- plugging right along with our Insttitute for Excellence in Writing
- Shurley grammar is still a favorite subject - and nothing like some School House Rock to reinforce it
- the interjection song is one of our favorites - especially this part - WOW!!
- sometimes being the teacher is just as educational as being the student..
- hiding God's word in her heart- sometimes miniature horses want to learn about history too
- working on critical thinking skills with miniLUK
- some history reading - sometimes I actually have to MAKE her stop reading.. (notice her favorite little stuffed friend is reading as well)
- memorizing upside down always helps...
- keeping hands busy while listening to mom read...
- learning about graphing in math so we charted her growth since she was born..
- and we turned in into a line graph..
- nature study is always a highlight..
- observing the birds on our deck..
- we keep track of every new bird we see and write the date... (this has been ongoing for years now)
- learning about the expressionist paintings of Paul Klee using oil pastel medium
- giggling.... lots and lots of giggling....
- mechanical engineering field trips to shop for and put together a homeschooling Ikea desk big enough for two...
- she loves to organize just like her momma- she loves to make her work spaces pretty too!
- we enjoyed a few new educational items to chase away the winter doldrums...
- we have devoured almost all of our homeschool books that I thought would last all year...
- we took a detour away from Saxon math .... Horizons and "mommy math" is filling in for now....
- "Mommy Math" is her favorite - she was starting to hate math and I couldn't let that happen.
- Not using a set curriculum and just teaching her the concepts she needs to master right now is her favorite approach. We even have a silly song - "It's time for mommy maaaaa-aaaaath!"
- whatever works to instill a love of learning...
- teaching long division and long multiplication is a breeze when done on graph paper to keep all those numbers lined up ...
- learning about similes and metaphors....
- and dreaming of spring..... it will come again - right?- almost through all of our spelling words for the year...
- fun science experiments making Borax crystals
- three simple ingredients...
- one of her favorite readers lately....
- we started a new science book....
- she wants to be a zoologist :)
We have been very busy the past few months and we are SOOO ready for some warmer weather - how about you?
2 comments:
Those pastels look so fun. I will have to pick them up for my three little artists to try out!
Thanks Sonja! I got them from timberdoodle.com if that helps!
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