This weekend was FABULOUS! Bye bye winter blues! For church we were supposed to be performing a random act of kindness each month, and so I found it and took it in last week. I found the pic on my phone and thought I would share… As I was brushing my teeth I thought about … [Read more…]
Monday we celebrated what else?!? President’s day, here is our board, we only have 2 pins this year, but it has a TON of copywork, themes to go with our topical books (below) and some coin based pages, as well! President’s Day Pin Board The rest of the week we used our pin board for … [Read more…]
Week 2 in February for our home school was a bit of this and that because the holidays run together and how they are placed within the week. We started out by talking about the Chinese New Year. We read a book about the Chinese New Year, and the kids did some listening about how … [Read more…]
We’re going to work with the month of observances and give the kids some history and social science, as well as holiday observances and what they mean. There seem to be so many things to celebrate in February. It’s a ‘big month’ in that their dad ACTUALLY has a birthday. Yes my husband was a … [Read more…]
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…]
We have used a DIY hot chocolate mix recipe ever since we have been married–it was one my mom passed down in a family recipe book, and we love it dearly. However, the sizes of all the containers have changed since the recipe was first recorded, and so I strove to make a new version … [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…]