http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:05:00 -0600 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:05:00 -0600 This is my last post over here at HSB, I have been busy however working on my new blog at blogger so follow the link I'd love to see you there :) http://schoolfor4.blogspot.com/ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/488521/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:05:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/488521/ As I sat eating dinner the other night I was looking at our Jesus Names project on the wall some of the strings are beginning to sag and I was thinking I should really take it down but then a thought came over me... I'm going to take down all the names just leaving the green Jesus in the center then cut out heart shapes and write out bible verses about love on each one (writing the word "love" in red) and then attach all of those to the wall with red strings! now as I said I'll be cutting these into hearts and probably mounting them and they will be written by my oldest who is always in need of a handwriting lesson lol! Here are the verses (when I searched I keep up with over 600!!!) Matthew 22:37 Matthew 5:44 Matthew 22:39 John 13:34 Romans 12:9 Romans 12:10 1Corinthians 8:3 1 Corinthians 13:4 1 Corinthians 13:13 2 Corinthians 13:14 Ephesians 5:2 Ephesians 6:24 1 Timothy 1:14 we will do them in random order and then on Valentine's Day we will add JOHN 3:16... last but certainly most important and it will lead us nicely into Lent! I will post pics as we get going. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/469153/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:37:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/469153/ I know I'm out of shape but is it really this bad??? As Trevor and I were going into Walmart the other night it was so cold I said lets run... Trevor replies with... WOW MOM I DIDN"T KNOW YOU KNEW HOW TO RUN!!!! Please tell me it's not that bad http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/468017/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:32:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/468017/ So last year about this time Staples had a sale on the DA I scooped one up, as we were preparing to move it was great I went through all my stuff and packed the DA full of just the things that we needed to school for a couple of months... but since then it's been lonely and empty and instead of things being stored in it, it became a place to set things... here it is empty on the back side there are the same "pockets" as this side and all four corners have pencil cups here's looking down on it... it's huge... and it spins  and as we are going through moving the school room I have dug it out again and decided I'm using it for good... it makes a lot of since instead of tearing the house apart looking for our FIAR story or a math book or dry erase marker or through piles thinking I know I printed off some worksheets around here somewhere they will all have a home now!  AND thanks to an idea from a FIAR mom (sorry I forgot who) I will be using the label maker to label the "pockets"    on the left there are Trevor's HOP books the manual and the book he's working on, behind that is his math book and in the pencil cup are his flashcards... the right has two Valentine idea books that need to be pursued Here's Ry's side there is a book on Baden Powell, his grammar notebook, math book, spelling list is tucked on there somewhere... the cup for the dry erase markers... the side that is empty will have the preschool workbooks for Tyler and Caly in the middle there is the FIAR manual were using right now and the FIAR story, my planner, the sliding cup thing is empty I'm not sure that I'll put anything in there but It's nice to keep my books up and the files together... the files 1 for all lapbook stuff done or not I may separate them but for now I know their in there, 1 for preschool worksheets that are a must because Caly constantly askes to do school and wants what the boys have, 1 for anything I print for Riley and another for anything I print for Trevor, there's a couple extra in the back just in case I think of soemthing! And there you have it probably more than you wanted to know lol! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467268/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:58:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467268/ So I love meatloaf... always have, my mom hates its and the only time I would get it was when my grandparents lived with us and then after they moved down the street, Grandma would call when she was making it and I would walk down to their house for dinner... last night I made my usual meatloaf and just spread a thin layer of potatoes on top and decorated it to look like a snowman (it was an idea in the FIAR archives) the kids ate it pretty well Ry still held his nose but the others ate it up! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467263/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:45:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467263/ I cut out 180 mittens for my before FIAR class yesterday... I decided to make a file folder game or activity bag for each family in the class, each week... these mittens will be glued to a file folder and then an envelope with mittens will be sent home to work on color matching... at the end of the semester I will see if anyone wants to do a swap http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467258/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:38:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467258/ we drove by the garage that burnt the other day (see my post further down) and the kids were all talking about it and Trevor says... wow the garage is gone and that's where all the best stuff is kept, like the hola hoops... ok sometimes I worry about that little guy lol... but it did give a nice chance to review about never going back into a fire for ANYTHING! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467257/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:33:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/467257/ Ahh yes you remember those pictures, the big beautiful windows, and the large white book case oh and the yellow paint that just about matches this color... well it's no more... we have decided to move the school room downstairs... we'll have more space for things like my great-great grandmother's table and the 2 four drawer filing cabinets my dh brought home from work... I know it will be great when it's done but for now I will still miss the windows!   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/465904/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:57:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/465904/ Mike has had 2 fire runs this last week... the first was for a garage fire it was a total loss, and the second a house fire... please sent prayers for both of these families  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/465903/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:53:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/465903/ This wasn't really what I wanted to make but it'll do for now or until I come up with something else lol!  This game is for Trevor to work on his beginning blends, I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before or not but I really don't know how Riley learned to read??? he just did... now Trevor isn't really having any problems but he needs a little more help than Riley did.   So I went through his book and made a list of all the endings and what beginning blends went with them and from there I just used the ones with the most beginning blends, I took 3x5 cards cut them in half used a juice top to make the circle and since basketball is Trevor's favorite I turned them into basketballs just adding the endings in the middles... then I took more 3x5 cards and cut them into fourths and wrote the blends on one end... used packing tape to tape it to the file folder and then I just paperclipped the blends all around!  OH and if you have any ideas or know of any websites that have phonics games to make lmk! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/461805/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:40:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kids4me/461805/