Three Names

This week we're rowing Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan. It's a book written all about a boy's grandfather and how his grandfather grew up on the prairie with his dog named Three Names, who would follow him to school every day. There isn't a lot of action in the story, but it's a very beautiful and simple description of prairie life for a young boy in America's pioneer days. The book is going to lend itself well to our continued study of horses. We're also learning about rivers, water supply, water cycle and prairies.

Today we read books about rivers while we were on the bus on the way to our homeschool group. Then Mane played for three hours with the other homeschoolers!!

Mane had done some reading before we left the house. Now she's working on putting together a vocabulary book for the words we've encountered in Hooked on Phonics that she did not know. I'm finding clip-art for her to demonstrate the word meanings, and she's practicing her handwriting putting the words into a book.

Yesterday Mane started & finished MUS lesson 3. I continue to marvel at how quickly she learns math concepts.