Beach outting Oct. 2010

 Me, random picture.

 Daddy and the kids.

 Running away from the waves.

 So precious!

 So hilarious to watch her run.:))

 Caden and Daddy made a deep hole to sit in.

 

Digging some more.

It has been so beautiful for the past 2 weeks and we realized we hadn't been to the beach in a while which we go fairly often.  So last weekend we went and of course the kids had a blast.

Hannah's Mommy School

 

Hannah is currently 28 1/2 months old

 Color matching from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

 Hannah's workbox.  I do not have numbers on them yet.  We are learning to get one thing out at a time and put them back when done.

 Putting buttons in a can with a slit.  I had her tell me what each color was as she put it in the can.  We also practiced a little counting too.

 Letter P.  I got this print-out from Boggles World.  I had Hannah put stickers on the letter P.  Then I placed 3 letters in front of her and had her pick out which one was the letter P.

 Then I printed out a fish worksheet from I don't remember where.  Then I had her put the numbers 1, 2, 3 in order. 

 

Then she played with them on the dry erase board.

Ok, this is the second time I am writing this post it got erased!:(  I will be a little more brief this time.  I have been slacking with Hannah's Mommy School because we are trying to sell our house, build a new one, and keep our house clean for potential buyers.  I finally have some time to gather my thoughts and plan for her schooling.

For Caden's curriculum I am using Bob Jones Footsteps for Fours and really enjoying it.  Hannah has just been joining us but now it is getting a little to intense for her and she is just getting herself into unnecessary trouble because she is not interested.

So I gave her a workbox kind of like Caden's but with a little less boxes.  She has 4 boxes and Caden has 10.  Here is the plan for Hannah.  She will continue to be on the same subject matter Caden is on, but I will be using Confessons of a Homeschooler, Tot School (Tot-Trays), and The Itty-Bitty Bookworm ideas.

Here is what our lesson was for today:

• Letter P
• Counting 1-3
• Color orange
• Fine Motor skills

Zoo Boo

 Before we left for the Zoo Boo (Trick or Treat at the Zoo) I had the kids take some pictures.  Boy were they excited they would not stop making silly faces.:) 

 At the Zoo Boo the kids got to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it with a marker.:)

 We also took some pictures.  Normal "cheese" picture.

 Then of course we had to make a "silly" face. :)))

Hannah with her Joy School friend at the Zoo Boo.

Bird Feeders

The kids made bird feeders at our co-op preschool today.  I had them take pictures with them and we hung them in our tree in the front yard. 

Tea Party

Hannah woke up from her nap and went straight into the playroom/schoolroom.  Usually she comes to me and wants me to hold her for a little bit.  So I did not bother her.  I came into the room about 5 minutes later and she had all her little animals and her baby sitting at the table and she was feeding them.  It was so adorable.:)))  Oh, how cute are little girls!

What We've Been Up To...

I have not posted in a while but we have been quite busy.  

• We are in the process of putting or house on the market and building a new home.   
• We started a co-op with 3 other mommies for preschool.  Each mom teaches 2 weeks in a row on Tues. and Thurs.  So far we are on our 3rd week and absolutely love it.  Since I am going to homeschool I would love to have this same set up with 3-4 other mommies and rotate when Caden starts Kindergarten.  It is so great because you get a little bit of a break and your child also learns to listen to other adults and not just me.  I know they have homeschool groups for this very reason but I like it a lot because it is smaller and not so overwhelming to try and figure out were to get plugged in at.
• My husband got a new job position so he is quit busy with a new work load.

Even though we are busy we are still homeschooling separate from our co-op, I just have had time to take pictures and post them.  Below are a few of what we have done this week so far.

  Here is our co-op friends.  We were learning about our bodies and how our feet can paint too.

We also made gingerbread cookies with our co-op friends.  We used another part of our body (hands) to make gingerbread men.

For Mommy School we are reading Cat's Colors.

This activity came from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.  It is called Fruit Loop Sand.  

1. We sorted fruit loops and placed them in six separate zip lock bags.
2. Crushed each bag until they were powdery.
3. Poured each color into a bowl.
4. Panted a white piece of paper with glue.
5. Sprinkled the colors on the picture.

Our Stations

 Hannah chose to play with the Fisher-Price Trio Crazy Creatures.  Look at our dog! lol

Caden has been into making all kinds of silly faces in the pictures, just so he can see himself in the camera.  He was being silly at this station too.  It was supposed to dot paint the uppercase and lowercase letter L.  I got this printout from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

This is  Letter Hunt, also from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

He is showing me what he did, and how he messed up on the middle box.

This is the Ladybug counting puzzle from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

Ladybug shapes from Confessios of a Homeschooler.

Being silly.

Putting up stations!!