general school recordkeeping

Jeremiah is reading Calvin & Hobbes and some other early readers. He's also doing addition and subtraction of multiple large numbers.

Both boys enjoyed searching for words with every letter of the alphabet when we were sitting in the parking lot of a busy shopping center, while I nursed the baby.

We're reading aloud:
The Prince of the Pond
some book about facial features, forget title
Kevin Henkes picture books (Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum,Chrysanthemum!)
books about owls
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic World
Joy Hakim's History of Science
Cleopatra, Diane Stanley
more varied books on gladiators and rome

Jamie received a "Lift the Lid on Gladiators" set that contains a gladiator figure with all gear, and various papers and books about gladiators. He is also finishing up his first Key To Algebra book, correcting grammar and spelling in the Editor in Chief series, studying Latin, dictionary skills, and writing his book.

Both boys entered the Dayton Daily News' poetry contest for 12yrs and under.

We've been watching a lot of American Idol, Joan of Arcadia, and various animal programs on Animal Planet, PBS and Discovery channel.