As a new homeschool mom, I sometimes worry if Adrianna is really learning or not. For our History/Social Studies classes, the work consists mainly of books that I read aloud to her. The history book also has great pictures. While I do try to supplement these with things I find online (coloring sheets, interactive learning […]
Category: Homeschooling
Dolphin Adventure Book
We read Dolphin Adventure as a part of my daughter’s Kindergarten reading material. We were only planning on reading a couple of chapters tonight, but she loved it so much that she kept begging for more. We read the whole thing in one sitting and we both enjoyed it. Great story.
Ballet / Tap
Adrianna has been asking to take ballet for a couple of months, so I enrolled her in a ballet / tap class. It it a once-a-week class that started last week. I love that the class size is small and there were two instructors. This can also count towards her physical education requirements for homeschooling […]
Gingerbread Girl
The homeschool co-op that Adrianna goes to had an end of semester program last week. Adrianna’s Kindergarten class sang a song about the Gingerbread Man while each wore a mask that they had made. (Adrianna informed me that hers was a gingerbread GIRL.) And sure enough, her mask had pink hair, red lips and a […]
Twenty and Ten
Adrianna and I just finished Twenty and Ten as a part of our Sonlight / homeschool Kindergarten reading. It prompted some great discussion. Now I need to get the movie loosely based on the book from Netflix (Miracle at Moreaux) so we can watch it together. Now we are reading Mary on Horseback.
Charter School Wait List (Again)
Just found out Adrianna is #2 on the wait list at the charter school (our #1 school choice) just up the street. Hooray, that’s a pretty good chance she’ll make it in for next year!…Except that I really LOVE homeschooling her. Oh, decisions, decisions.
Adrianna’s Christmas Wish List
Adrianna has made two Christmas wish lists during this past week. Both were done without help or guidance. I love how she is taking the initiative to sound out and write words on her own. This one was from several days ago.  Translation: For Christmas, I want Barbies. For Christmas, I want a toy […]
Literary Tea Party
One of the homeschool groups we are part of put on a literary tea party for girls ages 4-7 to discuss the book Little House in the Big Woods. There were about 15 little girls in attendance. It was so cute watching them talk about the book.
Mario Pictograph
For our Math curriculum, we are using Saxon Math. The recommended assignment for Friday was to create a Winter Activities pictograph, graphing favorite indoor vs. outdoor winter activities. When making my lesson plans the night before, I decided that it would be a lot more fun for Adrianna to make a Super Mario pictograph instead. […]
Making Fossils
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 […]