Lungs

Reading

Working together at the table

Jayden using his fingers and toes for math

We had a science co-op earlier this week. This time we met at a park. In hindsight, that was a terrible meeting space. The kids just wanted to play, but it was raining and we had work to get done. We let the kids run around a bit first while we waited for everyone to arrive.

 

 

Rachel read them a few pages from a science book about the lungs. Then she showed them a video about how the lungs work.

 Once they were done with the video, the children painted their lungs and blotted on alveoli.

 

 Then we made a "lung" out of balloons, straw, play doh, duct tape, and a bottle.

 As always, the children enjoyed themselves. They especially loved the lung fake lung and even Caitlin understood the concept of our lungs expanding when we breathe in and contracting when we breathe out.

Tech Tots

We kicked off October joining yet another class. (Can you tell how unsocialized these children must be with their lack of activities?) The kids had a TON of fun here!

Just arrived! Pretending to be saints.

Picking out stamps and stickers and getting a name tag

  

The stickers smell good!

Sydney putting on a show for the kids while we waited for it to start

Melissa talking to the kids about Tech Mouse

Cait adores Owen. She claims she will marry him because she loves his hair!

Melissa reading a story to the kids

 

Playing Nickelodeon Dance (which we now own!) on the Kinect. Isn't Owen's face priceless?

Afterward they had a snack and played with some balls

This guy juggled for them!

Finishing a second snack while the boys all played kinect on different monitors set up throughout the store.

The kids thoroughly enjoyed the class and definitely want to continue so it looks like it will be a weekly thing. They received a little backpack, some stamps, stickers, and other goodies when they were done.

It's Almost Halloween!

Even though winter is my favorite season, I LOVE fall.

October has just begun and we have already put up all of our Halloween decorations.

Our trusty dry erase board is now decked out in Halloween decor.

This picture hangs above Juan's desk. The image changes from an old fashioned looking man to a skeleton.

Our witch Susanne. She is a nasty looking! She has a sensor that makes her speak and turn her head when someone gets near her. We all hate her! Yet we keep her up for Halloween. We are weird.

Cookies for the kids (note to self- NEVER buy cookies from the Dollar Tree again! They were gross!)

Our door knocker

Hanging on the inside of our house (he glows in the dark)

Pumpkins at the door

Our scarecrow hanging off the map

Wall behind the table (note the new dry erase board!)

Another scarecrow holding fall colored leaves, sitting between the childrens workboxes

Even Jayden's baseball trophy is ready for Halloween, sporting a skeleton bracelet around his neck

The kids LOVE Halloween. They love all holidays, actually. But Halloween is the start of the holiday season so we are all excited. Hell, we look for any "holiday" to celebrate, just to decorate and have goodies!

Goodies include (but are not limited to) turning these apples into apple pie and using my small crockpot to make homemade hot cocoa.

Well actually, I send the apples downstairs to a lovely neighbor who changes them into this:

Yummy, right?

Note my school books on the side being neglected for this hot cocoa!

We will be trying some new pancakes this month!

Celebrate!