Jeremiah's Weekly Update, 12/3/12

Jeremiah's Weekly Update, 12/3/12

Doing

• Counting, budgeting, and using money (Arithmetic)
• Cleaning throughout the house.(Paatriotism and Citizenship)
• Preparing for our trip to the Woodman's this Friday(Geogrpahy, Health and Safety, P&C)
• Meeting many, many dogs, and a pair of reindeer (Sciences, H and S)
• Window shopping (Arts, Arithmetic,Sciences, History)
• Jobs for money to buy Kindle apps when his allowance ran short of his desires (he took a week's advance on Tuesday, for extra spending money at the toy store). Tasks included litterboxes, animal feeding, garbage, firetending, luandry, dishes, and general home tidying. He earned a few dollars' worth of apps in this manner, and enjoyed the freedom of proposing deals and stating his price. (A, P&C, H&S)
• Setting up, lighting, and tending a fire. (Sci, H&S)

Seeing/Listening to

• Costumed Victorian strollers (Music, Arts, History)
• Carolers, marching band, and street musicians (guitar and clarinet) (Music, Arts)
• Part of Ken Burns' The Dust Bowl
• Assorted music and movies via his Kindle, and television programming. (Arts, Music, Sci)

Going

• Daddy Night (McD's; bounce house; toy store - both kids elected to get Kindles as early gifts, then have stockings at Christmas. So this was more of a browsing for the future. He purchased a sea monkey kit, and bought game turns at the bounce house arcade - for himself, and Annalise. (Phys Ed, Sci, A, )
• Victorian Street Walk (Saratoga) (Arts, Music,Science, H&S, FLA, ELA, P&S, Geography, History)
• Soave Faire (art store). Looking around...(Arts, Sci, A, P&C)

Making

• Music (piano/voice) (music, A, sci).
• fort building (arts,A, sci, phys ed)
• a bead bracelet for me, with my favorite turquoise! (Arts, A, H&S)
• Assorted games on his Kindle (CoinDozer, claw machine, Words with Friends, etc.) (A, Sci, ELA, Music)
• Setting up, lighting, and tending a fire. (H&S, Sci, Phys Ed)
• Structures from Cuisennaire rods (Arts, A,)
• Notes (ELA)
  
  
  
  
  

Playing

• A lot with his new Kindle Fire. piano app, Coin Dozer, Flow, claw machine, others.(A,Sci, Arts,Music)  
• With Achoo the kitten, Corki the dog, and other dogs met along the way...(Science, H&S, Phys Ed, P&C)
• Assorted games with Annalise. (Phys Ed, A, Arts, Music, Health and Safety)
• Bounce house (CPC).(Phys Ed, A, H&S, P&C)

Exploring

• Semi feral kittens as they adjust to indoor life with people (Sci, H&S, P&C)
• Making deals, and keeping up his end of bargains (A, P&S)
• Fairness in the community of our family (P&S)
• Statute of limitations (P&C,History)
• The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression (History, arts, music)
• His new Kindle. (Sci, A, Music, Arts)
• Using the Cloud for shared materials (Sci)
• New foods and drinks, trolley bus, and the Victorian Street Walk. (Arts, sci, music, geography, history, H&S, P&C, A)
• Finances - budgeting, earning, spending, owing, counting, adding and subtracting. (A)
• Many dogs - breeds (sci, H&S)
• Cuisennaire rods (arts, A)

Talking About

• Estrangement from certain family members (P&C, H&S)
• Child abuse (P&C, H&S, History)
• Fairness (P&C)
• Statute of Limitations (P&C, History)
• Feral vs. tame cats (H&S,Sci, P&C)
• Our upcoming New Jersey trip, where we will experience Hanukkah with dear friends (Geography, History, H&S, P&C)
• Accountability and responsibility (P&C, H&S)
• Future financial plans - lots of money, job, and privilege talk, of late (P&C, H&S, A)
• His growing maturity (P&C, H&S, Sci)
• New 12 year molars – his first is erupting, now.(H&S,Sci, A)