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!

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: