Back to school sales!!

I went into Staples today where, as a homeschooling mom, they let me sign up for the Teachers Rewards! I was able to buy 25 packs of index cards (100 cards each), 25 packs of highlighters (2 per pack) and 25 packs of pencils (8 pencils per pack) for only $0.10 each!! If you aren't a teacher the limit on everything was 2 but teachers had a limit of 25 each. I also got 14 spiral notebooks (1 subject each; staples brand) for $0.15 each. There was a lady there who told me about the rewards program who was a former homeschooling teacher that now teaches at a private school. I donated some of my purchases to her but I'll also be sending some of what I have left to my sister (college student) :)

DH & I also each got a 4g flash drive for $5 each. And there was a coupon in our circular $5 off of $25 purchase.

All in all we got some GREAT deals. At Staples we spent $30 and saved $66!

We also hit Toys R Us & Walmart for some other needed supplies. J got a brand new backpack, lunchbox and 5 folders, and C got a new lunchbox and 4 folders. We also purchased containers to hold their sandwiches in their lunchboxes, thermoses, construction paper, crayons and glue. I LOVE back to school sales!!!

Work & Review!

Today we:

Read,

did some addition,

practiced the sound of the letter E and writing it,

reviewed 5 colors in spanish

and colored with them!

Dipping our toes back in!

We took a break from homeschooling with workbooks but not from learning! J has officially begun to read! Today we decided to dip our toes back into some more structured work again.

We went to the library a few days ago.

On our way to the library!

Our library book bags!

 

J signing the back of his very first library card!

Today J & I read some of his borrowed books together.

Then J read to me!

He put one of his new bookmarks to hold his place for tomorrow.

And we did a little bit of addition.

That's all for today!

Took a hiatus from the blog but not from homeschooling!

Here is what we did today:

J did independent work!

Practicing his name

Matching big & small pictures

Shape recognition

C colored in one of her famous getups:

 

C's final product!

Once J was done, they both colored together:

1st of November!

Today was FULL of lessons!

J did a few worksheets:

Matching words to pictures

 

Pattern recognition

Find all of the letter Ee's

Practicing his writing

He also put all of the elephants in size order:

Meanwhile the Diva colored:

 Then she put the crayons away...

What I DON'T have pictured here is she threw every single crayon on the floor after this! She helped me pick most of them up though!

Today we also learned 2 other important lessons:

1. seven candies in one day is TOO much (unless having the kids bouncing off of the walls is what you want!)

and

2. Dog food and 2 year olds don't mix... especially when said two year olds nostrils are involved!

Let's hope for a smoother day tomorrow!