Homeschooling November 2013 Part 2

Co-op Thanksgiving Party

Juice box Turkeys (this idea was taken from the blog Sugar Aunts)

Turkey crafts Miss C came up with. Awesome!

Music: Thanksgiving Songs and Poems

Review Music and Movement

Learn and Practice Thanksgiving Songs

Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie

First you take the pumpkin and you pick it, you pick it, you pick it, pick it, pick it.

(Chorus in Deep voices)

Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie-Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie-Yummy!

Then you take the pumpkin and you carve it, you carve it, you carve it, carve it, carve it.

(Chorus)

Next you take the spices and you mix it, you mix it, you mix it, mix it, mix it.
(Chorus)
You put it in the oven and you wait, you wait, you wait, you wait, you wait.
(Humming Chorus While tapping foot)
You take it out the oven and you bite it, you bite it, you bite it, bite it, bite it
(sing like mouth full)
and you chew it, you chew it, chew it, chew it, chew it.
(Sing chorus like your mouth is full.)

Mr. Turkey
Mr. Turkey’s tail is big and wide (spread fingers)
He swings it when he walks (swing hands)
His neck is long (stretch neck)
His chin is red (stroke chin)
And he gobbles when he talks (open and close hands, and gobbles)

Let’s Be Thankful

Thank you for the sun so bright  (whole hand “C” from face)
Thank you for the moon at night  (thumb & pointer “C”)
Thank you for my family (F Sign to pinky circle)
Thanks for friends who play with me   (hook pointers, Y shake down)
Thanks for everything I see
I am thankful, yes sirree! (Hand to sky/mouth push forward)

I read a Thanksgiving story to them.

Then, Miss C made some incredible cupcakes and the kids decorated them (and then ate them, of course). We had so much fun today! My kids and I feel so blessed to be in such awesome company! Thank you!

The Operation Christmas Child boxes are wrapped, packed and ready to be shipped! Five for boys and five for girls. Thank you to our local Military MOPS for spearheading this wonderful initiative! If you want to know more on how to send boxes full of goodies to kids around the world for Christmas, see Samaritan’s Purse.

Good Morning!

Bible: The Seven Days of Creation

We checked out a book from the Library about the seven days of Creation. I bought these numbers (1-7) fro ma homeschool used materials sale, so I don’t know the company that makes them. I love them because they have what God made each day of Creation inside them. I taped them onto a blue sheet of cardstock and put them in sheet protectors in the binder. It’s awesome that K and A will get to study with visual aids the story of Creation.

Day 1: God made day and night.

Day 2: God separated the waters from the land.

Day 3: God made all plants and trees and bushes.

Day 4: God made the sun, moon and stars.

Day 5: God made animals in the air and animals in the water.

Day 6: God made land animals and man.

Day 7: God rested and saw that all He created was good.

Rosetta Stone

He’s doing ok with it, but I find that we still have to practice a lot to retain the information. It might be that he’s still young or that he is still not used to the software (or both). He loves it, though, so we’ll keep trying it.

Montessori Culture (Geography): Penpal and Postcard Exchange

This is the letter that K wrote for his penpal in England.

Science Experiments: Lava Lamps

In Science we made lava lamps with equal amounts of water, oil and salt in different cups I asked them which one they thought was heaviest. We then tested to see which one would sink, oil floated on water, salt made the oil push down to the bottom and once the salt dissolved it would bubble back up like a lava lamp! They were surprised to see that salt was the heaviest. Our class went quickly so they had a play date until time to head home.

Gym and Ballet Co-op

Today in Gym Time we played with tunnels. We crawled through them, hid in them, rolled the balls through them, and even did a small obstacle course. The kids played really well together and had a lot of fun.