Monday- 10/1/2007

Today was a challenging day for school. Lyna was tired and grumpy so Circle Time was interesting, but once we started doing our "dancing and singing" time to "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" it got better (although she didn't want to stop doing that). This afternoon we learned about the letter Ee and the sound "e" as in elephant. We learned the ASL signs for E, elephant, egg, empty, emperor, elves, and engine. Lyna is down for a nap now, hopefully she will wake up a bit more cheery!

Friday- 9/28/2007

Today was a sick day. We were sad to have to miss our trip to the Museum of Natural History, we may try to make it up next weekend.

Thursday- 9/27/2007

Well, not a great day for homeschooling...our family has a bug, so not much got done today. We did get Circle Time and math done (we learned about distance and took some measurements), but we didn't get any of our Nature Study done. Hopefully, everyone will feel better soon so we can get on with life!

Edited to add...we did end up getting our nature table done after this post, here are some pictures of what we added this week...

Wednesday- 9/26/2007

Well, I had grand plans for a very cool art project (making an actual doll), but Noah was sick last night and I got hardly any sleep, so plans changed. I looked around online this morning and decided we would make paper dolls instead. We got kind of a late start on Circle Time (and we got to have a special guest, Daddy!) and then immediately did our art project. It went really well! Lyna loves the dolls. I would still like to make the doll at some point, but I am thinking maybe for the end of the year project? Anyway, here are some pics from today...

Tuesday- 9/25/2007

Today was good. We had a good circle time, Lyna was really excited about our story "Why Bat Has No Friends" (Aesop's Fables). She was relating it closely to her own relationship with her aunt Randi Kay because in the fable the mammals and birds are fighting and she and Randi Kay fight! It was very funny, she kept stopping me every time I would say fight and telling me that her and Randi fight over toys and that it's not very nice! I think it is really helping having the dancing/singing time during Circle Time, Lyna is responding so much better to this then she was to the yoga. After Circle Time, we did science. We built a dam with help from Daddy...Our dam didn't really keep the water out very well, but Lyna sure had fun playing in the sand! We also did some handwriting work sheets and wrote a letter. Lyna is so fascinated with mail, this has become a fabulous way to get her to practice handwriting!

Monday- 9/24/2007

Today was a good day for school. Circle Time went well. We have decided to replace yoga with a "dancing and singing" time, to get all of the energy out! It worked much better for us. This afternoon we learned about the letter Dd and the sound "d" as in dog. We learned the ASL signs for D, duck, dog, dinosaur, dance, dolphin, and doll. Lyna continues to amaze with the speed that she picks up the signs, we are really having fun with those!

Friday- 9/21/2007

We had Randi Kay again with us today, she really loves Circle Time! Both of the kids were good for Circle Time. We had plans of cloud watching in the morning today, but here was the sky this morning...
Yep, only blue, no clouds! So, instead we printed out some pictures of clouds and talked about the different kinds. We also reviewed all of the letters, vocabulary, and signs we have learned thus far this year. This afternoon we went on a field trip to a friend's house to the their chicken coop. The kids really loved this! So much so, that afterwards they were pretending that their car seats were their nests and they were chickens. They then went on to build their own "chicken coop" when we got home. They love chickens!

And just for fun...here is the sky now...
Of course! So, we may have to go out after Lyna's nap and cloud watch for a bit.