Two weeks in and I am still enjoying homeschooling. We had a really bad day last Wednesday so we quit and went outside. The kids (especially my TypeA who has to do everything as it is supposed to be done) wanted to finish later in the day so we did, but if we didn't, that would have been okay.
Eden has already memorized a poem (
Rain by Robert Louis Stevenson) and the first half of
the Lord's Prayer. Her reading is improving and she is learning to write cursive. She is working on narrating stories we read and I am looking forward to this discipline helping her communication skills!
Theo is working on writing letters and numbers and counting to 50. He is so motivated and finishes his work so fast that I run out of work for him to do! I need to figure out what to do with him!
This week we continued our nature study with the study of trees. We learned about growth rings. Once again the kids seemed to love it and the crafts we did to compliment the study. Here are some photos from our tree study.
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| The girls have short attention spans when we are outside. Theo's is shorter. |
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| Growth rings in the log pile. |
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| Growth rings in the lumber pile. |
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| We made cedar magnets for the fridge. |
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| Painted magnets. |
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We used white crayon to draw growth rings in our nature journals, then we painted over them.
The crayon acted as a resist. |
Love the magnet idea! I seem to always be in need of more fridge magnets but don't typically see anything that strikes my fancy on the store shelves. Hmm... :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, fabulous, I want to be your student!!! And my kids want to be your student too!!!
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