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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: May 2014 Part 1

Friday, June 6, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 8

Montessori Culture (History): A Child's Timeline

I think it is pretty much self-explanatory, but here's what we did:
He chose a light-colored piece of construction paper and drew as straight a line as he could (I think he did a great job). Then I helped him draw lines for each year of his life.
We thought of important things that happened each year and, between the two of us, wrote them down where they belonged. It was simple making it because he has lived a mere 4 years. I can't imagine if I had to make my timeline of 34 years! :)

Read on

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 5

Cursive Practice (sort of)

This is an awesome printables packet from 3 Dinosaurs. And it is FREE!

K had been showing a lot of interest in cursive and can read it now, so I asked some blogger friends for resources. Cassie responded with this. Wow. How amazing! That very evening, I printed it all off and put it together, even the dice.

The next day, during homeschool, I presented K with it and he loved it, but once he tried to write in cursive a little bit (after begging me to teach him how to write cursive), he said he didn't feel it was time yet. Sigh. Ok. That is what I had thought, but since he insisted so much, I didn't want his interest to wane. So it is there, in our homeschool room, looking all pretty, waiting for the day K wants to give it a go again. Thank you, Cassie! :)

Monday, April 28, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 2

A.C.E. (Accelerated Christian Education)

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Our 2014 (Jan-June) Homeschooling Journal

Friday, January 3, 2014

Our 2013 (July-Dec) Homeschool Journal

Our 2013 (Jan-June) Homeschool Journal

Friday, August 23, 2013

Homeschooling August 2013 Part 1

Montessori Mathematics: Number Rods

Number Rods (info taken from this wonderful site: click here)**

Personal Note: I also use the extension that you can see in the second picture, the one with the number tiles. It is super simple for him now that he can count up to 100+, but it is still a good and quick practice activity.

Montessori Culture (Geography): Land, Air, and Water

First, we reviewed the differences between land, water and air.

We talk about why they are all important for life.

Then, I open the envelope with living things and K sorts them out (animals that are in air, water and land).

After that, we clean up and I open the envelope with methods of transportation and K sorts them out (airplanes, helicopters, etc go by Air, boats, ships, canoes, etc go by Water, cars, trains, trucks, etc go by Land).

Desk Work

Reading and sight word practice

Gym Co-op:

Ballet for girls, sports for boys and developmental activities for tots

I have started a Kombucha brew. It is a much (MUCH) slower process than water kefir, but I am hoping it'll be well worth it. I am now working on rehydrating the scoby in black tea, sugar and vinegar (to balance the pH).

A wonderful anniversary present and the kids' first sleepover

My friend, Stephanie, was so sweet and gracious to offer to watch my kids OVERNIGHT so hubby and I could go out on a date to celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary! She's such a generous soul!

Hubby and I had fun going to dinner to a fancy restaurant. The food was delicious. Then we went to see a movie. We hadn't been to a movie (just the 2 of us) since before K was born (that's 3.5+ years)!

Needless to say, we needed that. And like that wasn't enough, we got to stay up late and enjoy some cheesecake and sleeping in without someone waking us up (another first for us).

And now for the kids: they got to hang out a friends' house, ate dinner, played, watched a movie, slept over, had breakfast there and played some more. It was a great experience all-around, I'd say. Definitely owe Stephanie...big time! :)