A great day of learning!

After a 2 week break from school, we got back at it yesterday. I was almost dreading it because Mondays are usually bad enough getting back into the swing of things after the weekends, let alone a Monday after 2 weeks! But I have to say it was a wonderful day! I can't tell you how many times Jared made the comment about how fun school was or how it was the best school day ever or how I was a fun mom. That boy just always makes my heart soar!
So here's what we did...

We started the day with our Miracle Music. The boys get tired of the girl's voice on the CD, but the music is great & they get things done; so, IMO, it's worth it! lol
Then we got some science learning in. We read in our book "One Small Square: Cactus Desert." The boys are really enjoying this book. While I read, they worked on their handwriting, taking a break once in a while to come look at the pictures.
Next was history. We're working on a Middle Ages lapbook from Hands of a Child. So far the boys are enjoying it. Yesterday they learned about the feudal system, causes of low population, and a few vocabulary words. We also learned that a knight's helmet could weight up to 40 lbs!! Can you imagine walking around with something that heavy on your head? Wow. We also read a couple of chapters from the Magic Tree House book "Knight at Dawn."
After history we took a break to go outside and get active. It was time for P.E. We started out with some stretches to get our muscles warmed up.


The boys wanted to do jumping jacks.


We took a little jog up our road and back.


Then we took some time to work on soccer drills. I set up a few obstacles for the boys to practice their dribbling.


And everyone got a chance to be goalie.


They reluctantly came back inside to finish up everything else. But once everyone was back inside, we had a snack of apples, cheese sticks, and peanut butter, and had a health lesson on learning the food groups.
We managed to get math, spelling/phonics, grammar, and reading done.
We watched a couple of videos of pictures of fall foliage, learned about why leaves change colors in the fall, and did a few things for our fall study.


I read a chapter from "Sign of the Beaver," and the boys worked on their last craft for the day...3D mosaic animals.


They didn't get finished with them, but they had a whole lot of fun working on them.

So, yeah, it was a long, full day, but everyone had alot of fun!