Here is Casten's slide (his favorite place is the park)
Maizie learned the number the number 1 and the letter A. She likes singing the letter song (to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell, An A says ah, an A says ah, Every letter makes a sound, an A say ah!) She is in desperate need of either a trim of her bangs or to sit still long enough to let me fix her hair....she's not very cooperative with either one, so she has her hair in her face ALL the time!
Even Klesko came outside to join us this morning! He surprisingly behaved very well! 
After it took 20 minutes for Casten to color 6 little ducks (again not from lack of attention but too much attention) and fighting with Alyssa to sit still, I let them have some play time. Then Jay made them come inside and gave them a talk on how they needed to focus and pay attention during school time. We continued our work at the kitchen table, with much better results! Alyssa asked to do handwriting, so we learned how to make cursive Bs. She did an AMAZING job!
Casten was still taking a long time to do his work, so Jay actually skipped him ahead to more challenging work. I worry when I skip over things that maybe he isn't learning things thoroughly. However, he seems to get very bored if we spend too much time reviewing things that he knows.
After handwriting Alyssa worked on her reading. She was excited to read her first poem today! After she was done with her reader, she went on to find her Magic Treehouse book and was reading it on the couch! It was SO awesome! She was sitting there reading her book to herself. Jay asked her today if she was going to be our bookworm :)
Maizie is on her way down for a nap now, the two big kids are relaxing watching some TV, and Jay and I are about to eat our lunch. Hopefully our afternoon goes a bit better! I need to do reading with Casten, we have science and Bible time this afternoon also. We'll be working on our paintings and heading over to the park right by the house to observe the wetlands
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