Term Two: Week Seven ~ Books, Lego, Puzzle and a Mystery Rash

Another week has come and gone. The boys and I are amazed that there are only three weeks left in this term. How time flies when you are having fun studying... even with the lock down and the strangeness of this year in the midst of the pandemic... time marches on. My photo selection is slim this week... but you can still see some of the fun we had. No photos of structured written work, but it got done as well. All three boys finished another chapter in their math books and we continue with our unit studies in science, history and geography.

This was our newest haul of books from the library. We "click and collect" sometime between 3pm and 4pm on Thursday afternoons. The books go into the garage for a 3-day quarantine (as most have plastic coating on the covers) and then I bring them into the house on Sunday evening to join our other library books on our special library bookshelf. 

We misunderstood the directions in the Lego mosaic book (see below) that we borrowed from the library, and thought we needed a 2ft x 2ft base plate so Munchkin spent a good portion of Sunday trying to construct one... 

Sunday night puzzle progress... 

The boys are pretty excited about this book... 

 After carefully looking at the direction pages in the book we discovered that we already had a base plate that was the correct dimensions... so Munchkin selected his picture and got to work. We shall see if our general Lego collection is big enough to allow the full picture to be built...

It looks as if we will have a very wet winter... this is much needed but makes exercise more difficult. Any time it wasn't raining I dragged the boys out for a walk or a scooter ride. 

Monster got another three nights worth of puzzle work in this week... the progress is subtle... but if you look carefully you can see it. 

 We ended the week with a mystery rash all down the front of Munchkin. It meant a trip to our family doctor on Friday morning with the diagnosis of a viral rash. We are now treating it with various creams and lotions, some antihistamines, and it is improving. The photo on the left was taken on Friday morning while the photo on the right was the improvement from Friday to Saturday. So thankfully the treatment we are giving appears to be working.

Term Two: Week Six ~ Library Books, Construction Progress, and Cheeky Cockatoos

We are officially at the halfway mark of this term! My goodness how time flies, even when we are largely restricted to life in our home and our neighbourhood. We will continue to work hard and learn lots as winter settles in, and hopefully in the spring we'll be able to do more excursion and outdoor learning. But for now, we are content to stay home, knuckle down, and learn. Enjoy my post and my selection of photos...

Another HUGE haul of library books came out of garage quarantine late Sunday afternoon. The boys were super excited about this pile because it included some new viking chapter books (novels not non-fiction) and the rest of the Elmer collection our library has. There are also a few more lovely WWI picture books in here as well, and some books about the history of money and general money management as Monster and I want to take a little detour into some interest based learning. 

An early morning shot of Munchkin enjoying a decaf tea, his breakfast, and his math assignment for the day. I LOVE that our dining table is bathed in sunlight. In the winter it makes for much warmer learning time. 

During a walk around the neighbourhood we checked out the ongoing progress of the new house that is being built down the road from our house. 

Monkey working hard on his math assignment for the day... 

Legos and books.. Munchkin's two big loves. 

Some puzzle progress from Monster for the week... 

As we walked to the library for our "click and collect" we spotted this cheeky cockatoo in the tree. He was quite excited and kept putting his crest up, but he flew across the road before I could get any really good photos of him. 

Our Duplo Lego collection is still much loved and frequently played with. 

Monster finished reading all the Wizards of Once books... they count as Premier's Reading Challenge books for him. 

 Independent chapter book reading for Munchkin...

Munchkin is really enjoying having LOTS of picture books to read again. 

I finished reading aloud this book on WWI to Monster. For a short, junior non-fiction book it was chock full of really good information. 

 All three boys are working their way through the How to Train Your Dragon books.

 Monster and Monkey are learning a bit more about world health in the wake of the pandemic.

Munchkin is really enjoying all his new chapter books I borrowed from the library for him. Monkey is really interested in Vikings as well so he will read these books too. 

 Monster and I are enjoying beginning his WWI unit study with all the lovely picture books the library owns. I was unable to borrow all these books for ANZAC day this year because of the lockdown, so it has been lovely to read them now, even if it is almost two months late.