FRIDAY: Normally we don’t strictly do any homeschooling on Fridays, as my kids are 3 and 6 and are well advanced for their ages, I don’t find it necessary and I need a break from time to time to get some other things done, focus on the youngest not destroying the house, etc. But we … [Read more…]
Target Audience: Pre-K, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten or lower elementary grades science nutrition or the 5 senses activity or project I was trying to come up with a simple solution for explaining what the 5 senses were to my 3 year old. The 6 year old has a fairly good idea already and did some of … [Read more…]
Weekend: We spent a lot of time outdoors, the 6 year old has nearly conquered riding without training wheels, and her bike is basically too small. She’s so tall! If she had been home in the fall, I bet she would have had it done then, but I’m glad she’s learning! The 3 year old … [Read more…]
Monday Video: Oh the Skin We Are In: Cat and the Hat Proclamation from Phil groundhog as to 6 more weeks of winter (discussion on spring being early/late/the same) Reading together: Gretchen Groundhog It’s your day by Levine Oh the Thinks you can Think by Seuss How Wet Can You Get by Seuss I wish … [Read more…]
We ordered pizza from a local place. The kids like decorating their own, but we needed to take advantage of a late napping baby, so we chose take out. The kids ate and listened to a TON of books. All of the books, supplies, etc. seen came in one large KIT from the library. This … [Read more…]
Over the weekend….. 6 year old: Independent Reading: The Unwilling Umpire by Ron Roy (A-Z mystery) Geronimo Stilton The Wild Wild West The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Cole The Magic School Bus Chapter Book: Amazing Magnetism Reading Together: Inside Your Outside: All about the human body by Rabe (cat … [Read more…]
The kids learned so much in one day, and we only saw half the exhibits! The great thing is that they have special home schooler days, so we look forward to a more ‘closed’ center with fewer people! They still had a great time, music, hands on stuff, slides, water fun, bubbles, and much, much … [Read more…]
As a surprise we took the kids to a local visitor’s center, to see an eagle. I intend for them to study birds later on, but this was too good to pass up now, and we can always refer back to pictures if they ‘forget’ before then. Eagles tend to congregate at the conjunction of … [Read more…]
The kids have been learning about the human body as their second unit of study. When the first lines of the first book I read to them had to do with Robert Wadlow, I knew we had to finally visit the memorial. As luck would have it, one day we just happened to be driving … [Read more…]
Falling down on your resolutions already? Want a goal that makes you feel good? Make an easy pledge this year: Read more! It’s fun, it’s educational, portable, comes in an e-version if so desired, practically everyone can do it, and even if that means you are reading TO someone else, get the whole family … [Read more…]