Today was a relaxed day for J. He has learned how to put together a 48 piece puzzle by himself. This is the second time he has done it alone!

In the first and second picture you can see that the edges weren't aligned so he had made a mistake. By the third picture he figured it out (by himself).

 While putting on the last piece he said "Ok mom, this is the last one. Please don't embarrass me. Just clap quietly..."

Of course I celebrated loudly! LOL!

Meanwhile, C and I went through her alphabet book

We went through every page and named everything we saw. We practiced our letters and the sounds they make.

I'm also putting together new workbooks for them. I made them with printables from another homeschooling blog Confessions of a Homeschooler. I have also signed up for another website that has over 14,000 worksheets for grades K-6!

So far I have these made up:

C will use them as a tool for alphabet/number/shape recognition and J will use them to practice his penmanship.

Science, Art & Soccer!

Today we went to our local play place for a science class and some art fun!

 At first they used the magnifying glass wrong but by the end they got it. They looked at rocks, leaves, shells and pinecones!

 Then we headed over to the art section. They cut straight lines through the paper.

 Well she tried...

And finally, J's soccer picture came in!

October 6th!

Here is how our morning went:

C requested her Dora tracing book.

 J learned alphabetical order. He had to put his spelling words into alphabetical order.

 

C worked on transferring different color beads to different bowls. She worked with tweezers (which she was thought was so silly! She laughed and said "Mommy! This is for eyebrows!") She started with the black and white beads, then red and yellow, then green and blue.

 J worked on his reading comprehension during this time.

Shortly after her transfer project, I popped on a DVD for C.She won't be 3 until next month but she loves the songs and practicing her alphabet so I knew she would like it.

 She only budged to get off the couch and sit on the floor.

Meanwhile J finished his reading comprehension and drew a picture of him and C sharing an apple!

 

 He also asked me where does food go when we eat it. So we whipped out this puzzle given to us by a friend and fellow homeschooling mom. J learned a little about the esophagus, the large intestine, small intestine, and pancreas.

After that we went to a local play place where they ran themselves tired!

Shopping & School!

This morning C had Blood (oatmeal with red food coloring) and J had Slime (oatmeal with green food coloring) for breakfast!

We ended up doing school shortly before dinner today so we started with an art project.

J & C's jack-o-lanterns

C was no longer interested in school after coloring because daddy got home from work so J finished his work up solo! He worked mostly by himself without much help at all!

He worked on his subtraction

Subtracting with his abacus

 By the time we got to his reading comprehension I could tell he was done. We did one part of it but we will save the rest for tomorrow.

Reading comprehension

We went to this awesome dollar store that had EVERYTHING!!!
I bought a couple more Halloween decorations for the house. I also got these portfolios for the kids work for just ONE DOLLAR!!

I also bought two bingo markers for Caitlin.

It will be added to her box when she is practicing letters. I stole this idea from another Homeschooling blog. Pictures to come soon!

Halloween!!

My children love holidays almost as much as I do!

Last night I decorated some while they slept. Throughout this month we will be doing several art projects that will add to our Halloween/fall decor.

This morning we made "Moldy Monster Banana Bread" which both children swore they would not eat.

Here are the before, during and after shots:

In their defense there were 6 of us eating from this loaf. But everyone had a generous helping!

Finishing this off is our library field trip pickings! Most of our books this time are Halloween stories!