Week 4: Homeschooling

This has been a fun week of school. Well, I have not had a bad one, yet. We worked on the letter "Cc" this week in Reading.

On Monday we worked on a Family Tree. I had a 12x12 scrapbook page of a family tree, so we named all the people on it and are still gathering all the pictures. 2 projects in one...getting a scrapbook page done, and learning in the process.

In Math, we used coins and buttons to sort things by color, size, shape, and number of holes.

And in Science we made butter! We jumped up and down when we could see the butter starting to form. That was so much fun and SO yummy!!! If you have never done this it is so easy; Pour a pint of heavy cream into a jar and cover tightly. Let your child shake the jar. As the butter forms, pour off the milk and add a little salt.

Our scripture this week was:

Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.

Psalm 55:22

The books we read this week were:

Me and My Family Tree by: Joan Sweeney

The Patchwork Quiolt by: Valerie Flournoy

C is for Clown by: Stan & Jan Berenstain

Rosie's Walk by: Pat Hutchins

All About Farm Animals by: Brenda Cook

Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale by: Lois Ehlert

Clifford, The Small Red Puppy by: Norman Bridwell

Week 3: Homeschooling

This has been review week. We went over the letter "Bb" and "Tt" again. We tried to make paper dolls, which I was not good at. And we studied farm animals this week. We played with our Fisher-Price barn and animals and retold the story of The Big Red Barn by: Margaret Wise. We talked a lot about chickens and eggs. And today we went on a field trip to look at farm animals. We had the best time!! The girls LOVED the rabbits and chickens best.

The scripture we worked on this week was:

Be Strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

The Books we read this week were:

The Big Red Barn by: Margaret Wise Brown

ABC Book by Dr. Seuss

Farm Animal books

Families are Different by: Nina Pellegrini

The Keeping Quilt by: Patricia Polacco

Seasons on the Farm by: Jane Miller

Egg to Chick by: Millicent Selsam

The Berenstain Bears are a Family by: Stan & Jan Berenstain

Week 2: Homeschooling

This week we worked on the letter "T t". And the number "Zero". We talked about Autumn and animals that hybernate through the winter. We observed Squirrels and watched them gather acorns. Lily finger painted with Chocolate and Pistachio pudding. That was a lot of fun! She made a beautiful Sky Tree.

Here is our scripture for this week:
With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26

Here are the books we read this week:
Sky Tree by: Thomas Locker
Squirrels by: Emilie U. Lepthien
Trains by: Donald Crews

I LOVE our public library! The librarians who are helping me collect all these books are going the extra mile and pick up lots of extra books on the subjects we are reading and learning about. We have read lots of great books on Squirrels.

100 Fun Fall Things To Do

I totally LOVE this list of 100 fun fall things to do. I am using it from Work in progress kits the blog, here is the link: http://wipkits.blogspot.com/2009/09/100-fun-fall-things-to-do.html

Pick Apples

Carve a Pumpkin

Make a Halloween Costume

Throw a Fall Craft Party

Bake Pumpkin Bread or Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Decorate your house for fall

Volunteer as a screamer at your local haunted house

Make a gingerbread haunted house with your kiddos

Go on a hayride

Plant mums

Brew cider

Make chili and invite neighbors over to watch football on TV

Build a tent with blankets and sheets, chairs and chip clips

Make playdoh and play with it!

Build a fire and snuggle

Rake leaves for an elderly neighbor

Roast tomatoes and garlic for an awesome homemade sauce

Make handprint canvases and display them

Finger puppets!

Make a recipe book of your tried and true favorites

Call an old friend

Plant bulbs for spring

Fertilize evergreen trees

Create Halloween Silhouettes using black vinyl and your Cricut (or Scary Window Silhouettes here)

Get an early start on handmade Christmas gifts

Create a Spooky Tree

Donate old clothing and give it to a charity

Share a ghost story with kids

Bake soft pretzels

Host an indoor picnic

Have breakfast for dinner

Make a pinecone bird feeder and hang them outside

Make a homemade heating pad on a cold night

Make a collage like this one.

Take a walk and collect leaves.

Wear a poncho

Sign up for Story time at the local library

Swap DVD's with a neighbor and hibernate for a "date night"

Read "How to Eat Fried Worms" with your kids

Learn to crochet, quilt or knit

Embellish a bedspread or quilt

Paint a roomTake a road trip

Take a family photo for Christmas cards

Do some early Christmas shopping

Scrap with your dearest gal pals

Organize a neighborhood bonfireMake & eat edible eyeballs

Attend your local high school's homecoming game or parade

Bake an apple crisp

Clean your junk drawer

Write your parents a letter by hand, expressing your love and appreciation

Try a new recipe that intimidates you

Learn to can tomatoes

Make loaded apples and share

Write or email your favorite teacher and tell them what they meant to you

Make a fall garland and hang it

Have a favorite photo enlarged on canvas

Learn to make homemade pot holders

Cream of Potato soup. Enough said.

