Curious George and the String Family

We had our first music lesson today. The boys were incredibly attentive while we learned about and listened to members of the string family of instruments. After the lesson, they each had a chance to try out our new lap harp.

Cooper will begin doing reading comprehension and other activities related to books that we're reading. Today we read the original Curious George.

Day 2: Lesson in Chaos Management

I decided to read to the little guys while Cooper finished a review activity. This allowed him some uninterrupted time to work and kept Noah and Caleb content - breakthrough for all of us.

We began studying the universe (think macro, not micro level) yesterday in geography. The boys correctly ordered the planets in our solar system and then worked on a coloring sheet.

Our science lesson today was on animal body parts. After reading and discussing from our textbook, Cooper read a related reader.

First Day of School!

School is back in session at the Reid house.

Caleb was present though he participated in only a few activities. 

We're still here :)

The blog has been on hold, but life continues as usual. Since the last post we have moved houses and spent a month in the States. We are in the process of looking for accommodation in Oxford where we plan to move within the next couple of months. In the meantime, the boys are spending a lot of time outdoors and experimenting with new paints and other art/craft supplies that we brought back from the US.

I have been preparing for the next school year which we plan to officially start in August. 

Monkey Business Video

I do have a few photos from this week's school lessons, however, with packing and other responsibilities, uploading photos hasn't been a top priority. Hopefully I'll get to them soon. In the meantime, I thought I'd post the boys monkey performance (since I now know how to upload videos to blogger).

You are my sunshine!

We read about Aztec life:

and then made handprint suns:

I'm trying to give Caleb some creative freedom:

Monkey Business

I've completely neglected blogging of late, but school has continued as usual. I'll show a few highlights from the last week and a half.

This was one of our favorite activities! We made finger puppets and the boys performed Five Little Monkeys Jumping in the Bed. 

Caleb wasn't really part of the performance, but he snuck in anyway:

Connect the dots has been fun. Noah traced with his right hand and then colored with his left:

We made a monkey friend. The matching shirt is purely coincidental:

The boys collected loads of woodlice, snails, and slugs:

Noah wanted me to take a picture of him running. He likes to keep his pjs under his clothes which often results in some interesting attire:

I've finally convinced the boys not to pick the flowers:

Here's Coop working on his nest:

and Caleb choosing a writing utensil:

Another beautiful day called for an entire afternoon outside.

Coop challenged me to a game of tic tac toe:

and then I worked on my hat:

while he worked with his pruners:

Noah joined us after his nap and inspected a spider: