Week five and things are starting to blur together. As hard as I try to stay on routine, it’s definitely a juggling act to keep control of the clutter and accomplish all the other things I need to do. And I’m not going to lie–there have been a couple of extra Sonic happy hour trips this week!
Yesterday I reiterated that homeschooling isn’t for everyone, but despite the messy house, added responsibility, and solace found in Diet Dr. Pepper and chocolate–I’m feeling more confident than ever that we made the right choice. For now, anyway.
Here’s a peek at our week: 
History was fun this week. We learned about Egyptian pyramids from our text and non-fiction reading, but I was also able to integrate some math as we calculated ways to build a pyramid using Legos and sugar cubes. (After determining how many we needed on each layer, I helped hot glue the sugar cubes.) 
We spent another week on the ocean (did you see our octopus hot dogs and jello fish snack?), and learned about dolphins. Ryan read the Magic Treehouse book, then took the quiz at Book Adventure. He’s made a goal to get to 2,000 points so he can rent a Redbox Wii game–an incentive I added. He loves to read anyway, but working toward a prize seems to motivate him. 
The dolphin art project was a simple craft we printed from Learn Create Love, then painted with tempera paint. The mosaic picture was created with magnetic mosaic cubes. My kids love, love, love playing with these mosaics. Sometimes if I need a good chunk of time to work on something with one child, I’ll get the mosaic magnets out for the other kids. The project keeps them occupied and quiet for a long time, allowing me to give some focused one-on-one time.
Digital Products I used this week:
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Love the octopus hotdog & pasta and its great seeing how you and the kids are working on different parts of the curriculum each week. Terrific !
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Love your pyramids! I think we are going to be building the Tower of Babel next week =) I totally sympathize. I know homeschooling is right for us, but there is just never enough time in the day to get everything done in the day (like keeping up with the messes =) Oh well. The kids will grow and the house will get cleaned at some point! Thanks for linking up to Trivium Tuesdays! I really enjoy seeing what you are doing with your kids!
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I just love your project life inspired layouts. What a cute way to share what your family is doing in your homeschool! Just stopping by from Weekly Wrap-up.
Mindy
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The pyramids are very nice, and I really like those magnetic mosaic cubes. I agree, sometimes it is really hard to fit everything in…some weeks are worse than others. I hope this week is going better for you.
Thanks for linking up at Favorite Resources
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I love your LEGO pyramids… so much fun to see your pictures! Thanks for linking!
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I just found your blog today and yes, I did the whole “start from day 1 and read through every entry until present”. I love! Your blog is so inspirational and I always get so excited when I find out that a blog author is LDS.
I just wanted to tell you how much I especially enjoy your homeschooling posts and layouts. I homeschool my 5 year old (this is my first year) and I have an almost 3 year old that I try to have “structured playtime” with. Your blog has inspired me to continue documenting our everyday homeschool life…thank you!
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pameladonnis Reply:
October 25th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
I’m so glad you found me, and THANK YOU so much for your sweet comment. I really appreciate your feedback, as it helps me want to keep doing what I do
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How’s homeschooling going for you? I hear the first year is the hardest. I’m pretty much just guessing my way through this though. lol
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