Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A week and a half ago we went to a local fair.

The kids made conductor hats with little books about trains.


 We learned how women washed and dried clothing during the civil war.
 C got her face painted while the boys jumped around in a bouncy house.

 She was a cat!
 They ate cotton candy,


 sat in a real race car,




 and we took a trip to Imajine That!

The next day was soccer!!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Today was a simple day. C is not feeling well and J is starting to get sick too.

Here they are working today:








They weren't ready for school to end so I whipped out their Toy Story 3 Memory game! It started out nicely until the kids insisted that we had to keep them all neat and put the cards back down in different places. It made for an... interesting game.

 

After two very long games we put it all away. C was not pleased. Her big brother gave her a squeeze and told her she'd be ok and they could play again tomorrow, which made her smile through her tears.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Successful day and Soccer!

I didn't think today would be a very successful day with school since I had two crabby kids on my hands. But it really turned out great!

Today we did this:


C working diligently tracing lines... or so I thought!
Caught scribbling all over her page!

J practicing his letter "Ss"


Gleefully making a mess...

Then I got the bright idea to give C a dry erase marker and a one of those dry erase books to practice writing. And she did FABULOUS! For some reason she decided it was important to follow the lines. Hey, whatever works!








 
Working!



J doing his math work (subtraction)

Drawing shapes



Working on a maze


Cheese!

J also joined a soccer team as part of his PE portion of school. Yesterday was his first practice and game! He even scored a goal!

He is number 11!

Him and his best friend sharing a snack after their game

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Our First Day "Not Back to School!"

Today we had our first official day of Kindergarten for J and preschool for C.

We started off with our usual field trip to the library. (I forgot my camera- boo!) We packed lunch in their cool new lunch boxes and took their backpacks with us.

Our selection this week
 While out we stopped for an oh-so-educational trip to TJ Maxx. We picked up a box to store our favorite homeschooling papers and projects.





Once we got home, J did some math work- addition and subtraction! (note his new glasses!)

Then he did some practice writing/phonics with the letter "Dd"
And lastly, he read to me!
C's instructions were to trace the lines. She did well at first with the circles but then decided to do her own thing and scribble on both sheets.


Then she read to me
"Once upon a time, there was a screaming little angel..."
We have also officially named our homeschool! Our children attend Oak Ridge Academy! We will be ordering IDs and maybe even t-shirts too!