Wednesday, November 16, 2011

School & Science

Today was a hot mess. Crabby kids. Crabby mom. Yea. School was NOT in session today. BUT here is how our day went yesterday:

Jayden did his math, spelling, reading comprehension and writing while Cait worked on tracing numbers, shapes, her dot activity and her puzzles (which she does in NO time now!!)






Then we had a playdate with a fellow HSing mom at Imajine That. The kids did face painting and ran around like maniacs after enjoying their lunch there (which is definitely a rare treat!)








Next we headed to science class to make play doh!I can't remember the recipe, but I do remember vinegar was involved! YUCK!


Not pleased with the vinegar stench!






 As always, Cait was such a trooper! She loved getting messy!









 They ran around for a bit longer and then we left!

Tomorrow is going to be a long day! We have a play date at Olivia's house, followed by the library, swim class and another science class at Imajine That! Stay tuned for pics!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Nature Walk day! (TONS of pics!!!!)

Today was another great day!

First we started off with our books. I had Jayden read me one of the library books we borrowed (not pictured). Then we did some of our usual stuff which included Reading comprehension, spelling, writing, a word jumble and math for Jayden while Cait worked on tracing numbers, shapes and her name.








Then we had a nice lunch at the park. For snack my kids had apple slices and carrots, yes CARROTS!! I can't believe they happily munched on them with peanut butter as a dip!



After lunch we whipped out our magnifying glass, reviewed the rules for the nature walk and with May leading us, we were on our way!





 The kids gathered tons of leaves, pine cones and acorns for a project we will be doing later this week.
















 Look at that face! God forbid he gets dirty! LOL! My little boy was ready to turn around after awhile. He isn't into the nature walk scene, especially not with the promise of the playground once we were finished with our walk.
















 And my girl... forever asking if she can taste, smell or touch something, decided today would be a good day to bite an acorn. So I let her. Now I am a complete freak when it comes to stuff like that but I know she probably tried to bite it on the nature walk anyway. It's all about learning, right?



All of the kids had a lot of fun and were definitely work out but we let them tire themselves out more with the park.









Finally we came home and worked on another Thanksgiving craft- Pilgrim paper Bag Puppets!
With the help of the library book below, the kids learned about what Pilgrims wore, what they ate and what their homes looked like. They got to work coloring!





 Meet their pilgrims, Sarah and Sam!

 We added them to our wall, where they joined Squanto & Sacajawea.

Tomorrow we are looking forward to our Science class!