Toviel reviewed some addition strategies - adding with 9's in higher decades and what makes 11. I taught him about congruency.
Here he is grouping rectangles and working with the geoboard.
He had fun picking out congruent rectangles in the house too.
Then the boys played Go To The Dump (Go Fish) with cards that total 11.
It was nice that they could play a math game together while I got caught up on laundry.
They both read. Elijah is on the last chapter of "The Lightning Thief" and is looking forward to the next book in the series.
We walked to the bank to get bank cards for the boys. After waiting for quite some time, we were told they couldn't have bank cards. Weird. A dozen other banks will give them cards, so soon we'll close and open accounts.
Our boring wait at the bank:
On our way home we stopped and visited our pond.
We talked about trees, sap, dead branches, and buds.
Back at home we started listening to The Odyssey audiobook by Mary Pope Osbourne. We've read The Iliad (children's version) and several other books about the Trojan War and such. These boys can't get enough of monsters and mythology and the ancient world.
They played some games together and went outside to jump on the trampoline at 9pm. I made them do some dynamic stretching first. Toviel has experienced some muscle strain and has been having discomfort for a couple of days, but it seems to be improving.
Soon we will snuggle into bed, and either read a story or continue with our audiobook.
These boys are my joy. Xo
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