Still Here...

It's been awhile. I am just not a good blogger. :(   We are starting to wind down our school year here.  We have finished math and are almost done with language arts.  So, our days lately have been spent reviewing.  And also goofing off a bit.  Today we went outside after a rain storm and Joshua jumped in all of the puddles.  lol.  He had a blast.  Things like that are priceless.

I will update next week.

Sorry...

Sorry we have been MIA lately.  We are still homeschooling.  But, I am working a bit more often.  So, it has been hard to find time to blog about our days.  Joshua has been learning about probability and chance in math.  And in Language Arts he is learning about letter sounds and blending them together to make words.  He is doing really good. 

We are going to be studying ants in the next few weeks.  Joshua is interested in them.  So, I am in the process of finding anything and everything that the internet has to offer on the subject.  We are also going to either start or buy an ant farm.  Not sure which way we are going to go on that yet. 

Joshua has been riding his bike a lot lately.  The weather has been pretty good the last couple of weeks.  But, we got rain today and it's in the forcast for the next few days.  So, our outside nature walks have been put on hold.  I am planning on finding a catapillar and putting it in a jar...so Joshua can watch it build a cacoon.  I did that with my niece a few years ago.  She loved it.  She got to let it go when it came out of the cacoon.

Joshua finally mastered identifying coins.  He struggled with that for a while and then one day it just "clicked." 

I will be sharing pics of our ant farm soon.  So, check back.

Feeling Crafty...

Today Joshua and I went on a long walk.  The weather is so nice today.  We looked for signs of Spring and collected various things from a scavenger hunt list that we made.  Joshua loves doing this.   While we were out walking...we found a big rock.  I suggested that Joshua draw on it.  He said he wanted to draw himself on the rock.  So, this pic is the finished product. :)

Joshua is getting excited about going fishing soon.  He has been practicing casting with his Transformer fishing pole.  So, keeping with the theme...I decided to let Joshua do a "FISH" picture from pictures I cut out of a fishing magazine.  He loved it.  And insisted that I take a picture of it for our homeschool blog.


We didn't get to do any computer or worksheets today.  But, he learned things today.  So, as far as I'm concerned that is what is most important.

Wordless Wednesday

Joshua~ 3 years old. Memories...

Resurrection Rolls

I found this recipe on ABC Jesus Loves Me.  I love that website.  Check it out if you get a chance.  It is for 3 and 4 year olds.  But, I have found some things that I am using in Kindergarten.  I haven't made these rolls yet.  I hope I get a chance to make them.  They are so clever.  And a great learning tool.



Resurrection Rolls

Ingredients:

1 can refrigerated crescent roll dough

8 large marshmallows

Melted butter

Cinnamon

Sugar

Directions:

Give each child one triangle shaped section of crescent roll. This represents the tomb.

Each child takes one marshmallow which represents the body of Christ.

Dip the marshmallow in the butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. This represents the oils and spices the body was anointed with upon burial.

Lay the marshmallow on the dough and carefully wrap it around the marshmallow.

Make sure all seams are pinched together well. (Otherwise the marshmallow will "ooze" out of the seams)

Bake according to package directions.

Cool.


Break open the tomb and the body of Christ is no longer there!!

Celebrate God's love!

We Are Back At It...

We took Friday and Monday off for Spring Break.  And got back to our lessons today.  It seemed like we had been off longer.  But, Joshua didn't have any trouble getting back into the swing of things.

We made shapes today out of popsicle sticks.  I took some pics:

Then since we couldn't make a circle out of the sticks...we used little pom poms:

Joshua knows all of his shapes.  I just wanted to review them.  He had fun. 

I was planning on having Tuesdays and Thursdays be computer free...but, that isn't working out.  SO, we are back to online homeschooling 5 days a week.  On the days that I am off work...we spend more time on actual "book work" after his online curriculum.  Today worked out really good.  He spend an hour online and then 2 hours doing writing, worksheets and crafts.  I am just trying to fit homeschooling in around my job.  It's hard some days...but, so worth it.  :)

On his online program, he was introduced to  whole pizzas and pizzas that were cut into 2, 3 and 4 pieces.  He also learned about cutting things into equal sizes.  This is his introduction to fractions.  In Language Arts he learned about the letters L and N.  Then, he did his online phonics program. 

SPRING BREAK!

We are taking a couple of days off.  Will be back soon!