Week 23 - Mali

Math: We practiced counting and played some games.
We did some number dot to dots. I made some paper clocks.

Language Arts: We did quite a bit of Reading Eggs. We also started the next level of Language Arts, the Kindergarten level. We started on the phonics cards and did the beginning assessments. Mom read us stories. We did the first lesson on our new books after we finished the assessment. We played a storytelling game with Story Cubes. We also are in a Storytelling class at our co-op this semester.

Trampoline & Tumbling: Practiced our regular stuff. Also did extra practice on our front somersaults and our backwards jumps with arms up and our cartwheels.

Other: We went to the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point and got to see a lot of butterflies. They also have other creatures there, including scorpions, tarantulas, giant millipedes, and other insects. They also have a fun play area. We also went to the BYU MOA and saw the Windswepts exhibit. We had already gone once with our grandparents but our mom and brothers hadn’t been yet.

Playing our storytelling game

Butterfly at the biosphere

Holding a giant millipede

Really big beetle

New Language Arts book

Windswept installation at BYU

Week 23 - Max

Math: We practiced counting and played some games. We did some number dot to dots.

Language Arts: We did quite a bit of Reading Eggs. We also started the next level of Language Arts, the Kindergarten level. We started on the phonics cards and did the beginning assessments. Mom read us stories. We did the first lesson on our new books after we finished the assessment. I read a book to Mom called Nell and Ed. We played a storytelling game with Story Cubes. We also are in a Storytelling class at our co-op this semester.

Trampoline & Tumbling: Practiced our regular stuff. Also did extra practice on our front somersaults and our backwards jumps with arms up and our cartwheels.

Other: We went to the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point and got to see a lot of butterflies. They also have other creatures there, including scorpions, tarantulas, giant millipedes, and other insects. They also have a fun play area. We also went to the BYU MOA and saw the Windswepts exhibit. We had already gone once with our grandparents but our mom and brothers hadn’t been yet.

Playing our storytelling game

Me pushing on the big ball like a dung beetle pushes on a ball of dung

There were lots of these blue butterflies

At the Butterfly Biosphere

At the Butterfly Biosphere

Cool cracked mud piece at the BYU MOA--It is really big, probably
12 feet in diameter

New Language Arts book!

I got a haircut this week

Week 22 - Max

Math: We got new batteries in our Learning Resources Cash Register so we have been having fun doing the different activities and learning games you can do with that. It does addition and subtraction practice, and also has you enter in certain money amounts with coins. We played Buy It Right and Money Bags.

Language Arts: We did a bunch of lessons on Reading Eggs. We also did handwriting practice and we did Lesson 34, which is the final lesson in our Primer.

Trampoline & Tumbling: We did our usual practicing. Our teacher told us to practice cartwheels at home this week.

Other: We went sledding one morning with our brother at the park in our neighborhood.

Week 22 - Mali

Math: We got new batteries in our Learning Resources Cash Register so we have been having fun doing the different activities and learning games you can do with that. It does addition and subtraction practice, and also has you enter in certain money amounts with coins. We played Buy It Right and Money Bags.

Language Arts: We did a bunch of lessons on Reading Eggs. We also did handwriting practice and we did Lesson 34, which is the final lesson in our Primer.

Trampoline & Tumbling: We did our usual practicing. Our teacher told us to practice cartwheels at home this week.

Other: We went sledding one morning with our brother at the park in our neighborhood.

A family picture I drew

A craft project I made

Week 21 - Mali

Math: This week we did some work in our Smiley Face math workbooks. There was counting, adding, and counting multiples of 10s. We also did some Math Seeds on the computer.

Language Arts: We did lessons 32 & 33 in our Language Arts program. We also did Reading Eggs. I made a book about a dog. I read The Hot Yak and The Big Cub to my mom.

Trampoline & Tumbling: We practices our different  jumps and did bridges and our other stretches, too. We got to try and climb the rope that hangs from the ceiling this week!

