May. 5, 2008 - Homeschool Hi-Lights

The past few weeks have been light ones at our house.  The girls are finishing up most of their work for this school year.  Lulu is finished with phonics and grammar.  Monkey is finished with math and grammar.  Both are done with science and history.  I am trying to get our summer planned as well as next year.  I have never schooled through the summer before, but am planning to do some this year.  I have started to implement some things from Ambleside Online.  Last week we began reading some stories from James Herriott.  The girls have really enjoyed these stories.  I'm looking forward to our changes for next year.  It has been nice sitting on the couch reading!

Apr. 28, 2008 - Nature Day at Salato

Join in every Monday for the Homeschool Highlight Meme.

Write a post about a highlight from your past week of home learning. Here are some ideas: an accomplishment, an event or outing, a fun learning experience, a new educational product your family enjoys, an unexpected teachable moment. You can also use the Homeschool Hi-Lights graphic, if you want to.

I took the girls to Salato last week for an Earth Day activity.  They were making pinecone birdfeeders.  We have done these at home before.  Lulu had testing for three days so this was a treat at the end of it.

After they were finished we went inside the nature center.  The girls love looking at the fish, snakes, and animal habitats.  They had a pretend stream set up inside with rocks the kids could turn over and see what kind of wildlife might live there.  Lil really enjoyed that.  Monkey tee-heed when she found out what the "scat" in the jars really was.

We went outside to look at the animals when we were finished inside.  I was able to get some really good pictures of the girls.

And a playful one too!

Apr. 21, 2008 - Homeschool Hi-Lights

 Ellen at Fun Learning is hosting a Monday Meme titled "Homeschool Hi-Lights".  Each Monday we are to "write a post about a highlight from your past week of home learning. Here are some ideas: an accomplishment, an event or outing, a fun learning experience, a new educational product your family enjoys, an unexpected teachable moment."

Last week was our annual EXPO for our co-op.  The girls have been working on some of their projects for weeks now.   Lulu and Monkey entered a science experiment together. 

Lulu also constructed a jet out of an Erector set, created a paper mosaic, and entered the spelling bee. 

Monkey painted a picture with watercolors. 

Lil also painted a picture.

All three did a great job.  Lulu and Monkey even had interviews with a few of their projects.

On Saturday we went to the Cincinnati Zoo.  I'll share more about that later.