Sowing Mustard Seeds

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Aa is for Art

The older two are using the Museum ABC book and watercolor pencils this year for art. I wish I had a set of these when I was their age. There's so many different options that can be done with watercolor pencils.

A Mid September Daybook

Outside my window...it is rainy, rainy, and rainy. It was 90 degrees last week. This week cold, blustery, and rainy. Fall is definitely in the air.

I am thankful for...the privilege to home school my children.

In the kitchen...a fall menu plan. One that includes lots of healthy crock pot meals. We are out of the house quite a bit this fall and I am finding having a menu plan in place makes things run that much smoother.

I am wearing...yoga pants and a fleece. It's cold!

I am creating...a list of field trips for the kids. Gotta include apple picking, pumpkin picking, hayrides, corn mazes, and everything fall.

I am reading...You Can Teach Your Children Successfully by Ruth Beechick. This book is for grades 4th-8th. I do enjoy her style and realistic view of children.

I am looking forward to...the busy of the fall with the flurry of activities. We took the summer off of outside obligations to reconnect back up as a family. It was great to rejuvenate to truly enjoy the fall busy schedule.

A few plans for the rest of the week...Irish dance, soccer practice, piano, religious ed, soccer games, and a few other meet ups with friends.

A peek into my day...

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Curriculum Choices


First day of school photo the way the kids wanted to pose.

Princess 4th Grade

Language Arts

Language Lessons for the Very Young Volume 2

Pictures in Cursive Primer

Learning to Spell B

Word of the Week Volume 1

Math

US History

A Living History of Our World Volume 1

American Girl Doll History

Caroline, Josefina, Marie Grace, and Kirsten

World History

Middle Ages

Science

Animals and Habitat

Plants

Nature Study using this Nature Journal

Science Experiments Class

Religion

Catechism Memory Work

Jesus Our Guide

Celebrate the Liturgical Year

Art

Museum ABC

Extra Curricular

Gymnastics

Soccer

Irish Dance

Big Boy 1st Grade

Language Arts

Language Lessons For The Very Young Volume 1

Printing with Pictures Primer

Math

US History

A Living History of Our World Volume 1

World History

Middle Ages

Mary Daly's 1st Timeline in Coop Class

Science

Animals and Habitats

Plants

Nature Study using this Nature Journal

Religion

Catechism Memory Work

Saint of the Week

Celebrate the Liturgical Year

Art

Museum ABC

Extra Curricular

Gymnastics

Soccer

Music

Basketball

LEGO Class

Little Bear Preschool

A Modified Hop Down the Alphabet Path

Extra Curricular

Gymnastics

Music

Irish Dance

First Day 2013

Princess 4th Grade

Big Boy 1st Grade

Little Bear 4 Year Old Preschool

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire...

William Butler Yeats

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Aloha!

Were you expecting a sandy beach? Ha! Far from it! After reading Aloha Kanani, Princess wanted to learn more about Hawaii. Actually, she wanted to travel there, however, seeing as a trip to Hawaii would cost close to $10, 000, we opted to bring a bit of paradise to our house via some excellent books.

Book Basket

A is for Aloha

The Island Below the Star

Aloha Kanani

Bring Me What I Ask

The Secret of the Hawaiian Rainbow

Volcanoes

Endangered Monk Seals

Sensory Bin Fun

Brown beans for sand

Seashells for scooping the bean sand

The blue gems have aquatic toob animals hidden waiting for discovery

Palm trees from our printable nativity set

Volcano, complete with lava

With leis purchased from the Dollar Store, the kids strung together leis for Princess' Dolls. This was a cheap and easy handicraft. Also, purchased from the Dollar store were mini wooden surf boards. The kids designed their own and Princess gave hers to her American Girl Doll.
We completed a lap book using components from HomeschoolShare using both American Girl Doll templates and various components from their volcanoes unit study.