China and Math Games!

Today has been a busy busy day!  I think fun overall!
Started with getting some blood drawn- that wasn't the highlight of the day!  He was okay until we were in the room.  Then the screaming and kicking started.  Luckily he has easy veins and it only took one poke and we were in and out pretty quickly!

Then we decided since we've been enjoying learning about China we'd take a field trip to China!  Kind of.  We went to Epcot at Walt Disney World!   On the way there he said a funny thing while we were talking about our new school type of work.  When I said we need to get him reading some today too he said "No. Reading is not my thing".    It's going to be buddy!  You just won't know it!

We started at Soaring Around the World.  We didn't plan ahead so we didn't have fast passes- but we did have a new Math gaming app called Prodigy Math!  We played games during the about 50 minute wait (the gate said 80- so they did good!). 

We found this game is probably best with a computer or tablet because of the size of things.  It had some neat math concepts and mixed them all up (we did shapes, addition, subtraction, telling time and more) but some were too difficult for Eli so we may change his settings to a grade or two below (my daughter said it might be adaptive and since I helped him it may have given him harder stuff since he was getting answers correct.  We'll have to test that out on a computer!)

Then we get on to Soaring!  Eli recognized the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal (from a previous history lesson) Paris (which we haven't learned about really) and of course Walt Disney World.

Then we went to China!  We had lunch at the Chinese Restaurant where Eli learned to write some letters on the place mat.  He also wrote he loves his Wawa (grandma) and his ABC's on the back for extra writing practice.  He had chicken, rice and veggies.  The waitress also talked to him in Chinese and he said it sounded funny!  He really wanted to try chopsticks and thought he was born to try them- but we kept forgetting to ask before we were done! Maybe another time. 


Then we went to the Chinese theater to watch a 360 show.  He was determined he would hate it and it would be boring- but it opened with The Great Wall of China!  He knew it right away!  And it showed the Forbidden City and the Tera Cota Warriors we talked about.  He loved it. 
Before the show
The Great wall on the screen and Eli being excited!
Then we traveled back to his Grandma's house to take her home.  While there Eli copied 2 more sentences from his Hey Jack book that he likes into the note book.  He wants this to be his writing practice for awhile but he's really taking his time to make sure the print looks nice!  I didn't think to take a picture but I will soon!

Then I told him he had to read something because we didn't read much today yet.  So he went and picked out a book and read to Wawa. 

When we got home, I had the email from K12 for returning our materials- so we sorted through all the books and packed up things that need returned and sorted what to keep and where to put it (recycle vs. keep for material some other day).  

We have a few good practice testing books and journals to keep that we may return to some day for practice or to just kind of see how we're doing.  

So busy, tiring, fun learning day had today! 
Tomorrow is a crazy day with other things- so we'll see what happens!  Either way, if there's something to learn, we'll learn it!

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