Our new ones for April and May were How Firm a Foundation, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Wonderful Peace, Jesus Calls Us, and What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
We studied the lives of two missionaries- William Carey and Adoniram Judson. These were two of our favorites. Within our studies we focused on contentment and patience and how these two men demonstrated those in their lives.
This is by far one of my favorite things I have chosen to teach so far. It is a wonderful missionary study and we were all sad to see it come to an end. It is fantastic and I cannot recommend it enough.
These are the twelve missionaries we studied this school year. I am so glad that my boys know their stories. I hope it will have an eternal impact on them.
Ben working on a Bible lesson one morning in school.
They read these two chapter books.
Ben reading a chapter of his book in the lobby of a medical clinic while we were out one day.
David read them this book as a read a loud at bedtime.
Ben looking up grammar vocabulary words in the dictionary.
They had one last field trip with Encounter Academy to a Mayan museum in Guatemala City.
The tour included a hands on project where they got to make several of these molds out of clay.
They took the CAT (California Achievement Test) two days during Easter break. Here they are walking to the school to take their test.
Beginning mid-April we began to finish different subjects which made for a lighter load as the weeks came to an end. Here is Ben receiving his IEW writing certificate. This year he did Intro to Writing using Aesop's Fables. It was an easy introduction class and I feel like it prepared him well for writing going forward.
Later in the month Cruz finished his online IEW writing class. His lessons were on Ancient History. We love IEW for writing! It has been a great fit for the boys.
They finished another great year of afternoon classes at Encounter Academy. They went two afternoons a week and took P.E., art, and Awana. We are so thankful that the school allows us to participate in their activities. It has been a wonderful blessing to us!
To celebrate the school year ending, several of the families went out for milkshakes at Ay Carmela in Antigua. It was a fun outing for the kids!
These are not just ordinary milkshakes. They are a called monster shakes. Cruz's was called Sugar Daddy.
Ben chose Mr. Cookie. I think they had just as much fun looking at each other's shakes as they did eating them.
We finished up with a last day of school family celebration. I will share about that fun day next.
