We made it! Amazing! I had to curtail a few of the lessons since we missed so much school due to illness/laziness, but all in all I think it was a very fruitful term.
1. Meditation with music from R. Carlos Nakai
2. Journals
3. Current Events - Khy read about how iPods are causing hearing loss while Stormy read about the Iditarod Sled Race.
4. Khy helped me with library preparation. I always love those Saturdays just after term when I can actually go to the library to browse aimlessly, instead of armed with a mile long list full of books I need for class.
5. Nicky read to me the rest of the Dick and Jane collection. He's been reading it on his own at bedtime for the last few nights, and I can REALLY tell he's been practicing. It's so exciting, how far he's come and how proud he is of himself.
6. Spelling Test - review words. Khy and Stormy both got 100%. Nicky practiced typing (he's ahead of the older kids on typing skills, I think that's kind of cool) and then took his phonics test for the letter L.
7. Paper airplane science. Each student made their own paper airplane, and each were given one paperclip to put wherever they chose. Then they took turns flying their airplanes, and we would measure and record the distance. Between each turn (each student got 5 turns) they were allowed to make adjustments to their planes, primarily through the placement of the paperclip. When it was all done we took their measurements and then I showed them how to find their average distance. Nicky and Stormy's averages were in the 8 foot range, and Khy was in the 10 foot range. We talked a long time about what variables were at work, what they could have done to improve their planes, why Khy's seemed to do better than the others. It was a great class.
8. Interviews - Based on the job application for Greek godhood they each filled out yesterday, I brought them in to "interview" for the positions. We had fun.
9. Music - We finally managed to get both Yellow Submarine and Maxwell's Silver Hammer videotaped on my camera and onto the computer, so I should be able to add them to the next Chaos Magazine website. Way cute.

1. Meditation
2. Journals
3. Current Events (Khy read about Groundhog's Day and Stormy read about the space probe to Pluto) while Nicky read to me from Dick and Jane. With Khy and Stormy we were unschooling when they learned to read so it was a much more organic process and that's cool, but it's been a really neat experience, too, being more involved in Nicky's reading.
4. Khy and Stormy both did multiplication on the dry erase board, Nicky tested for his tens (addition) and covered them over with stickers on his number chart.
5. Two minutes of Shakespeare - we listened to the first track of When Love Speaks. It was a short little bit from the Tempest (Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises) read by Joseph Fiennes. (Yum.) The kids liked it so much they asked to listen to it a second time. I think this is going to be a great way to acclimate them to Shakespearean language without shoving it down their throats.
6. Oral Spelling Test and written vocabulary test (I made up myself) for Khy and Stormy. Stormy missed none, Khy only misspelled "distance."
7. Phonics test for Nicky with Letter G.
8. We did library prep for tomorrow.
9. We played some acting games. First we did vocal and physical warm ups. Then we stood in a circle and passed a pantomimed ball around, pretending it got heavier, then lighter, then hotter, then smaller, then bigger. Finally we played a walking game, where we walked in a circle and then pretended to walk through different substances. Mud, jello, ice, snow, water (different levels), leaves, slime, oobleck, mashed potatoes, rocks, fire, swords, a minefield, the moon, quicksand, clouds, bubblegum and a tightrope, to be exact. Big hit. At one point as I was explaining something Nicky said with awe in his voice, "Mom, did you used to be an actor?" When I said, "Yes, actually, I suppose I was." he ran over and hugged me fiercely.
10. We finished up the day by listening to another half hour of Ender's Game. I'm MAD for audiobooks.