Fabulous Favorites!

Just some fabulous favorite activities from the last few weeks.

Easter morning fun. :-) You'll have to forgive my voice. I'm still fighting a cold.

We learned about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow this week. We were all excited to learn more about him since our favorite poem this year was one written by him. Here the kids made sand prints of their feet and copied the poem "A Psalm of Life".

We made butter using these items and our science book.

Shake, shake, shake...

shake, shake, shake..

 to make butter... to make butter! Shake, shake shaaaaaake, to make butter!

 Polly wog has been trying out a new math program. We've always used Horizons for math, but I felt she (or maybe I) needed some more handholding recently. Here she is playing one of the games from Singapore math.

 

Doodlebug is still doing very well with Horizons math. Excuse his messy hair. Time for a haircut again.

Polly wog and I had a tea party for her quiet time with me this week. She also learned how to braid. We had so much fun! She didn't even mind that my tea set isn't fancy or matching.

 

 

We started up Prima Latina again. It's been a while since we've done a lesson so I started back at the beginning for a quick review. Both kids are LOVING this program. It is actually quite enjoyable to do together.

While learning about John James Audubon and how he had to become very skilled at shooting by being diligent in his practice, the kids got to practice becoming a good "shot" by throwing a rolled up pair of socks at a baseball cap. This kept them busy for a LOOONG time, even after school. :-) Of course Inchworm had to get in on the action as well.

Here the kids are after learning about Lewis and Clark. The assignment was to use masking tape to show the flow of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. They did such a good job and then had to take a rest in the lovely U.S.A. after all their hard work. ;)

This is kind of a random photo... but I am loving all my bookmarks made especially for me by my sweet two year old. Thanks Inchworm! He had so much fun putting the stickers and coloring with markers on all these for me.

Sorry this post isn't more organized into weeks. We are loving our year with Bigger Hearts For His Glory from Heart of Dakota. It does keep us very busy though and there isn't always an opportunity for me to take pics or post an update on our blog.

Another side note... I am getting pretty tired of remembering to use nicknames for the kids on the blog. Is it really necessary? I'm going to do some looking into this and you just might see a change in the next post. Besides I think you can hear me calling them by name in the videos.