School days

This is pretty much what our school week looked like every day last week. Math, spelling, grammar, reading, reading, and more reading!

Cait grabbed a ruler and started measuring random toys in the house.

Cookie.com- she LOVES this website

Digestive System

Last Tuesday we had a science co-op. This co-op is focusing on the human body right now. On this day we did a unit on the digestive system. While waiting for everyone to arrive, the kids played a bit.

They have some pretty cool puzzles by Melissa & Doug- This human body puzzle and the solar system, both of which we will probably get for Christmas.

 

 

 Once everyone arrived, the children sat at the table while Rachel read several books about digestion.

 

Then the kids worked on a project. First they mushed up crackers.

 

  

 Then Rachel added orange juice which represented the digestive juices.

 Then they mushed it up some more.

 Everyone held their bag to the light to see what the food looked like mixed with digestive juices.

   

 Then the kids colored cutouts and made their digestive system on a paper bag.

(She was sick!)

Almost time for Halloween!

The morning started off with the kids "hiding," you know, since we can't see two lumps there.

We headed off to Salem Fest, an annual event that has a bouncy house, face painting, and tons of things for sale. Including cookies. Lots of cookies...

Bouncy House

Face Painting

"The Emerald Queen"

"Captain America"

cute pumpkins

 We ended up having to do a little bit of clothes shopping for the kids since they decided (Caitlin especially) to have a major growth spurt over the summer. I may have to take the advice of a nurse I know and cut their food in half! After that we went to a brand new Halloween store that was CREEPY! Caitlin is tough as nails because she was not scared of anything.

Playing with a dead girl that has a sensor and CHASES you!

Hiding behind me

Dead girls face

 How could anyone think this is appropriate for kids?! I seriously was laughing so hard!

Dead girl turning around to chase Cait

Jayden still hiding

This one goes from laying down to sitting up and then her head spins all the way around

This girl swings back and forth singing "la la la"

This one starts out laying down, gets up and then...

turns his head around and screams!

Cait wants to go back. Jayden, not so much.

Catapillows

Late last week I decided that history would not be an everyday subject for us. The curriculum that I am using seems very fast paced and I do not feel like the kids have enough time to absorb everything they just learned before moving on. From now on, we will be going through history much slower and studying the vocabulary words to get a better grasp on what we are reading.

Otherwise, the transition back into school has been exciting! These kids amaze me.

Spelling

"Hey, I'm not ready yet!"

Cheese!

Grammar

He had to complete a sentence and made sure to use the word "butt" in there- hence his smile.

 

Math

 Afterward, we went outside and the  kids rode their bikes.

Cait started shouting from across the yard that she had found a "Catapillow" who she named Earl.

Jayden reading us a bedtime story