Dot Game - Taking turns & Patience

Mega and Zilla have recently been working on playing games together where they take turns. 

Mega and I play the dot game when we go to Starbucks (so I can get some work done!) and today she asked Zilla to play the dot game together after homework & supper. 

Zilla tried to let Mega keep the score close but it is very challenging as he really wants to win! They played up till bedtime and agreed to take a break until breakfast tomorrow. Wonder if he'll be more patient with her in the morning...???

No Gunny Sack?

Sometimes the kids have something in mind...

Something they really want to try...

But they don't have they may not have the items needed to do what they want to do.

Today they wanted to have a gunny sack race but we don't have gunny sacks... so they used garbage bags instead.

Turkey + Math

Today we started with preparing for Thanksgiving. 

As the kids get bigger they become more aware of various customs and traditions as well as the work that goes into them. They slosh ask to lend a hand. This year I let the pick out the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. While this may sound like an easy task it actually takes a bit of calculating with a regular household Japanese oven. 

The first step was to measure the oven. Ours is bigger than most but still tiny compared to a US oven. 

For the second step we went to Costco. Zilla was anxious to get his hands on a turkey so he asked for directions in the meat department and went off in search of the elusive bird. He remembered what the package looked like from last year. That was impressive!

Third step was measuring one of the smaller birds. This was a really good real life math lesson. As they measured they figured out that the length and height are different if you measure along the bird rather than measuring at the highest/longest places. Since they were using measuring tapes from Ikea which have inches on one side and centimeters on the other is was also a chance to look at the difference between those numbers.

Overall I must say that this lesson was a success! 

Tomorrow perhaps we'll calculate how long the bird needs to defrost...

A Bit of Sport

We don't have much of a backyard but what we have we try to make the most of. 

On the weekends the kids love to spend some time outside. Recently they've been enjoying jumping rope and playing their own version of baseball.

Reformation Round-Up

It is time to put away the Reformation things and get out the Thanksgiving ones. Before I do that though I really need to take note of our favorite Reformation materials. I mean to do it every year and every year I forget!

Top Left: Luther's Rose / Luther's Seal from Such As These Etsy Shop and explanation page (from my parent's basement)

Top Right: Martin Luther by Paul L. Maier, Inside the Reformation from CPH and Luther's Smallest Catechism cloth book from  As These Etsy Shop

Bottom Left: Katie, Luther and the Fish Barrel from Such As These Etsy Shop

Bottom Right: People With A Message, About Martin Luther, Timeless Bible Truths, Luthers Mahlbuch

Reformation Books, Etc. on Amazon.co.jp

Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Wittenberg Project

Wittenberg English Ministry