Oh my word , I just love school... We started around 10 am and was finsihed by noon...

MJ started off with writing and Joshua as well , and they have totally memorized the new home address and telephone number we have =)

I am letting them do similar things to help me out as well =)

We looked at our Ant Farm and all looks great , we fed them sugar water like the instructions told me to and I think this weekend "we" uhhh hummmm ME will collect more to go in here..

We started a gross project today , yes really gross but it is going to be so educational..

Ok , ready???

We have gathered some rotten produce and stuck it in a box with sand and leaves and pine tree clippings ( all that was around ) and we are going to start a Maggot Farm , ewwwww I know but I want to show the boys how maggots become flies...

We are starting Monday on an all week long Fly study and I also put up a fly strip the kind you buy at Wal Mart to collect us some flies =) We also captured some and have them in a small plastic hermit crab tank with a ventilated lid ... We are going to see if we can make them survive and see how long we can study them..

I cant wait to gather maggots , how sick is that? LOL I am so into homeschooling this year , much more than ever.. I think it is because Joshua can actually partake in alot with us and that makes it mor funnier for MJ as well..

We also learned about Mooses today and did the Arts and Crafts section on making them..

You need 3 pieces of construction paper , Scissors , Glue , Markers , Googly Eyes and Sand..

You trace both hands and cut them out on seperate pieces of the construction paper , then trace foot and cut it out too , then glue the hand prints on top of the foot ( actually the heel part ) - Then allow them to glue it ( so much funner this way ) and then place googly eyes on it , and glue them and the nose to the paper.. Then with markers make the mouth part of it..

Then spread glue all over the antlers part and sprinkle sand all over it and shake sand back into box.. This makes the antlers look velvetty... THEY LOVED IT...

I will add a picture as soon as my digi camera batteries charge up =) So, so , so much fun yall...

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Posted by diamondsintherough

Hi,
My daughter messaged me and said, "Mom, go see this blog. You will like the title!" She was right! I do like the title of your blog :o) We're Little Baptists, too. Do you have the book, The Little Baptist?

The maggot experiment is great. Meat would help, but would also stink! Maybe just a wee bit?

Welcome to HSB :o)
Sally

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