Aug. 25, 2009 - YaY, for a new school year!!!!
We're back! It feels good to be back to doing school---and blogging. We started lessons the first week of August, but I was slow getting back to the blog. The kids have grown and are doing fabulous. We had an incredible summer, filled with waterparks, swim lessons, miniature golf, sleepovers, camping, a trip to a beach in NE, bike riding, visits from family, a new dog and I'm sure lots I forgot. Two weeks into the summer I thought we were going to have to start back up to school, but incorporating a summer schedule and planned activities got us through it, with lots of fun for all!
Mason (6) and Payden (4) are the two mainly doing lessons, of course Logan and Mya Eden are learning lots too. We're using Beautiful Feet this year and recently finished up 'Leaf The Lucky.' Here's Mason's picture depicting Leif discovering North Americia in about the year 1000 A.D
We're also using Five In A Row. We started with 'Lentil' and are now enjoying 'Madeline.' This is Payden and his friend Isabella counting the 12 girls.
Today we harvested some basil from our garden. I had the kids cut the stems leaving about 4-5 inches.
The kids loved picking the leaves off.
After washing them we'll chop them in the food processor, drizzling in olive oil. Then we'll freeze the basil in ice cube trays, one cube equals about 1 Tablespoon of fresh chopped basil. More to come.....
Comments
Aug. 25, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by kimalita
Glad you're back!!
great job getting the kids to help with the herbs -- let them do the work, great plan! :))
Aug. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Glad you're back!
