Weekly Wrap Up: Madeline

This week our book of focus was Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. The girls both loved this book and by Wednesday they could recite many lines in the story. Madeline is about a little girl who lives in a home in Paris, France with 11 other girls and a nun. She gets sick and has to have her appendix out. The story is simple, the illustrations are simple but beautiful and there are a lot of subjects to draw from and learn about.

On Monday we took a trip on the Mukilteo ferry to Whidbey Island, and I tried to help Caley understand the importance of living near water since a river runs through Paris. She maybe understood a little, but had a blast on the ferry and playing in the sand on Whidbey. They also colored a French flag and we compared it to the US flag they colored the previous week.

During the week we also took a trip the the Imagine Children's Museum in Everett and the girls, as always, had a great time. We spent a good deal of time in the firetruck play area and the train area. We went to storytime at the library on Wednesday, which was a treat because it's been several weeks. Our friends Bekah and Ashton were there with their mommies Bethy and Patricia and the girls loved seeing friends. We also went to playgroup.

Friday we did some applied math and I was impressed at Caley's skills in this area. We talked about size, more and less, and matching and sorting of little colored beads.

Pretty standard week!