We worked a lot on reading one and two-vowel words this morning.  In math, we reviewed the names of the numbers focusing on numbers 11-19.  Then we learned the hours on a clock (which is also review for Gavin).  We finished really early today so Gavin finished his painting.  He wanted to use the glow-in-the-dark paints.  I'm not sure the finished product really channels Michelangelo but I guess it doesn't really matter that much.

Somehow, I'm not sure Michelangelo would approve...

Anyway, Austin got to paint too.  He had lots of colors but for some reason he was in a very blue mood and that's about the only color he used.

For our Pilgrim activity today, Gavin made a Pilgrim lunch.  We started with cornbread.  We cheated and used a mix.

While our cornbread was cooking, Gavin made succotash.  Ground beef, kidney beans, corn, salt and pepper.  This is the first time Gavin has gotten to cook something on the stove.  When we did the fish for our Viking meal I cooked the fish after he dipped it in the herbs so we had a few lessons on cooking safety.  Overall he did a good job and we all agreed that it was very tasty.

We read a few more chapters in Pilgrim stories.  They just got to Holland.

Last night we started Stories of Colonial Children before bedtime.

And, Gavin read five of his phonetic readers today.  He needed to read two to reach his weekly goal and three to reach his weekly goal for next week and he decided to just read them all today so he got his first certificate for a free pizza!  We will try and get to Pizza Hut sometime next week.

I think I forgot to write our poem of the month so here it is:

Autumn Song

by Elizabeth-Ellen Long

These are the days of fallen leaves,

The days of hazy weather,

Smelling of gold chrysanthemums

And gray wood-smoke together.

These are the nights of nearby stars,

The nights of closer moons,

When the windy darkness echoes

To crickets' farewell tunes.