Field Trip: Pumpkin Patch "If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct." - Letty Cottin Pogrebin Spanish: Vocabulario de Otoño (Fall Vocabulary) In Spanish, we started with a bilingual rap. We would tap our laps and go, "one, two, three, four, uno, dos, tres, cuatro." Then we'd stand up, dance and go, "dance, baila, dance, baila, etc." Then we ... View the Post
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Homeschooling October 2013 Part 4
A cute video to begin the post with... She is saying "you're welcome" after I said "thank you" to her. Sweetness! Art: Fall Beauty in a FrameThese are stick frames with contact paper and fake Fall-colored leaves (real leaves can be used, but we live in the desert, so no Fall colors for us).More videos for you!History Sentence: Week 1Tell me about Commandments one through five: Science: Week 1What are the classifications of living things? Math: Skip Count the 2s We also learned about:1) The ... View the Post
Homeschooling September 2013 Part 2
Inspiration... Play Time The kids were keeping themselves busy playing with their Mr. Potato Heads before church. "Field Trip" to Texas (Roadhouse) Monsoon Season = Beauty Chores This guy has been amazing at completing his morning chores. He does everything by himself now, except for bushing his teeth and hair. Spanish: Los Colores (Introduction) For Spanish, ... View the Post
Homeschooling September 2013 Part 1 First Week of Pre-K Homeschool!!!
Inspiration... Vacation Roadtrip: Las Vegas We went to Las Vegas for Labor Day weekend to visit my husband's grandparents. They are 90+ years old and, since my mother-in-law was visiting them, we thought it'd be the perfect time to go see them. The last time we saw them I was still pregnant with Baby Girl, so they had never met her. Another big reason to go visit. Below are the pictures of a couple of books that I finished recently. Very insightful. ... View the Post
Homeschooling August 2013 Part 7 Homeschool Room Setup and Scheduling
Since I initiated this co-op, and it's going strong, I think it'd be appropriate for it to have a name, so I am working on a name for the co-op. I think that, after thinking and researching quite a bit, we'll end up with Dunamis Ivy Academy. Dunamis ( δύναμις ) is Greek for strength, power, ability, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing; moral power and excellence of soul; power and resources arising from numbers; power consisting in or ... View the Post
(Home)schooling: Week 2
Things are going very well. As much as I'd like to focus on academics, something else (but even more important at the moment) is stealing the spotlight: POTTY TRAINING! Yes, I am so happy that we are making a lot of progress and hopefully, he'll be out of diapers (during the day) in a few weeks or months. I'm not holding my breath, just hoping, haha. We have two potties, one in each of the rooms mostly used during the day. For some reason, whoever designed this house has never had a ... View the Post
