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Weekly Wrap-Up


This week was a nice fast going and relaxing week. I decided last week-end to move up our week off to this week as it was going to be a chopped up week.

Monday was Thanksgiving. Of course no school. We had some guests over and enjoyed a nice meal and time of fellowship.

Tuesday we enjoyed the outdoor and the fall weather. I did do some TOG as we still had some catching up to do. I thought I had escaped the TOG fog, but for some reasons I had been stuck at weeks 5 and 6. Hopefully we will be able to move on to week 7 next week. I also had them do some Math so as not to forget the work previously done.

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You can see more pictures in my posts Wordless Wednesday and Sweet Shot Tuesday from this week.
Wednesday, we went to Ottawa. My husband had to go there, so we decided to make it a family trip and take the opportunity to visit some museums to which we have free access through our Ontario Science Center membership (you got to love these agreements). We all had fun, just were really tired by the end of the day. It is a 4-5 hour drive.

Canadian Museum of Nature

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The Trumpeter Swan:

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Pumping water for a whole day worth:

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Canada Science and Technology Museum

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Learning about satellites:

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Making and testing cars:

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experiencing with pulleys:

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And the steam engines:

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Canoes:

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Thursday is our elective day, so that was that. And that 's also violin lesson day.

Today, well, we finished up our week 5 and 6 of TOG, did some Math and practice for the boy's talent show tomorrow. Zach is going to recite chapter 7 of Charlotte's Web ("Bad News"), and the two of them are going to sing "Do Everything Without Complaing and Arguing " from Steve Green's Hide Them in Your Heart CD. these were their choices.

For more Weekly Wrap-up go over to Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

Comments

Amy said…
What a fun week. I love heading to the museums! Great pics. :)
Ellen said…
Looks like a great time at the museum!
Giggly Girls said…
The museum looks like fun! We're studying birds this year and my daughter would've loved it.

Happy Thanksgiving!
See Jamie blog said…
Looks like a wonderful field trip!
Emily said…
Hi Joelle! I'm stopping by from Faithful Friday Followers. I have a homeschool site: http://strobelhomeschooling.blogspot.com/

I'm a homeschooling mom of 3 kiddos. :)
Dawn said…
We love field trips! It looks like you had an awesome week.
Blessings,
Dawn
Phyllis said…
Looks like they had a wonderful time.
Sherry said…
What a fun and interesting week !:)
christine said…
Long day, but a day full of fun and making memories! Looks like a cool museum!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

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