Learning updates

I have had precious little time to blog lately. Life has been busy, commitments are piling up, and the last thing I seem to have time for is updating this page. C’est la vie.

We are whizzing through our final term of the year, and I am amazed, as always, by what the kids have learned, and are learning. Super-boy is now learning cursive, and we finished our geography book, Paddle-to-the-Sea today. We were both excited to finish the journey with our beloved paddle man, and sad to say goodbye to him. Super-boy has begged me all year to read Paddle more quickly, but I knew that taking our time would be more enjoyable, and it was. I am glad I trusted those smart ladies of Ambleside Online and read it slowly.

I also had some suspicions confirmed recently that Super-boy’s math was a combination of 2nd & 3rd grade skills. I was thumbing through the book “What Your Third Grader Needs to Know” the other day at the library and a LOT of the math skills listed in that book are things we covered this year. Math-U-See Gamma arrived last week (along with Diva’s Primer book) and I was looking through it with excitement. Gamma jumps right into multiplication and division. My son is growing up. *sniffle*

Also, A Child’s History of the World finally decided to show up yesterday after just over 3 weeks! I was getting worried. I am already on Chapter 12. Next year is going to be great!

And, because the mailman obviously knew that I needed a boost yesterday, he delivered out caterpillars too! We are about to raise a few painted lady butterflies.

I will admit, these guys seems less than enthusiastic, but I wonder if that has anything to do with scanning procedures at the post office. I hope they perk up because I really don’t want to have to order more. I have my fingers crossed that we will be able to raise at least five and learn about the life cycle of a butterfly.

How can I disappoint these cuties??