Bookwork....

......plus. Some weeks, we spend most of our time with our noses buried in our schoolbooks. This week, it would seem, we're feeling a bit more crafty/hands-on. Part of the reason, I know, is that the youngest two started back up with HOD last week, and so they have built-in projects that they didn't necessarily have before. And part of the reason that I have paint and plastic building pieces strung from the couch to the dining room table to my room is that Taz has been digging in the manipulatives cabinet. :P

When she broke out the K'NEX Creatures, Crawdad of course couldn't resist building with her. :)

Building Mama, Daddy, and Baby houses out of....whatever these things are called.

Crazy cat hat because reading history didn't seem nearly as picture worthy as Kid K'NEX. :P

There has been bookwork involved in our days, as well. 

Sometimes, with a little furry help.

 Crawdad learned about warm and cool colors this week. He had an assignment to paint a rainbow (which somehow morphed into painting a sunset, but hey, he understood the concept, so I'm good with that), and there was no way we could break out the watercolors for him and not have everyone join in. Taz was enthralled with the way the water made the colors run, and Cub enjoyed setting aside his science reading for a little art time.

The Leaning Tower of Liquid? This is what happens when you ask boys to help you put away the groceries. :P

 Left is my attempt to apply mathematical concepts to real life. We made cookie dough for a treat today (with milk instead of eggs so we can eat it in dough form without pesky issues like salmonella), but we didn't need to make an entire batch. Crawdad and I divided the 3/4 cups of flour needed for a full batch in half. We came up with between 1/4 and 1/3 of a cup, which worked out just fine. Cub, who absolutely loathes math, watched us from the sidelines, and then wrote an equation which he said made just as much sense to him. It reads "2 times tic tac toe plus fish divided by chicken equals cookie dough." Goofball. :P

Play Dough and audio therapy.