'15/16 Week 16 Days 1 and 2

In addition to our little outing to look at the lights in the park, the children had a couple of more Christmas time events last week end. First, we watched the city's Christmas parade. Second, the children had their annual Christmas concert. It all was very lovely.

At the Christmas Parade.

Saara taking a photo of her favorite characters at the Christmas parade.

Christmas concert. A quick rehearsal before the concert.

Another quick rehearsal before the concert.

Our school days have been busy as usual. There have been a lot of new skills both children have been learning and practicing in math. Saara is slowly memorizing the multiplication table, and Andrew is learning to divide larger numbers.
In history, Andrew crossed over to the 20th century. Today, we read about the Spanish-American War. Saara is in the middle of learning about the vast empire of the Khan dynasty in Asia.
Andrew finished his reading practice book and I let him choose his new one. He was so excited when he saw "Old Yeller". He had heard about the story from a TV show he watched once, and now he cannot wait to read it himself.

Science. Saara was answering a few questions about owls. I brought out my collection of owl feathers we have found on our property.

We examined the feathers to see for ourselves the reason the owls have such a silent flight. 

Saara is becoming more independent. She prefers to read her book by herself now.

Math. Learning to multiply by tens.