Preston's Blog

We made this multiplication clock with a round piece of wood and nails.  You wind the string around the numbers according to each multiplication table and see the different designs each table makes.  This was the 5's.  This was the 1's.  This is Preston's drawing of the designs we made with the string.  We went on a nature hike at a local preserve.  The highlight for Preston was discovering this HUGE mound made by ants.   We tried our hand at selfies.  He's got his trusty nature journal where he wrote down everything we saw.  Preston with his Pinewood Derby car.  Preston at his final soccer game.  He scored two goals this season and improved so much.  Even Dallin was impressed.  Preston is rocking the times tables!  He has almost finished memorizing them.  I wrote several tables scrambled on the board and he circled the numbers in different colors.  He had fun seeing which tabl

 I don't remember why he was asleep, but he sure looked sweet.  Preston practicing his cursive writing.  We have a system where he writes the new letter 10 times, and then I rate them according to the best, second best, third best, etc.  He loves this!  In March we went on an evening Cub Scout hike to a national wildlife refuge.  The boys saw so many animals, but the most exciting one was a coyote.  We learned about Hiawatha of the Iroquois Confederacy, and Preston made a diorama.  I took Preston on a field trip to the local Children's Museum, and this water activity was a huge hit.  (As soon as I saw it, I knew it was just Preston's thing.)  He also like this ball activity.  Sorry the pictures are sideways.  This is Preston's drawing of the legend of St. Francis of Assisi taming the Wolf.  Another drawing of Preston's of the story of Rabia of Basra.  And a mirrored form d

I found Preston asleep in front of the fire.  Working hard on a drawing.    Looking grump at breakfast.  Preparing to start learning cursive.  One of those "school in our PJ's" kinds of days.  Have a "place value" math lesson along with a trusty snack.  More place value and regrouping practice with money.  Practicing adding with regrouping again with number cards on the floor.  A beautiful winter nature walk on the trail near our house.  When asked what he wants to learn about next school year, Preston said, "math, science, and nature".  Preston and I made this camping cake for Cub Scouts.