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Showing posts with label homeschool. Show all posts

Friday, January 30, 2015

Letter J Week

We've had some fun with the letter J this week.  Here's a look at some of our activities...

J is for Jellyfish...


...and j is for juggler....


We did lots of jellybean math...


...I might have eaten a few too many of those. Woops!

We also made jellyfish in a jar ( a bit of a pinterest flop...)


...which we rememdied with another jellyfish craft which was much more fun...


The boys are fascinated with these creatures...


We also had fun with lots of books, several field trips, lots of outdoor play with our gorgeous weather and we learned a new game too, a childhood favorite of mine -- slap jack! If only there were more jacks in a deck of cards :-).  



Monday, November 17, 2014

"G" Week

It has been so gorgeous outside that we've had a hard time staying inside to do any kind of "school" and instead of making excuses for not tackling it, I finally decided to just get a little creative.  We kicked off our G with with a scavenger hunt to look for as many Gs as we could find around downtown.  This way we could get some fresh air and exercise while familiarizing ourselves with the letter, in lots of different fonts by the way too.  Here's a glimpse into some of our findings...






...this was WAY more exciting than I ever anticipated.  We will definitely be repeating this activity.  I had no idea how tricky the lowercase g can be in so many different fonts.  It was a good reminder to show them a variety of styles of each letter.  

We also made our own G is for goldfish crafts...


...that ended up looking like this...


...I had hoped they'd look more like this...


...but the boys clearly had something else in mind :-)

We also repeated our goldfish counting game...


...what's not to love about an edible counting activity?

Another big hit was the G puzzle compliments of this site that we cut apart and then put back together...


...we're still working on cutting skills but they're coming along and Colton was able to put his back together...


...Mason initially cut his well and then decided cutting it into teeny tiny pieces was WAY more fun.  I kind of agree :-)

We also did a G maze...


The In my World Blog provided some serious inspiration this week :-).  Check her blog out!

We also made lowercase gs with GREEN GRASS.  Not surprisingly, GLUING and cutting were the highlights of the project....


...and here's the finished project...


We also made some GOBBLING turkeys out of toilet paper rolls and cupcake liners...


...and as always, there were lots of GIGGLES...


...as well as lots of books, lots of ABC mouse, some fun shows, and the usual.  










Thursday, October 23, 2014

"e" week

I'm  a bit behind in my updates but here's a bit of what we've been up to as we wrap up the letter e.

We made the letter e out of all kinds of things...


...I love that the boys realized without my help that it's just a c with a line through the middle.  

We also ended up making ELEPHANTS...


Of course we had a craft... 


We also burnt of lots of ENERGY...


....from getting lots of EXERCISE...


...some of which involved friends...


...how cute are they all together trying to pull that wagon through the sand?!

They're a fun bunch...


We also had fun with some pinterest-inspired Halloween activities.  Not everything has to follow the letter of the week plan, right??




These were my favorite...


...thanks Pinterest!

We also had a family night out, an EXCURSION if you will...





EXPERIENCES are EDUCATIONAL too and equally important if you ask me.  We're making memories... 


As always, we spent a lot of time with books, ABCmouse.com, leap frog dvds, and our new favorite, The Monster Math Squad...can't remember if it's on Netflix or Huluplus but we get it through our appleTV and it's a lot of fun.  We give it two thumbs up!

Happy learning!