Fortunately, no visits to the principal were necessary this week. After laying down the law on Monday, everything has gone smoothly. Tuesday and Wednesday were extremely busy and productive. We've built diorama's from ancient Greece and Rome. Studied Alexander the Great, learned about gladiators and Roman cities, and compared and contrasted Greek and Roman civilizations. We've also studied gravity as a force and friction, and built mobiles with geometric shapes to learn about the center of gravity of different objects.
Aiden is ready to move on to the next math concept of long division. After a little confusion with multiplying 2 digit numbers on the first day, he's learned the ideas and is doing well. Zoë is finishing up her final test and will be ready to start multiplying 2 digit numbers on Monday. They're both moving very quickly through the concepts. Their memorization levels can't keep up with how quickly they master the ideas. I'm guessing after a summer of TimezAttack this won't be an issue though.
Yesterday everyone got to get a fun book to read at the library. The kids spent the afternoon with their books reading in the tree. It was really cute. Zoë is actually reading a fantasy book that I just finished. I can't believe she's able to read it, but we've been having discussions about it, and she doesn't seem to be having any problems (with the exception of pronouncing names, but who doesn't have that problem with the fantasy genre!). Aiden found a series of books by Cornelia Funke that he's enjoying. Oh, and he lost his two front teeth last week!
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