Make white trash and send some to school for a favorite teacher

Volunteer at school for an upcoming project

Make S'more Popsicles

Bake these adorable spider cupcakesMake homemade toffee and eat it all by yourself

Print off games/puzzles online for bored kids

Buy and wear leg warmers

Make a pom pom scarf

Make these adorable cuff bracelets

Decorate the outside of your house with orange lights and hay bales for fall

Scare someone and LAUGH

Host a trunk or treat at your school as a fundraiser

Spend a whole evening looking at finished scrapbooks

Hang artwork your children created

Take tired fall decor to someone who might appreciate it

Dinner in a pumpkin--totally delish!

Collect pinecones or acorns and display them in a glass dish

Let kids play with sidewalk chalk in the garage on a rainy day

Teach your children to scrapbook and let them create!

Give yourself a spa night in your own tub

Stay in your pajamas all day long--as a family

Bake a lot of mini loaves of bread and freeze some

Learn to play backgammon

Take an online class of some sort

Make Spider Web Balloons

Organize your scrap space

Visit a local recycle center

Make cookies for local firefighters and thank them (police officers, too!)

Give sunflowers to a total stranger

Have a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino at Starbucks

Create a Countdown to Halloween Calendar or banner

Cowgirl Cookies in a jar

Make Halloween Twinkies

Create a chore chart

Research your family tree

Host a pirate party

Host a pig roast or a clam bake

Make favors for a Halloween party

Bake Grandma's Molasses Cookies

Week 1: Homeschooling

Week 1 is behind us and it was GREAT!!! We learned about the letter "B" and chewed bubble gum while we did our schoolwork, had Bagels for Breakfast, and Brownies for snack. We talked about the shape of a Circle. We made a chart labeled "Circles" and looked around for that shape as we did things around the house and in town. And on Friday the whole family went to the Bakery to pick out a special treat to end our "Blazing B Week". Daddy cooked BBQ for supper and we had a cake from the Bakery as our dessert.

Our scripture we memorized this week was:
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us. Psalm 67:1

The books we read this week were:
Discover The Seasons by: Diane Iverson
The Shapes Game by: Paul Rogers
Fall by: Ron Hirschi
The Tiny Seed by: Eric Carle
Bears on Wheels by:Stan & Jan Berenstain
Get Set....Go! Autumn by: Ruth Thomson

To be continued...

I have so much to post, since we are at the beach....but I forgot my cord from my camera to the computer. So, I will call this post: To be continued. I'll have more and pictures from our weeks here!

We are doing great...had some bad weather, well just some rain, which made us slow down and stay in some. Other than that, we are enjoying the beach and each other!

Hope all is well at home!

Ol' Cowboys don't die

Ride Cameron ride!!! We will NEVER forget the memories we made, but you will forever be missed!!!!

Cameron Steven Brock
September 29, 1988 - August 14, 2009


Tuck was a cowboy I knew years ago,Could put a stretch in a story like a forty foot row.Young an' wide-eyed, I believed every word,As he rambled through the canyons an' stampeded herds.Swore there were still Comanches in them breaks to the south:He'd seen good hands ride in there an' never rode out.

He had a horse he called Dollar that twice saved his life.He lost him to Jim Shoulders playin' poker one night.When I turned eighteen, I packed up an' left home:Tuck was pretty old back then an' by now he's long gone.

But I've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die:They get put out to pasture way up the sky.So if God's got a Heaven for old cowboy legends,I hope the grass is greener on the other side,An' he's got good horses to ride.

Now the folks back home would tell you Tuck was just crazy an' old.But I still believe in Conquistadore gold.An' those memories look like a mirage in the distance,Starin' out from this prison of urban existence.So I saddle up an' I go back now an' then,To remember who I was an' just forget where I am.

Now the concrete an' steel, they spread out like a plague.Consumin' the rivers, the mountains and the plains.Then one of these days, it'll all be gone.But somewhere, that spirit will always live on.

'Cause I've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die:They get put out to pasture way up the sky.So if God's got a Heaven for old cowboy legends,I hope the grass is greener on the other side,An' he's got good horses to ride.Yeah, he's got good horses to ride.A few good horses to ride.A few good horses to ride.

Lyrics by: Trent Willmon