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Mad learning

We have been working hard in the Rees household improving our minds. It's tough work! :) Here are some of the things we learned in March.



Latest obsession

 Davin picked up a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book at school and he was hooked! In only a few weeks he went from begrudgingly reading boring picture books to being engrossed in the DWK books. Rowan got on the bandwagon as well and they both love reading them, especially on their tablets.



Paper Everywhere!

I bought D and R spiral ring notebooks so they could make their own diaries like the DWK. They love to doodle in their books. Davin draws pictures of football stadiums and makes football cards in addition making the covers of the DWK books. Rowan likes to play with paints and doodle as well. His handwriting has really improved this year and sometimes he gets a little creative with the letters (like with this spelling assignment; apparently he needs harder words...). 




Big Chalkboard

When the weather is nice we like to take homework outside. Davin likes to practice his spelling words with sidewalk chalk and we set up a skip counting course to help him work on counting by numbers. He liked counting by twos, threes, and sevens the best (basketball scores and football scores). When we are done with chalk, Davin turns the classroom into his basketball arena and gets a workout in. 






Charlotte Bobcats are going back to the Hornets mascot and we are getting ready! 


Toes

Ellie worked hard finding her toes and when she found them, she was delighted to explore them orally. She learned a lot about her toes. 



Culinary Arts

Coming to a restuarant near you: a cheeseburger spider inspired by Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs II by Rowan:



Reuse

As I mentioned in my previous post I worked on learning how to prune my yard. In the process I pruned my grape vine and ended up with some beautiful grape vines that were perfect for making wreaths. I learned a little about wreath making and here are the results: 



Genius

Chris knows everything already and didn't need to learn any more. :) I'm sure he did learn something deep and profound last March but it would blow my mind to even think about let alone write it. Love you babe! 




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