We are so lucky that the Kravis Center has an educational program that allows schools and homeschoolers to come see children's presentations during the day for $4 per child and 1 chaperone free!  So far we've been to two presentations and the children have absolutely LOVED it.

Today we saw: "If you give a mouse a cookie and other stories" which was presented as a musical!

From this the children "discovered" some great books that we checked out from the library the SAME DAY.     Master Man was presented in rapping form which was interesting.   Since then we've been having a fun play on words and we have "Master Kid" and "Master Mom".  

After reading the books the children talked about how the musical was slightly different from the play. I really think seeing it presented in both medias really brought the literature to life for them and I have no doubt they were really paying attention! LOL  I really enjoyed discussing the book with my preschoolers.  Who knew?

Last week we saw: The very hungry caterpiller and other Eric Carle Favorites which was presented with puppetry.  I really enjoyed that and I'm so glad we went.   I cannot wait to find out what next year's performances will be. I hope to attend at least 6 next year.

Today we went on our first Nature Walk. It was a lot of fun and I'm very excited to learn about all the native animals and plants in Florida.  I always say one of the very best things about homeschooling is that I get an opportunity to learn alongside the children.  We feel very blessed to be able to homeschool them and all the hardwork and lack of storage in our house is worth it when we can see that they do all indeed have a love a learning.

A beautiful grasshopper

The children were amazed by the colorful fungai

I am looking forward to more Nature Walks this summer.  Especially since I've discovered this great book, "Nature for the very Young: A handbook of indoor & outdoor activities" by Marcia Bowden

Hopefully I can fit in all the fun things that I want to do with the kids this summer. There is so much out there...and its all good and inspiring. There really isn't enough hours in the day!