Week 1, ECC

Our first week (five whole days!) went very well. There were only a few moments when I considered sending them back to public school. ;) Just kidding - not going to happen. Here's a picture of the kids at the table. This is where we do most of our work. I try to get everyone into the living room when we read.



This is how Audrey usually looks when doing her work. Pitiful.



I guess I'll just go through the subjects that we covered this week to give a "report" on how it went.

Bible was good. They had to memorize John 3:16, which was nice because they already know it. They both had a "test" on it today - Abby had to write it out and Audrey had to recite it orally. During the week we read from a few different books. One is about a family who went to Papua New Guinea to translate the Bible into their language. It was a very informative book and it gave a great insight into Bible translation work.

Geography has us investigating maps and globes and learning terminology such as North, South, Legend, Equator, Hemisphere, etc. The girls had to make a map of their room and include all the furniture. They made it to scale (1 inch equaled 1 foot) and it was very nice.

In Science we learned about habitats, niches, and ecosystems. All the kids went outside to the backyard and observed a square of the ground. The girls made note of everything they saw, Abby included Adam's foot. =) They had a magnifying glass to look close to the ground. I was impressed. I thought they did a great job.

Math is going quickly since it's pretty much review of what they already knew.

Audrey had her first spelling test today and she did well. Abby doesn't have to start her spelling program for another two weeks.

We went to the library today and the girls experienced the non-fiction section for the first time. I think they will really enjoy it! They also checked out some fiction books. I checked out "Little House in the Big Woods" to read to them. We read the first chapter today and it was long, but very good.

There is a lot more stuff that went on this week. These are the highlights that I remember off the top of my head. Here are some pictures of the kids during our science observation.