Vowels

Cooper's been working on the long-oo and short-oo vowel sounds this week. 

Noah sat in for the fun part of this lesson.

Caleb found something more exciting to do.

Today, Cooper sorted cards into the appropriate long-oo or short-oo pile.

Measurements and Nature

We're still in school. I just haven't been posting. We should officially finish the school year next week, though I plan to continue doing some work through the summer.

Noah worked on measuring.

I've gotten a number of his recent worksheets from this website. 

We went on yet another nature walk through the nature reserve.

Caleb was in charge of carrying (and sitting on) the bread and apples.

The ducks in Aberdeen would come swarming. These guys aren't sure what to think of us.
Hopefully they'll warm up to the idea of having bread thrown at them.

Still throwing bread and checking out some tadpoles.

There are hundreds (at least) of tadpoles.

I foolishly let the boys go off the beaten path.
Not the best idea in sandals - Caleb got stuck in the mud a few times.

Noah was giddy on the swing.

Cooper was a little more cautious. 

Here's a view of the countryside. We live just outside the Ring Road
which enables us to easily enjoy the city and country.

The horses wouldn't come when the boys called, so Cooper
suggested going to the water trough to feed them. Clever boy.

The Kilns - I've posted photos of CS Lewis's house before,
but I thought it looked particularly charming in the sunshine.

Greek Alphabet Books

The boys worked on the first few pages of their Greek alphabet books. 

Each page has a black outline of the lower-case Greek letter.

Below that is a space to write the name of the letter.

At the bottom are spaces for practice writing.

 

 Caleb entertained himself with play-doh. 

It's nice having him at the table even when he's not participating in school.

Thursday with Friends

We're now enjoying a weekly get-together with our friends, the Boltons. They are also homeschooling, but, at this point, we're simply playing and eating lunch together. Our Thursday outings have been super for teacher and students.

Florence and Alice (Can you tell they're twins?)

 Kirsty read to the gang.

 Almost everyone seems to be enjoying the story.

 Harry

After school activities

What goes on in the Reid house when the books are put away?

Caleb likes to relocate his barbeque (aka grill in America).

 He played happily while I washed dishes and tidied the kitchen.

 This may look like a lego creation. It's actually a very complicated machine that creates robots. Said robots must be destroyed by fierce fighters Cooper and Noah.