This week the kids and I went on a field trip to see a play called "A Thousand Cranes" at our local Botanical Gardens. The play was about a little girl and the aftermath of Hiroshima. There is also a book about this story that you can find in the library. It is a very sad story but important to learn about the effects of the atomic bomb.
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| No pictures during the play but it was very well done and we all had tears in our eyes when we left |
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| Afterward we took a walk around the Japanese gardens and talked about the play |
Mario Fan practicing his presentation for his Spanish class at coop. He has been working so hard on learning about PERU!
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His topics were to talk about the map/geography of Peru, learn about the Guinea Pig festival and find a game that was practiced in Peru.
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| MarioFan during his class presentation. Everyone loved the Sapo! He also planned on wearing an Andes poncho and straw hat for his presentation but we forgot them at home:( |
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| He wanted to bring in our pet Guinea pigs to show and tell but in the end we left them at home and just took in a picture. The guinea pig festival in Peru is fascinating until you get to the part where they eat them:( |
For our History lessons we have begun studying the Cold War! We always start of watching Crash Course videos to introduce new history topic which my kids love.
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| We looked at the causes and effects of the Cold War |
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| and we made a list of things happening around the world during the Cold War many of which we will touch on in the weeks to come. |
MarioFan has completed his Growing with Grammar book and is about a month away form completing his spelling and math programs:). I probably won't start grammar again until next September and I have decide not to resume a spelling programs since he appears to be a natural speller:). Math however I will continue to have him work on with worksheets I find on the web so we don't get too rusty:) before beginning pre algebra next year.
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