Tuesday catch up

Today was a good catch up day. The boys and I didn't leave the house, and homeschooled until 4 pm.

We did a spelling test outside in the sun and reviewed vocabulary on the blanket with Jessie. Words that we reviewed were: extraordinary, ardent, scrutinize, regale, procure, devour, ponder, endure, elicit, sheer, cater, adorn, former, abate, and enthrall. The boys did quite well.

We also reviewed the final chapters of "Oral Language Exercises" - nominative case pronouns in compound subjects (meaning "John and I"), lie/lay, among/between, beside/besides, well/good, and bad/badly.

I read aloud a picture book called "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" by Mary Hoffman to go along with our study of the Nebuchadnezzar who built the Babylonian Gardens. In this book we learned about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -- 1. The Great Pyramid of Giza 2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. The Colossus of Rhodes 4. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 5. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 6. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia and 7. The Lighthouse at Alexandria.

Nicholas perused the other related books from the library, and then pulled out the globe.
Besides counting how many seas there are in the world, he looked at the different time zones on the globe. Lots of self-directed learning today!

The boys did at least 15 minutes or more of music. They both did well, no fussing. Michael and I found the tempo for the Bach song we were practicing, and put on our digital metronome to see how fast the song should be played.

We ended the day with starting some math, sitting at our new card table in front of the T.V. and watching and reviewing the lessons on DVD. This is our first transition to the new Math U See program, so it will take a little while to figure out where we need to start and carry on.

Bob had his Peewee hockey camp, so Michael and I went for a bike ride. My quads were still feeling tight from that huge bike ride we did in LacLaBiche, so I wanted to give them a workout again and keep that muscle. Michael and I biked to the library and back. It was a good workout, and he does so well with no complaining.