World’s cutest cupcakes (made by Aunt Lisa) World’s cutest three year old (with his "birthday hat" and birthday melon) Happy Birthday, Simon! Everybody just loves you!
Sidewalk Chalk Stars
We have tried the new Crayola 3-D Sidewalk Chalk…and all we have to say is, "Groovy!"
Books!
Aunt Lisa sent three very cool bargain bin books to the boys today– a constellations book, a presidents book, and a bird book that chirps and sings. Here they are with their new treasures.
Elijah has a blog!
Elijah has been asking for some time to start a Lego Blog. We finally took the plunge this week, and you can find his creative constructions at Lego Land Blog. He definitely has blogger blood and appreciates comments! This was the start of a city that was destroyed by a lurking younger brother who will […]
Garden Blog! :-)
Well, my sister and I are both trying Square Foot Gardening this year (the ALL NEW method). I read a book by Mel Bartholomew. Told her to read the book. We were both giddy with the possibilities of actually becoming real gardeners. We’ve started a blog together. If you want to follow along in the […]
Books! Woo-hoo!
I hit a library sale this morning. I was late. Friends night was LAST night, but I still found tons of treasures! This library charges by the pound. They charge .50 per pound! I purchased 40 POUNDS of books (and I didn’t take any bags because I told myself I was only going to get […]
SSSSssssssssssssnakes!
It was my turn to teach at co-op today. We started with The Great Kapok Tree, and I taught a lesson on a snake that lives in the Amazon Rain Forest – the anaconda (ew! ew!!!!). We had fun learning the ins and outs (ew! ew!!!!) of this crazy huge (30 feet long/200 pound) snake […]
Simon Says Color!
I have never seen a preschooler love to color like Simon does. He fills his empty canvas (aka cheap white computer paper) with beautiful wax drawings (aka crayon scribbles). He colors anywhere anytime, and while I don’t always appreciate it, I have really been admiring the pages (note the word pages and note that the […]
Rain Forest Week One
Okay, I have planned for this to be a four week unit. Key word is planned. We will see how it goes. We have week two off to a running start, but I want to show you a few shots of week one’s finished work. We haven’t placed everything in the notebook yet, but a […]
Learning with Lapbooks
One question I see posed over and over again on various groups, message boards, and forums is – "How do I teach with a lapbook?" To be frank- you do it however you want! Really. I don’t think there is a right or wrong way. There are different strokes for different folks and there are […]
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Notebook
This turned out to be a ten day study over the course of three weeks (I think!). It was not smart of me to do this around the holidays, but it was one of the best books we’ve ever read together! Pages 1-2 Page 2 Page 3 Pages 3-4 Pages 5-6 Page 5 (books opened) […]
Animal Pancakes
Elijah has been asking me to do this for a few days, so I finally did. Pancakes for lunch! I’m not sure what kind of animal this is. Elijah says bear and Simon says cat. I guess we see what we want to see. LOL
Christmas Trees
We made some EASY Christmas ornaments today. An added bonus was that clean-up was quick! Supplies Needed Green Pipe Cleaners (the sparkly ones would’ve been more fun, but I didn’t have any) Beads Popsicle Sticks (green or painted green) Ribbon Tacky Glue You just wrap the pipe cleaners around the popsicle sticks then string some beads! Here […]
Simon’s Little Penguin Book
Again, I do not feel like creating paper things for your toddler is a necessity. Really. But, who wants their little guy to feel left out? Not me. So, we made Simon a board book to accompany our penguin unit study. I had fun working on it, and you will hear him in the video (twice) […]
Welcome to the Apple Factory
I came home from the Farmer’s Market with about 115 pounds of apples. Now, I know this is small stuff to some of you, but for me- it’s a big deal! I made gallons and gallons of applesauce using Prima, Golden Delicious, Gala, Macintosh, and whatever else I had. I saved the Haralson for pie filling. It […]
Leah’s Pony Lapbook/Notebook
What a great story. What a great, great story. I don’t care how old you are or whether or not you homeschool, you need to go to the library and check out Leah’s Pony and read it. It’s just fabulous! Dust Bowl Map Right: Great Depression/Dust Bowl Shutterbook Left: Character Studies- Kindness Split Matchbook, Sacrifice […]
Pumpkins Field Trip
A pumpkin event that appealed to the senses! We touched pumpkins, tasted pumpkins & seeds (both raw and cooked), looked at the differences between vine fruits (pumpkins, gourds, and squash), and picked a pumpkin. Elijah said this was his "best field trip ever!" Gather ’round to learn about pumpkins! Lifecycle Craft From seed to leaf to […]
Co-op Auction for Leah’s Pony
Last week we read Leah’s Pony and learned about plants, The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, kindness, sacrifice, grasshoppers, and more! We had a great start to our week at co-op! After the story reading, we had an auction with a real auctioneer. Each child brought something to auction off and each child won an […]
Happy Fall Y’all! ;)
This week we did a unit study with the book, When the Frost is on the Punkin. We also read parts of Crinkleroot’s Nature Almanac (Arnosky), Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (Ehlert), Leaf Man (Ehlert), and Why Do Leaves Change Color? (Maestro). We didn’t do a lapbook; we stuffed everything in the pockets of a folder […]
Park Day
I love homeschooling because we can school when we want and break when we want! Last week was a break week. We hit the park, and it was SO much fun! Aunt Lisa and Uncle Brian came to play, too…