This has been a fun topic to cover. I went back and added in pictures and post links for the various snack-tivities we have done to previous posts, as well as the freezer experiment. Check out our indoor snowman. The toddler played along with us one day and colored some mittens. This week we ‘wrapped’ … [Read more…]
Great served with our home made hot chocolate mix. Do it yourself! Click HERE for full instructions!
We spent the end of December and a good part of January so far working on seasonal topics, including talking about all things Polar. Read up on previous activities HERE. The children played outside, watched Frozen, chatted about the snow, played outside some more, and dreamed about the snow to come through chattering teeth and … [Read more…]
Books read over the Holidays through the first 2 weeks of January–and topic worked on starting January 4, 2016! I decided to teach my 7 year old the days of the week and months (spelling, she obviously knows them by name already) and work on the winter season to ease us back into the school … [Read more…]
This week we started off with a couple of items for the paper trail (below), plus a discussion of St. Nicholas/Santa Claus. Every year I have had the same discussion with my now 7 year old, and the younger ones listen. Always the same even tone of voice, same talking of ‘St. Nicholas was a … [Read more…]
Right now we’re just doing a smattering of this and that, more unschooling than anything. One day I just told them to get out their workbooks and they did what they wanted- more than I would have even suggested. Other days I add in certain things like additional math pages for the 7 year old … [Read more…]
I printed out selected pages from the activities for the kids to do and daddy is filling in the rest. THANKSGIVING: Media: Free Birds Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Art: 7 year old drew a Macy’s balloon Hands on: Fluting pie crust, measuring and stirring ingredients for pie Paper Trail: All our items … [Read more…]
I printed out a ton of Thanksgiving items, and my husband is gung ho about getting the kids to burn through the worksheets! I read a bunch of Thanksgiving books to the kids, and we watched some movie type things (Charlie Brown, etc)… to go along with the theme. It’s going to be a busy … [Read more…]
Over the weekend we awarded our ‘1st’ grader her BOOK IT award for reading. She read 40 chapter books (our goal was 20 for her). She went with daddy and middle sister, and they even brought home a brownie pan from there for the family to share. They had enough leftovers to snack on the … [Read more…]