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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Homeschooling and Life: April 28-May 11, 2014

We have been enjoying our past few weeks, between orthodontic visits for both Bug and Doodles, co-op classes, and all of the other typical life stuff. I am so happy to announce that...finally... the initial orthodontic phase is over for both Bug and Doodles, so the appointments will slow down to once a month as opposed to once a week...thankfully!!! (Especially when we have a two-hour round trip drive to the orthodontist's office.) We have still managed to get in a good amount of schooling, which I'd like to give you a peek into now:

Books and Instructor's Guide for this week in Baby Girl's school. We are LOVING it!

This is a game that came with Baby Girl's school stuff. I tried to get her interested in it this week, but she wasn't ready yet. I am going to try again this upcoming week. With her special needs, it always takes her more time to get interested in things and to understand them.

Another awesome book from Baby Girl's school set. This week we read Blueberries for Sal and then dropped counting bears on to a tin pie plate. She enjoyed that!

Baby Girl worked on making lines go from "top to bottom."

Bug works on math, one of his favorite subjects.

This week for nature study we learned about parts of a plant and went outside to investigate and explore.

Bug takes a closer look at flowers.

Bug is currently reading this book to learn more about the American Revolution.

Bug enjoys lying under the tree and enjoying nature.

After all the rain, we found this little guy on our front porch. We love toads!

Also, this little guy prompted us to reread some of our favorite stories from our Frog and Toad books. Hey, you're NEVER too old for Frog and Toad!

Bug made this Lego creation and...

drew it and wrote about it here.

Bug wrote a story about these three Lego characters.

Bug made these two Lego creations...

and compared and contrasted them.

Bug learned about volume this week, so we did some hands-on activities.

Doodles works on her science paper.

Doodles wrote about the dangers of smoking. She was studying the respiratory system.

Doodles, getting ready to lie down outside under the tree and observe nature

Doodles and I watched the 2013 movie Romeo and Juliet and are working our way through the play.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Homeschool and Life: April 14-27, 2014

We had a good couple of weeks. I ordered new school stuff for Baby Girl. She is now using Sonlight P3/4. I am going to stretch it out over several years with her until she's ready for P4/5. Bug and Doodles are working on wrapping up their studies. Here's a peek at our last couple of weeks:

Sonlight P3/4, doesn't it look beautiful all spread out on MY dining room table? :)

And it looks wonderful sitting on MY shelf!

I'm also reading this book to Baby Girl.

Bug read this book to learn about colonial times.

We studied The Voyage of Life series of paintings for art study this week.

Doodles and I made a pendulum for science.

Doodles sketched this diagram of the digestive system.

Bug kept a schedule of food he ate for a week and placed it in appropriate categories.

Bug found this grasshopper on our front porch.

Doodles sketched this weed "Leonardo da Vinci" style.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Homeschooling and Life: April 7-15, 2014

We've had a busy, but good, several days. We have lots of extra trips for orthodontic visits...which will continue for the next several years...but all is well. We are continuing with our studies and doing our best to keep our heads in the books. It's easier said than done sometimes! Here's a look at our recent life: