Self Portraits
Fun flying fish project
4th of July t-shirts
Abby's shirt.
Our 'classroom'.
Michelle in the classroom
Another view of the classroom.My kids love school and playing school. On the days that I work, I give Abby a class plan and she is the substitute teacher. She loves to be in charge. My mother in law's house has a neat 2nd floor landing we've taken over as our school room. The mess bugs her, but we try to keep it neat.
A few of our recent activities: We studied fish and then made a fun craft flying fish. We each had a package of m and m's we counted and then made a graph showing how many of each color was in each bag. We made self portraits. Last week we had a t-shirt making party. Six friends came to decorate t-shirts for the 4th of July. We also made strawberry freezer jam. For exercises we've been jumping rope, playing in the sprinklers and throwing water balloons.
Upcoming activities: more freezer jam, first the kids get to help pick the berries. Sewing scripture bags using placemats. We will also study birds and then paint cute bird houses I found at the dollar store. We've blown lots of bubbles, but I want to add food coloring and blow them onto paper. I have a fun science book with lots of neat experiments we plan to use in the upcoming weeks.
Abby and Peter also have jobs. They get up each morning at 6am to help change sprinklers. Then we go back out in the evening to change them again. They have also been out almost daily to help Rick with other farm related activities.
Here are a couple fun websites I've been using:http://kidscraftweekly.com/ , http://www.starfall.com/ , http://www.funbrain.com/
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6 comments:
What a great summer school! That reminds me of the ones we did with the Brintons as kids. I love all the ideas, thanks for sharing!
I agree, those are great ideas! I'm going to have to come back and check out the links, as I know I'm going to need some more ideas to keep these kiddos of mine occupied and out of trouble this summer! Thanks!
Mary-that long ago summer has always been one of my favorites. For years I've tried to find a fun friend to share 'school' days with. I have just tried to do it on my own, with Abby's help, of course.
Deanne-I really enjoyed your recent post on having a morning devotional, we've been trying to do that each morning.
Nice post!! Kids are really enjoy and learn many more in summer school.
You should be a homeschool mom! You are so awesome and so darn crafty. Your kids are so blessed to have you. :)
Your kids are as beautiful as their art- you know what I mean. They look like they are having fun and it is so important to push curriculum year round. The girls are stunning and little Christine has grown from a baby into a toddler since we've been gone this past year.
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