This year's Hour of Power

For three summers we've taken an idea of a friend of ours and done what they dubbed Hour of Power.  During that time, I choose four things the kids may need to work on during the summer.  We've done multiplication tables, spelling, learning a new skill, etc.  This year, did 15 minutes of typing, 15 minutes of piano, 15 minutes of bike riding, and 15 minutes of a few specific things that I thought they each needed specifically. 

Max had knot tying, sewing on buttons, and some cooking skills.
Elise had fixing a dollhouse, sewing her doll clothes.

Unfortunately, we never really got to button sewing or doll sewing (we were a little busy packing).

But they are both better at typing, better at the piano, and as seen in the previous post, rocking the bike riding. 

I didn't take many pictures of them working, but here is Max with a concoction he made which he dubbed Pepperup Mint Chocolate Syrup.

And Elise and I working on her doll house. (Which sweetly she wants to make look like our Kansas City house.)