Come like you promised Lord....

It's times like this that all I can do is sing this....



Be blessed,

Functional Design...

This is from the the Box Car Children, chapter 2. The girls has a blast working on this!

Just one of those...

Special blogs! :) This is a fantastic blog that has SO blessed me recently. I wanted to share it with all of you too! I know it's on homeschooling, but there are some great ideas of connecting with our children wether they homeschool or public school.

Enjoy!

How to Amuse Them Today!

GERMS! Oh my!

This week the big girls are reading Box Car Children and Maggie is rowing Madeline. I was very happy that both were talking about germs the same week! So to kick the gross factor off first thing, we started with this experiment.

We started with covering our hands with lotion. As I then added one color of glitter to each girls hands they proceeded to try and get the glitter off. They noticed how quickly the "germs" spread on their hands and how fast they each got each others germs on each other! They also noticed how it didn't come off with just water, but how well it rinsed right off with soap! BRILLIANT! ;)

It was a great lesson for our second day of school! :)

First Day of School!

Well, I know we are quite early compared to the public system, but I wanted to get a jump on this year so we could take more time off in the fall when the weather is nicer. It's really hot right now.

After much thought on how we wanted to start the day, we always start with a fun breakfast, we decided on strawberry shortcake! It was a huge hit and a great way to start the day.

So this year I have a 5th grader, a 4th grader and Maggie is in 1st! How, on EARTH did they get this big I'm not sure, but they are sure growing up fast.

I'll give you a brief run down on all that they will be doing!

Chloe

Beyond Five in a Row

Life of Fred Fractions

Wordly Wise 4 (first half of year)

Jr. Analytical Grammar (second half of year)

Natural Speller

and a TON of independent reading. :)

Riley

Beyond Five in a Row with Chloe

Life of Fred Fractions

Wordly Wise 3 (first half of year)

Jr. Analytical Grammar (second half of year)

Italic handwriting

Rod and Staff Spelling

And like her sister a ton of reading!

Maggie

Five in a Row vol 1

Italic handwriting

Rod and Staff Math grade 1

and working on our reading

Along with this we have a co-op that will meet once a week to go through the Apologia Science Zoology 1, Fly Creatures. Maggie and Riley are going to start dance, and Chloe will keep working on the piano with Shawn. I am hoping to throw a foreign language in there yet, but we will see!

It was a fantastic first day! The girls breezed through their work really quickly (I don't know how they get it all done so fast!) and we all enjoyed hanging out around the table together. I am so thankful for the opportunity to homeschool them again this year. It is such a gift.