I realized this morning that I forgot to post on the blog yesterday!  I am working on Gavin's birthday invitations so I can get them out by the end of the week.  I can't believe he is almost six years old!  We are finally leaving the knight theme and opting for a soccer theme this year.

Speaking of scocer, Gavin had a soccer tournament this weekend.  His team lost all their games but they were playing up a division so they had tough competition.  They played hard and had a good time so we were proud of them.  They never gave up even though they were playing older kids.  Here's a couple pictures of Gavin with his team.

We did school yesterday.  Gavin learned cursive letter 'q' and we spent the rest of phonics time reading.  In math we reviewed telling time to the hour and half hour.

In science we learned about germs: what they are, how they work (a simple version of course) and how to keep bad ones away.  We read two books about germs.

Then we watched this video I found at the library.  It was made for early elementary kids and Gavin really liked it.  It was simple but effective.  It talked about handwashing to keep germs away and there were a couple experiments they did where you saw the germs multiply on the hands of the kids who didn't wash their hands or who just washed in cold water. 

I've noticed that yesterday evening and this morning Gavin was actually using warm water and singing the 'ABC' song while he washed his hands (that's how long you are supposed to wash) so apparently the messege sunk in, if only for a little while.

After the video we did our own experiment where I put a little cooking oil on Gavin's hands and sprinkled some cinnamon (germs) on them and had him wash in just cold water and then in warm water with soap.  He noticed that the cold water did not get rid of the 'germs' and his hands were still slimy from the cooking oil but after warm water and soap the germs were gone and his hands weren't slimy anymore.

We finished 'Stories of Colonial Children' last night.  It had some really good stories in it, many I had never read before.

We have just a few chapters left on 'Stories of the Pilgrims'.