Our homeschool week 1/12 -1/16

It was VERY cold here this week. The temp this morning at 7am was -5 degrees F (-21 degrees C) with a wind chill of -15 degrees F (-26 degrees C). Needless to say, the kids and I have stayed at home most of the week. We did manage to dig the van out of the snow and go to Swim and Gym at the Y on Thursday. Of course, poor Dany did have to get out in the weather to go to work this week. To top it off, a water pipe burst in the ceiling over his office on Friday causing a HUGE mess :( :(



On Wednesday afternoon, the temps were in the teens (relatively warm) and I let the kids go play in the snow. It has snowed a good bit more since then, but I haven't let them out to play. It's just been too cold.





















Last weekend, the kids made their garden stepping stones from the kit that Uncle Rob and Aunt Jess gave them for Christmas. Then the kids wanted to know when they could start planting seeds for their garden. I assured them that it would a LONG time!!














We had a good homeschool week this week. I really feel that we're back in the swing of things!
We got back to our drawing projects this week. For Cati's birthday, she received some oil pastels from Aunt Ginny, so we explored those in our drawings.


Here was Maria's inspiration for her drawing. She drew the flower with the butterfly on it.










She was very happy with the results that the pastels gave her.

Cati wanted to draw a pig and used this picture as her guide.

Here is her drawing in pastels:

Then she drew the same picture with her art markers.

I got the Play-doh out this week to try to keep Matteo and Chiara occupied during my lessons with the older girls. Cati finished her work quickly and joined in the fun. Play-doh has always been one of her favorite things! She made a Minotaur. We've read the story of the Minotaur of Crete in history lately. The kids have loved the book and read it lots of time, even though I find the story rather gruesome!

In science this week, Maria did an experiment about density.

Cati continued her study of the human body. She learned about the circulatory system, digestive system, neuro system this week. She worked on her lapbook and watched a couple of animations on the computer.

It's really bothering her now that she glued the intestines in the folder upside down!

Chiara struggles with her natural hatred of having any hairtie or clip in her hair and with her desire to wear them like her sisters. Last night she asked me to put a hairtie in her hair, and she kept it in long enough to get a picture!

That's all for this week! Have a great weekend! Go Steelers!!