F is for Fall...break!

We're more than a month into the school year sooooo...time for a break! We didn't really take a break. We still did math and reading, but we took this week to get caught up on some things (such as science and art, the two neglected fields!)

I still wanted to keep on with our weekly theme but really we're doing F next week (F is for Fish, Adam's most favorite thing!) But this week F is for fall so how did we celebrate fall? Not as well as we could have but it was a break, remember? We did get out our fall decorations hanging towels that say give thanks, sticking scarecrows in our potted plants, and putting out a bowl of candy corn (a potty training reward for Jill). We also we read many books about seasons. This was our favorite...It's about two friends bear and fox and they talk about the good and bad of each season ultimately deciding that being with friends is the best no matter the season. Great book! And sitting there on the couch reading to all four of my kids...that's my favorite season!

Adam still built his letter F.

And all on his own, he proudly built an A out of colored pencils (yes, they're all orange, his favorite color.) Having more free time, the kids got into different projects. Here they're building with straws and paper clips, although it turned out to be more of a "sorting by colors and seeing who has the most" activity.I hope we can all agree that break or not, there was learning going on this week!