Our school has a name. It's the same name we've given our home and life and everything we hope to accomplish. And even though we don't know the future, we love our little homeschool! Palenque is our name. It means a holding post. It's where a horse is broken and trained. And to our kids it means that we throw ourselves into life for them. We create our home as a reflexion of what we want to grow into.
We've been making some heavy changes to our homeschool routine (and life!) and for a while there, we weren't really sure how it was going to end up. But we've had a very successful transition to a completely new way of life. One where Mom goes to work and Papa stays home. The kids have been enjoying having so much time with him and the many things he has to offer that are completely different from Mom. This week we finished reading The Education of Little Tree. And I wasn't there to hear how it went, so don't spoil it for me, I'll catch up over the weekend...But the kids loved it. And that's enough for me.
One thing that Papa has to offer is his knack for mechanical things. This isn't the first time he's brought the kids out and under the hood. This week, though, each of the kids got a turn under the car. Each performed a different task related to changing the oil.
Nahuel was in charge of removing the plug to let the oil drain.
Ada took charge of changing the filter.
Leonardo put the plug back in.
Astor primed the oil filter and installed it under the car.
Each of the kids took pride in their part and learned the methodical care that is taken when performing an important job.
Some other things that took place this week were:
Nahuel finished building the table for his model trains to go on and has started designing the rails.
Astor made an awesome pinball machine with this months Kiwicrate.
Leonardo got a new workbook for practicing his letters and did lots of math puzzles.
Ada has been plugging away at math, math, and lots of math as well as fine tuning her aquarium writing assignment.
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