Long Week

After two weeks I am loving homeschooling my four children!  My Father's World is so much fun and I am enjoying spending so much time with my kids.

School was cut short Tuesday for making soup and going to the dentist.  My Superhero came home telling everyone he had "ten teeth on the top and ten teeth on the bottom".  The appointments took longer than expected and my mom had to finish canning the soup.  

We have been studying maps in geography with My Father's World.  We discussed how map makers often 'add land' to places like Greenland in order to put a round world on a flat map.  To demonstrate this, MFW instructed us to take a tangerine (we used my Fairy's breakfast grapefruit) and draw the globe on it, then cut it out and see how there are spaces in between the points at the north and south.  What a mess! LOL

We are also trying to find ways to conquer and divide.  It's hard to find quiet places to study when Spanish and phonics require out loud responses.  Our home is very open concept so finding a quiet corner requires planning and willingness to use the coffee table.

We made paper doll chains and have been learning how to say hello in different languages.  Last week, the kids filled out the 'passport application' in anticipation of learning about many different countries around the world.  I am so excited for them to learn about the cultures, lifestyles, foods, animals, and landscapes that make up our amazing planet.  Unfortunately in light of the resent uprisings and with the fact that my oldest wants to be the US president when he grows up and is very political, it has been hard to not have to stop frequently to answer questions about Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon.  We have discussed how God loves all people and that Jesus Christ died for everyone.  Today's Bible lesson was even on how there will be people from every nation in Heaven.  My heart is with the families of those lost while spreading freedom throughout the world.  God bless us all!