I drew this trophy

Doing Smiley Face Math workbook pages

Yoga

Practicing numbers and putting them in order

My book

Week 21 - Max

Math: This week we did some work in our Smiley Face math workbooks. There was counting, adding, and counting multiples of 10s. We also did some Math Seeds on the computer.

Language Arts: We did lessons 32 & 33 in our Language Arts program. We also did Reading Eggs. We did a handwriting practice page in our workbooks. 

Trampoline & Tumbling: We practices our different  jumps and did bridges and our other stretches, too. We got to try and climb the rope that hangs from the ceiling this week!




Working in my Smiley Face math workbook

Out for dinner with mom

Playing UNO

Max Weeks 18-20

Language Arts: We did quite a few lessons on Reading Eggs. We also did lesson 31 in our language arts program with mom. Mom read us stories. 

Math: We practiced counting. We also practiced the addition that we have learned. We played math Memory and War with our Tiny Polka Dots math deck. 

Tumbling & Trampolining: We practiced our different stretches, rolls, and jumps. One new thing we did was to have our legs on top of a big mat block and walk around the block on our hands. We also did lots of belly flopping jumps on the trampoline which was fun. 

Other: We finished up learning about the center of gravity. We talked about the difference between where the center of gravity is on a symmetrical object (like a paper plate) and what happens when you add a weight (we used binder clips) to one side. We went to Idaho with our mom and brother to visit our grandparents and while we were there we went to the Discovery Center of Idaho. It has a lot of fun science activities. We also each had the chance to go skiing with our Dad and start learning the basics. We also rode on the UVX bus to the Provo Library to see the exhibit of National Geographic photographs of the West. 

Photograph I liked at the exhibit. This is the Hoover Dam.

Center of Gravity

My graham cracker house

Christmas reindeer onesies

My new Minecraft Lego set

My brother and I went to the skate park to ride scooters. 

Skiing with my Dad

Mali and I got our brothers' old bunk bed

On the UVX bus

Mom & me

At the Discovery Center of Idaho

Giant Light Brite -- water bottles filled with colored water

Trying to put this guy's guts back in 

Bed of nails

Shadow room

These are so cool! I wish I had one. 

Discovery Center pics

Visiting Grandma & Grandpa Wallentine

We stopped on the drive home to see the Malad Gorge. It was neat
but it was SO COLD we couldn't stay out long. 

Discovery Center of Idaho

Doing the hand-walking around the block mat

Spidey-Bells!

The copper is not magnetic but is a conductor, so you can make the 

disc in the middle float if you do it right. It was really cool. 

Mali Weeks 18-20

Language Arts: We did lessons on Reading Eggs. We also did lesson 31 in our language arts program with mom. Mom read us stories.

Math: We practiced counting. We also practiced the addition that we have learned. We played math Memory and War with our Tiny Polka Dots math deck.

Tumbling & Trampolining: We practiced our different stretches, rolls, and jumps. One new thing we did was to have our legs on top of a big mat block and walk around the block on our hands. We also did lots of belly flopping jumps on the trampoline which was fun.

Other: We finished up learning about the center of gravity. We talked about the difference between where the center of gravity is on a symmetrical object (like a paper plate) and what happens when you add a weight (we used binder clips) to one side. We went to Idaho with our mom and brother to visit our grandparents and while we were there we went to the Discovery Center of Idaho. It has a lot of fun science activities. We also each had the chance to go skiing with our Dad and start learning the basics. We also rode on the UVX bus to the Provo Library to see the exhibit of National Geographic photographs of the West.

I liked this photograph at the exhibit. It is from space and those giant figures were made hundreds of years ago
and are only visible from space. 

Belly jumps

Funny prank "Peanut Brittle" at our grandparents' house

Center of gravity

We saw Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse and we all got
new Spider-Man shirts

My Graham Cracker skyscraper

Decorating the box that I turned into my mouse house

We all got Maileg mice for Christmas and I made this house for mine

Skiing with Dad

I pulled myself up and then a flywheel slowed my fall back down

A giant Light Brite -- made out of colored bottles of water

The Shadow Room - Mom & me

My mom finally taught me to sew

I practiced a lot, this was just my first row

I also learned how to sew on buttons