Photo Catch-up

Since I haven't posted in a while, here are a few photos of some of our recent additions/activities...

A history timeline now graces our wall.

After reading Nate the Great, the boys colored Fang yellow (like Annie) and then red (like Harry) resulting in an orange dog.  

Caleb waters our basil plant so the boys can observe water absorption.

Noah and Cooper examine soil from our garden.

This was an excellent read! Beethoven has been a favorite.

Another great read!

Black and white illustrations and excerpts of music are interspersed throughout the book.

We began investigating animals and their habitats last week.

The boys sorted land animals by habitat.

Making Mycenaean shields after our history lesson.

Re-cap of the last few weeks

Focused on their science work...note any similarities?

After French class, the kids lined up to watch the tow truck pick up Candace's car.

With the car safely towed away, we went to the park to gather leaves for Autumn crowns.

Caleb was very pleased with his "a" worksheets. 

Pictured here are two of my new favorite finds (thanks to Kirsty!).
Cooper and Noah have a Second Word Book and a First Word Book, respectively. Commonly used words are listed in alphabetical order with extra spaces to add more words. I can write a word once, and then it's available to be copied in the future. And, this is a great way to practice alphabetical order.
Here the boys are using their books to aid in the completion of a literature assignment.

More fun in nature. Kirsty led a study of twigs.

She prepared some fun activities for me to complete with the younger crew.

Getting crafty: All of the kids made lanterns using jars and twigs. 

They also made Maple leaf bookmarks.

 Yesterday...(which means I'm finally caught up on photos):

Cooper started our history lesson with Show and Tell. He was given some Egyptian papyrus, coins, and a Scarab beetle for his birthday.

Our resident expert wandered downstairs with the paper shown above. Line 28 is "Hammurapi" - that's not a typo, the "p" is correct. We've been studying Hammurapi and Shamshi Adad this week.

Surprise in the Mail!

We were sitting down on the rug for circle time and heard a knock on the door. A delivery man was waiting with two unexpected boxes. Such fun! We did finish our lesson before tearing into the boxes.

What can it be? What can it be?!?!

School Supplies!

Silly boy with Silly Putty. Noah thought this one up.

A bit of the plunder...I don't think we'll need to re-stock some of this for years!

More goodies

After reading Peter Rabbit, the boys used their new crayons to complete a coloring page. 

THANK YOU, GIGI AND PAPAW!!!!

Frog and Toad All Year

We did a simple finger-painting activity after reading the chapter "The Surprise." To remember the leaves scattered about Frog and Toad's gardens, the boys used their paints to add leaves to the tree and piles of leaves on the ground. Caleb joined us on this one. He's always keen to take part in our messy activities.

 

School Post-holidays: A brief run down

We've been on a great schedule since the holidays, and school's going incredibly well. Here are a few shots from the past weeks:

A completed activity related to Doctor Desoto:

 Noah worked diligently:

 We're still working with color in art. This week's lesson focused on contrast:

 The British Isles in geography:

 Nick busted out the chalkboards for Greek:

 This is one of our new classroom additions. Subjects for the day are stuck to the piano (I hope to move them to an easel at some point) and removed after completion.

 Moving on to secondary colors in art:

 

Bread and Jam for Frances

There were a number of fun activities with our book this week.

 Cooper listed his favorite food as tomato soup.

 Caleb was very busy carrying "Jackson" in his box after completing his Frances mask.

This and That

Playing math:

Alphabet Train:

 

 

 Percussion:

 When's your birthday Caleb?

 He can't smell a rose if you erase his _____:

If you make a mouse cookie...

Getting crafty

Noah works on Corduroy's overalls:

 This morning started with "camping" in the sitting room:

 We're still doing shapes in art: