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I have major spring fever (already!) and you can tell with the lack of school posts lately. I think I’m ready for the break more than the kids are! At almost 17 months, the “baby” is definitely a toddler now and is such a distraction: climbing on the school table, whining constantly for me to hold him, or destroying everything he can reach. He’s exhausting! Just five more weeks to go… I think I can, I think I can…
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS
+ M (5th grade) started his Edison unit in science. He’s reading A Story of Thomas Alva Edison and then keeping a journal, writing as if he were Thomas himself. It has been a nice way to change up his narrations. I love seeing his creativity.
+ TJ (age 3) is suddenly fascinated by dinosaurs. A few of his favorite things right now:
- Favorite show: Dino Dan (on Amazon Prime)
- Favorite picture books: Dinosaurumpus!, Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex and we just ordered DK Dinosaur!
- Favorite toys: TOOB of Baby Dinos
- His brother and sister have been helping him draw using these art tutorials
+ Last week, we watched a few episodes of “Chasing Monsters” on Netflix, including one episode where the Bear Grylls/Crocodile Hunter-like host got bacteria samples from the teeth of live sharks to help with shark bite antibiotic research. It was so random, but also really interesting. And in some strange way, it tied back to our science bacteria study from a few weeks ago.
+ We’re starting to wrap up our African Geography Studies for the year – just three weeks left! This week we went to Zambia and read Beautiful Blackbird.