Week in Review 11/4

I've been de-Halloween-ing the house this week. I need to find more fall decorations. We decorate for Halloween and then take everything down until the Advent and Christmas decorations go up. I'd like something to bridge the gap.

Jim and I  went out last night and I was naively surprised to find the outlet mall all decked out for Christmas. I won't lie and say that I wasn't happy to sip my gingerbread latte while I shopped, but the Christmas music in the stores felt ridiculously premature. I am slightly paralyzed at the thought of Christmas preparations this year, so for now I will stick to my list making and pretend that Advent does not actually begin at the end of this month.


James is almost finished with the geometry chapter in his math book. I would like to go back and cement a few concepts before we delve into the chapter on Algebra. Since the Math Mammoth books make so much sense to him, he'll be working through MM 6A and B, hopefully at a quicker pace. Once we get through that, I'll reevaluate and we'll either do an extra year of Prealgebra in the 8th grade, or move forward in the fall. I'll worry about that when we get there.

He started the Seton English book. He is only a few lessons into it so I really can't make any judgements about the program, but I can say that it is a beautiful book and he has enjoyed the few pages that he has done so far.

Since Halloween threw us for a loop this week, we didn't move forward in his writing or French programs. We'll pick those back up next week.

Sean finished the first chapter in his math book this week. He'll begin subtraction on Monday.

He also finished a section on long-e words in his phonics book (ee, ea, ie). Now it is on to the long-i sound.

He loves illustrating his copybook.

Christopher is copying his brothers and shouting his favorite three words, "Mom!" "No!" and the ever popular, "Mine!"