HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY...APRIL 9TH, THURSDAY:

• DIVIDED FRACTIONS, WORKED ON RATIOS AND TURNING RATIOS INTO FRACTIONS. MATH WENT QUICK TODAY. I VACUUMED WHILE HE WORKED...EVEN WENT AROUND THE BASEBOARDS WITH THE VACUUM HOSE.

• ATE CHEESE-IT CRACKERS FOR MID-MORNING SNACK.
• TOMMIE WORKED ON HIS ERECTOR SET- INVENTING SOMETHING WITH CHASSIS? WHILE I READ A SHORT BOOK ON DAVY CROCKETT ALOUD. RECAPPED ON THE ALAMO.

• DID AN ART LESSON ON THOMAS GAINSBOROGH, THE ENGLISH ARTIST. I REQUIRED TOMMIE TO BASE IT ON OUR LI LUN UNIT. IT'S THE PICTURE ABOVE...CALLED PORTRAIT ON LANDSCAPE. I WAS PLEASED HE CAPTURED A FEW DETAILS WHICH I FORGOT ABOUT...I GUESS HE IS RETAINING AND "GETTING" THE BOOK, AFTER ALL. USED ACRYLIC PAINTS, WATERCOLOR AND SHARPIE MARKER.

• LUNCH:PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH AND CHIPS.

• WORKED ON PRESIDENT GRANT. HE READ TWO PAGES ABOUT HIM AND ANSWERED A HOMEMADE WORKSHEET I MADE UP IN HIS NOTEBOOK. THE WORKSHEET GAVE HIM PRACTICE OF DECIDING WHAT AN OPINION OR FACT. RECITED PRESIDENTS IN ORDER...MIXED UP A FEW OF THEM.
  

QUIZZED TOMMIE ON PREVIOUS SPELLING WORDS AND GAVE HIM A NEW LIST. HE MISSPELLED PRECIOUS AND MILDEW. COPIED EACH WORD 10 TIMES AND ONCE IN CURSIVE. CURSIVE IS IMPROVING, IF I LET HIM STAND UP TO WRITE. GO FIGURE?

I HAD HIM DO COPYWORK, ABOUT THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH. HE WROTE A ONE PAGE PAPER ON HIM. HANDWRITING IS IMPROVING, SINCE IF IT'S SLOPPY, HE HAS TO RE-DO. WHICH HE HATES.

READ ONE CHAPTER ALOUD OF LI LUN. GUESS WHAT? HE'S LIKING THIS BOOK, AFTER ALL. I'M GLAD I DIDN'T CAVE IN AND TOSS IT ASIDE.

WORKED WITH BRAD IN THE BARN...I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH. BUT, BONDING WITH HIS DAD, A KENWORTH SEMI AND GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY COUNTS FOR SOMETHING, RIGHT?

WATCHED HISTORY CHANNEL ABOUT MAGNETS. WITH DAD.

WATCHED A SHOW ABOUT OIL DRILLING ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. WITH DAD.

I'LL READ MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER TONIGHT. YES! I STILL READ TO HIM BEFORE BED. DON'T TELL ANYONE.