A day in the life of Shimmer! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:59:00 -0500 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:59:00 -0500         Visits my Mom's blog Up the Hill Gang to see the "plan" for this lapbook. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/221348/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:59:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/221348/ Fun was had by all...outside playing math games...   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/187982/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:04:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/187982/ I'm starting a "Books We've Read" list and will be bumping this post up as we complete more books...   1.  Madeline and the Bad Hat.....by Ludwig Bemelmans...fan site 2.  Curious George and the Dinosaur...by Margaret & H.A. Rey...site http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/184091/ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:20:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/184091/   Belle and I made a "concentration" game for number recognition.  She's reviewing 1-9 and doing real well so we'll be moving on to some more numbers soon.  I'm really pleased with the way she is making her "2's" now...she's been practicing quite a bit and they look great!  We did this on Friday.             Today we had to make more laundry detergent.  Belle loves to grate the bar of soap with this old cheese grater.  Later, she melted the soap in water and we added some other things and...Ta Da!!...we now have a huge bucket of laundry detergent!       Belle is a great helper!  I need to make her an apron don't I??     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/183859/ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:36:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/183859/   Shimmer's Pine Cone Castle         Shimmer read several words today...MAT, PAT, BAT and MAP!!  We are so very proud of her!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/181142/ Wed, 9 Aug 2006 19:26:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/181142/ Here's a lovely story that Shimmer wrote today.  It's about a caterpillar named Tim...   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/180543/ Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:34:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/180543/ Shimmer made a wonderful turkey...almost as big as her!  This is a picture of the turkey body without the feathers.  I'm not real sure why we didn't get a "finished" picture!     Notice the foot in the background!  Feet always make a nice addition to pictures! lol!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/54624/ Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:50:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/54624/ Shimmer is starting to get a cold...so...I gave her some medicine.  She looked at me and said, "I'm going to take this like a man," and proceeded to down the medicine!! LOL!!  She cracks me up at least 50 times a day!    Here is a picture of Shimmer with her little brother, Yellow Dumplin' Boy.  We were at East Tennessee Children's Hospital because Yellow had a central line infection.  She is such a "little mommy" to him!  You can read more about Yellow at <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.do?method=search&siteName=gusdoriot">Yellow Dumpling Boy</a>     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/54355/ Fri, 9 Dec 2005 22:14:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/54355/ I am so excited!!  Shimmer is showing an interest in learning how to sew.  I LOVE sewing so I am really thrilled.  I think she will want to make something sparkley, shiny, glittery...something very neat!!  I'm also going to suggest that she make something to give to a charity...like blankets or pillows for sick children.  I think that will be very rewarding for her since she has a little brother who has a chronic illness.  I'll have to start looking for a little sewing machine!!   I found this website about young people sewing...  http://www.sewyoungsewfun.com/default.html   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/51734/ Sat, 3 Dec 2005 21:27:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/51734/ Ok...so you remember the acorn gathering Shimmer did awhile back?  Well I found another craft for us to do together when I get back home...an Acorn Wreath http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=familycrafts&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kidsdomain.com%2Fcraft%2Facornwreath.html   So, Shimmer...get to gathering more acorns with Granny!!   I am so proud of Shimmer!  She is doing so well in school.  Yesterday she worked on numbers and remembering our address.  She also is working on memorizing several rhymes!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/33301/ Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:32:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jdoriot3/33301/