In science this week we learned about sedimentary and igneous rocks, as well as fossils and how they are formed. We also created our own fossils by pressing some seashells (from our honeymoon in 2000) into a mixture of corn starch, baking soda and water and let it harden overnight. Adrianna really enjoyed the hands-on […]
Category: Artwork
What’s in the Workbox: Kindergarten Edition
I really enjoy seeing samples of what others are using in their workbox system. It was blog posts by other homeschool moms showing how they used their workbox system in their school day that inspired me to want to give it a try. I also am hooked on seeing what curriculum and creative ideas others […]
When Did the Fly Land?
When the spider flew, of course! One of Adrianna’s made-up jokes. This particular one she wrote down and illustrated.
Guessing Games
Adrianna is very into guessing games right now. Countless times every day, I am asked such questions as “Guess who I am drawing” or “Guess which hand my cheese is in” or “Guess which princess is really MagiKoopa dressed up”. So when she asked me who I thought was the subject of her latest drawing, […]
Math and Turkeys
I am still enjoying schooling Adrianna at home. Our current curriculum is very literature based, with lots of reading aloud by me. Many of the books are Usborne books, which I have fallen in love with. Usborne also has a website that offers many links to fun activities to go along with what we are […]
My Father’s Dragon
One thing I am really enjoying about our homeschooling curriculum, Sonlight, is all of the books that we get to read together. The science and history ones from Usborne are awesome and the fictional read-aloud stories are wonderful too. So far this year we have read The Boxcar Children and My Father’s Dragon. Both were […]
Homeschooling Week 3
We just completed our third week of homeschooling. (We took a two-week break between weeks 2 and 3 for our California trip.) Adrianna loves playing with her math manipulatives. She often asks to do math, with the hope that the lesson will call for using them. Her favorite thing to do with them though is […]
Super Mario Brothers Picture
Though there may be talk of Alice interspersed now and then, we aren’t done with the Super Mario Brothers characters by any means. Yesterday I pulled out my huge suitcase and two boxes of paper scrapbook supplies. Since I do all my scrapbooks digitally now, I thought these would be great craft supplies for my […]
First Fan Fiction
Adrianna wrote and illustrated her first book of fan fiction tonight about…well, I am sure you can guess. Princess Peach. And Bowser. She started her book early this morning. I peeked into her room and could hear her sounding out words as she wrote. Later, she asked me to spell “Princess Peach” out loud for […]