Archive for September, 2013

Flat Stanley

18
Sep

Stanley has been a busy little boy.  He went on a visit to Pennsylvania and here is what he did while he was there:

Flat Stanley

Stanley went for a boat ride and little swim at Moraine State Park.

Flat Stanley

 Stanley got to go to the Consol Energy Center.

Flat Stanley

Stanley was able to meet David Tutera at a wedding show!

Flat Stanley

Stanley got to go to a Pittsburgh Steelers game!

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Apple Tree Craft

17
Sep

Here is a simple apple tree craft:

Apple Tree Craft

First Hailey and Hunter painted a paper plate green.

Apple Tree Craft

Then Hailey ripped up some red construction paper.

Apple Tree Craft

Hunter gluing some apples onto his tree.

Apple Tree Craft

Hailey adding some apples.

Apple Tree Craft

Completed apple trees.

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Heart of Dakota- BLHFHG Unit 1

16
Sep

We just completed our first full week of homeschooling… and we survived 🙂  Here is a recap of our first week.

History/Geography:

We are learning about the pioneers who came from Spain and settled in Florida and what it was like for them to travel across the ocean.

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I put the earth on the floor using masking tape, then printed out the continents.  Hailey did various things (hoping, tip toeing, twirling) to get from one continent to another.

Heart of Dakota

She used one of her toys to show the path Columbus took across the ocean.

Heart of Dakota

Hailey also completed a notebooking page for history.

Heart of Dakota

We started a timeline to keep track of important dates as we study them.

Language Arts:

Heart of Dakota

Hailey thought it was great that I let her sit on her desk to work on a grammar lesson.

Heart of Dakota

So far Hunter has been so good during school, and I am very thankful for that!  He likes to do whatever Hailey is doing.  He saw her on the floor copying some sentences off of the board and he had to get down there and do some writing too.

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Practicing her spelling words by using pipe cleaner to spell the words.

Heart of Dakota

Copywork using her Bible verse.

We are also reading the biography Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson.  I read just a little bit to Hailey each day and she is really enjoying it.  I love that when I stop reading she always asks to hear some more.  Hailey also reads to me each day and is currently working her way through The Beginners Bible.

Math:

Heart of Dakota

Hailey is learning multiplication using lots of hands on activities.  The blue paper represents water and the graham crackers are boats, while the cereal represents people in the boats.  We did several different examples to get some practice seeing how multiplication works.  Afterwards we enjoyed a little snack 🙂

Science:

Heart of Dakota

We learned about how currents work and how they make paths in the water as they move.  Hailey used a medicine dropper, held it under the water and squeezed water out behind the boat, which pushed the boat forward.

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Hailey and her science notebooking page.

Heart of Dakota

We also learned how blubber protects some sea creatures from cold water.  I put very cold water in the bucket.  Hailey put a bare hand in, then her other hand is being protected by shortening.  She loved this experiment!  I was talking to Rich on the phone a little while after we did it and she had to tell him all about it.  When he got home from work she had him do it too.

Heart of Dakota

Science notebooking page about blubber.

Unit Study:

Apple Unit

We have been studying all about apples.  We did a taste test to see which variety we all liked the best.

Apple Unit

We also went apple picking, which was a lot of fun!

Art:

Heart of Dakota

Hailey made a shield which represented that the Lord is our shield and we can trust God to protect us when we are scared.  She really loved decorating it!

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Hailey also drew a self portrait.  I plan to have her do another one at the end of the school year.

Apple Unit

We made some apple prints and Hailey thought that the star shape left in the middle of the apple from where the seeds are was pretty neat.

We had a really great first week and I am super excited about our first year of homeschooling!!

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Tot School

15
Sep

Tot School

Hunter is 20.5 months old.

I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last tot school post!  We were really busy during August though, so there wasn’t a lot of tot school stuff going on.  At the end of August we went to Disney World.  A few days after we got back from Disney World we started our first year of homeschooling.  So we’ve been busy and trying to get into a new routine.  Our first day of school went well and Hunter has been super good, so I’m really hoping that will continue!  Here is what Hunter has been working on during the last week:

Tot School

Hunter is working on the color red and the letter A.  We are using some printables from Royal Baloo for the Zoomin Movin Alphabet.  These are so perfect for Hunter because he loves anything with wheels!

Tot School

Working on his color red paper, also from Royal Baloo.

Tot School

Hunter had fun painting with water colors.

Tot School

He loved playing in the water using a medicine dropper.

Tot School

We are also learning all about apples and Hunter is working on some pieces for a tot book I found at 2 Teaching Mommies.

Tot School

We tasted several different varieties of apples to see what tasted best.

Tot School

Hunter loved painting with the apple!

Tot School

We went apple picking.

Tot School

Hunter was more interested in eating the apples than actually picking them.

Tot School

Hunter loves to do anything he sees Hailey doing.  He saw her on the floor copying some sentences off of the white board, so he got right next to her and started writing too.

Tot School

He loves to rearrange the money on the “Make the Date” part of the calendar.

Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots were up to this week.

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