John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
We worked on learning how to tell time today! I have a little monkey clock that I got from the Dollar Store quite a while ago, where you can use dry erase markers to practice writing, and move the hands all around, etc.
Jack can now tell time by the hour and half hour. Ben can tell time from the hour, half hour, and quarter hour.
I printed off worksheets from www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/time.php and had Ben fill them out. He did awesome!!! We did two of them....one drawing the hands, and then the next one reversed it, and he had to fill in the numerical time.
We have still been doing school, even though I haven't updated this website very often. I'm sorry! This time of year really slows down for us though....which is why we pretty much do school year-round.
In January and February, we will be doing a different style of school, since our new baby will be here during that time. We'll be using time4learning.com/education/first_grade.shtml It is a fully online program that does all the subtracts, keeps track of progress, etc. Both of the boys will do that. I will feel so much better that they will still be doing school, when I can't keep up with it as much during that time, and they love being on the computer! So I'm excited about that.
Our school co-ops are pretty much done for this semester! It was fun, and we did some neat things! There were a few that got cancelled or rescheduled, but that happens.
School is going well though, and I'm glad. Another thing we've been working on a lot is our sight words. Ben has mastered sight-reading all of his "c" words from the Dolche Sight Word List. The cool thing, is that we are learning ALL of them, just just the ones that are 'supposed' to be for his particular grade level. So he is actually learning up to 3rd grade words!
Here is the list: gemini.es.brevard.k12.fl.us/sheppard/reading/dolch.html He can recognize the "c" ones so far, and spell half of them. Spelling is a lot harder! We are working on the "b" words right now, and Jack is joining us as well!
Thanks for checking in with us! |
•
Comments (0)
• Post A Comment!
• Permanent Link
|
Nov. 7, 2009 Thanksgiving Craft (take one)
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The kids and I worked on a Thanksgiving craft the other day. Let's just say we'll be doing another one soon! lol It did NOT work out like I thought in my head. The turkey came out looking more like a potato, or a reindeer, than a turkey! LOL Oh well.
I traced their feet for the turkey body (turned upside down), and then their hands were the feathers. At the bottom, they told me what they were thankful for, and I wrote it down! We had to guess on Kate's though, since she can't talk. lol
Anyway, it was fun, but we'll do something different in a bit!
The boys coloring their traced hands and foot!
Meg coloring
Kate coloring
Kate's project
Meg's project
Jack's project
Ben's project
Here is also a picture of Jack's latest love. Puzzles!! He will work on them by himself all day long, several of them in a day, and not even bat an eye. Twice this week, he didn't even come up for supper right away!! He is VERY good at them, and just loves them.
 |
•
Comments (0)
• Post A Comment!
• Permanent Link
|
Nov. 3, 2009 Science Fair!
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Tonight the boys had their first Science Fair! They worked on an experiment together, called "Dancing Raisins."
You fill a cup with clear soda pop, and add a couple raisins. The raisins obviously sink right to the bottom, because it is more dense than the pop. The carbon dioxide bubbles attach themselves to the raisin's nooks and crannies, acting like a parachute, and making the raisins float to the pop's surface.
Once it reaches the surface, the bubbles pop, and the raisin sinks back to the bottom, where the cycle is repeated over and over again!
It's a neat experiment that always makes the kids laugh.
They were SO CUTE!!!! That was seriously such a fun time. I think there ended up being 6 or 7 experiments total, with several kids missing.
Daddy couldn't come, because he had to go straight from work to a work meeting. We were done with everything by the time he was just driving to the meeting.
The kids' Aunt and cousins that live in town all came to cheer them on, and so did Grandma! Grandpa also had to work this time. The kids were so happy to have them there and were excited to show them what they've been working on!
Here are some pictures from tonight!
Their sign, "Dancing Raisins" by Ben and Jack. This was the only part of the project that I helped them with. lol Jack colored, cut, and glued raisins on here, and they both signed their own names!
The boys all set and ready at their table!
Ben made all the colored signs you see. (Raisins in Pop, Raisins in Water, Noodles in Pop, Candy in Pop.....all explaining what everything in the glasses were)
A brief meeting with the kids before everything started.
The other half of the room was set up for self-directed experiments, which you could do on your own time.
The boys performing their experiment for Auntie C. and two of their cousins!
Explaining it again for more kids passing by.
Fielding some questions.
In front of a bigger crowd!
Explaining how the carbon dioxide makes the raisins float to the top!
Ben was demonstrating what was in the other glasses.
I was so proud of them!!
Here are two videos for you as well!
***To pause the music playing on this website, go up to the top on the right-hand side and press the pause button!***
This one Ben is explaining it to his Auntie C. It's short and sweet, because her camera batteries died.
This one is of the boys explaining it to the bigger crowd.
The funny part (to me) is right away in the beginning. Jack announces that their project is called Dancing Raisins, and then he smacks Ben in the arm and says, "Ben!" LOL They each had their own "parts" in the speech, and he wanted to make sure Ben knew it was his turn now! lol
Thanks for looking! We had such a great time. Every other parent there talked for their kids. Our boys were the ONLY ones that did it all by themselves!!!! WAY TO GO!!! |
•
Comments (1)
• Post A Comment!
• Permanent Link
|
Sep. 22, 2009 Hammond's Candy Factory/First Day of Fall!
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Today our homeschool group went on a tour of Hammond's Candy Factory!
We had been there a year ago, but the kids didn't remember it. It was fun to go again! They have a long step in front of the window for the little ones to step up and see what's going on. No secret ingredient to their candies, we found out. Just corn syrup, sugar and candy, boiled to 330 degrees! Add different flavor and colorings, and voila!
We saw them pour it onto the table, spread it out, put it on a puller and stretch it, make ropes for candy canes and ribbon candy, cut it into pieces, and even package it all up!
We all got free pieces of vanilla sugar sticks, a piece of taffy, and extra large candy canes. Can you say 'sugar high!' lol None of the kids took a nap today, needless to say. Kate finally just crashed in my arms as I'm typing this story, and it's 6PM!
Here are some pictures from our tour!
Jack taking his free piece of taffy, right when you come in the door!
Stepping up to see through the window, looking at all the workers!
A guy shaping a huge piece of rolled candy
Candy in "the puller"
Free vanilla sugar sticks!
The tour guide was showing us where to get our free candy canes
In the gift shop
The kids and I!
We also celebrated the first day of fall! It's a tradition we've done for the last 3 or 4 years now.....we color different kinds of fall leaves, cut them out, and tape them to the front living room window!
When October comes, each of the kids gets to color their own pumpkin, and we'll tape them to the bottom of the window, under the leaves.
Meg's pink leaf!
Jack busy coloring
Ben colored a brown one!
All the kiddos working hard
Kate pondering something!
All done and taped up!
SMILE!
Meg (3 1/2), Jack (5), Kate (1 1/2) and Ben (6)
 |
•
Comments (1)
• Post A Comment!
• Permanent Link
|
|
|
|
My Kids!
|
