Eat your heart out....we're back into the swing of things.

 Christmas break is over and we're now back into our regular routine of school.   

Cailin has chosen to learn about the circulatory system for her science studies.  She made the four chambers of the heart out of graham crackers....then said "Look, I'm eating my heart!!"

Washington, Winter, and  War--W is the letter of the week for Liam.   We're finishing up our history unit of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and Colonial time period and we're talking about winter--what happens to the earth to create the seasons.  We've also talked about animals the hibernate and we're starting a science exploration of bears, which is what Delaney wants to learn about.  

I had the younger ones decorate a black line drawing of a tree and bare branches  according to what it would look like during the different seasons.  We also read many different books about winter, most fiction, but one- "The Reason for Seasons" by Gail Gibbons, a non fiction on the earth and it's movement around the sun to create the seasons., days and nights.

Delaney and Liam have been enthralled with the story of Samuel the Lamanite from the Book of Mormon. We got the Liken movie of Samuel the Lamanite for Christmas and these two have been watching it often...and then wanted to recreate the movie on their own.  They set up chairs for the audience, us, to watch them perform.  Then....

let the show begin....Liam loved being Samuel,, telling all the Nephities to repent.  Delaney loved shrugging him off, ignoring him, rolling her eyes at him and proclaiming "All is well in Zion".  

We pulled out the letter flash cards and played a game of Memory with them.  Brianne joined in the fun of learning when we pulled out an apple for snack and taught her the ASL sign for apples.

Well, whether I'm ready or not,  (and I'm not), we're back into the swing of things.