Adrianna is now in 4th grade. Though we did a little school through the summer, we started our 4th grade curriculum in August. We are using the following curriculum: Math – Abeka English – Abeka Science – Sonlight History/Geography – Sonlight Reading/Literature – Sonlight Social Studies – Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Spelling – Spelling Workout and All About […]
Category: Adrianna
Carvings
Did the 9yo *really* think I wouldn’t know who it was that carved hearts into our wooden dining room chair?
Harry Potter Drawing
I love this picture Adrianna drew of Harry Potter – she even worked hard on the title so that it looks like the font used on the books.We just finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last night. Only one more book to go! BTW – I cannot recommend the audiobooks read by Jim […]
STEMgirls
Adrianna had a STEMgirls class today where they got to take apart broken electronics. She LOVED it. When I picked her up, I asked her what she learned and she excitedly told me, “I learned I like to take things apart!” She is already asking if we have some old electronics that she can take […]
Pink Saber
Adrianna is trying out the custom “pink saber” (in the bottom right-hand corner) that she made in GIMP and uploaded to Minecraft.
Fourth of July
Watching our local fireworks – all three of our girls loved them!
Adrianna Stats at 9 years, 1 month
Height: 54.75″ (79th percentile) Weight: 65.6 pounds (51st percentile)
Harry Potter
Introduced Adrianna to the awesomeness that is the Harry Potter series today via audiobook on an impromptu road trip to Wyoming. She loves it and has proclaimed it her favorite book ever. I love reading it together and as soon as we are done with the first book we’ll watch the movie together too. So […]
Spring Choir Concert
Adrianna’s homeschool co-op had their spring choir concert and it was fantastic! I think the Muppets songs at the beginning are my favorite, but they all are pretty cute. Adrianna is in the 2nd row toward the middle. “It’s a Hard-Knock Life” Not long after the elementary choir was done with their part of the […]
Homeschooling Requirements
As of today, we’ve met the state requirements of days/hours for our school year – YAY! I don’t think we’ve ever finished our school year so early! I feel like we really found our stride this year. (Just don’t tell Adrianna we are “done”, because I plan to continue some light schooling throughout the summer […]