School's Out For the....

We finished our 5th week of History/Bible/Literature(HBL) A! We are thoroughly enjoying this year so far. It has been so fun seeing Jonny understand life in Ancient Greece, how the first Olympics took place and the culture surrounding that. Learning that we shouldn't disobey our parents, but sometimes it is ok when helping others.

We have learned about how different volcanoes are formed, the types of volcanoes, different weather patterns, how different rocks are formed, and the life cycle of a frog!

Jonny has been enjoying our slower more focused approach on learning how to read, though if I dropped handwriting, he would be thrilled with life! He is doing well at sounding out words though and breaking them down to spell them out.

He has learned how to solve for unknowns in math, as well as counting by 2's, 10's, and 100's. He really enjoys math and science the most.

Artie has enjoyed doing a bit of school work and is very complacent with doing as I ask. I'm excited to see how he continues to grow over the year.

We finished swim lessons for this session. Jonny is officially advancing to level 3! He has worked so hard to get to that point. Artie will stay in level 2 and Matty will move to the toddler water acclamation.

Jonny and Artie are both doing well with Teeball. They have both hit the ball with free pitching!

We ended our week by taking a last minute trip to Nana and Papa's house for some good company, food, and air conditioning. Beating this heat just a little bit!

We are spending this next week relaxing and taking a break after this session. We are excited to jump back in the following week, but looking forward to the respite.

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