Theory vs. Reality

The theory was make sidewalk chalk paint in red, yellow and blue and mix while painting to see what happens.

The reality was a fun morning playing and squirting sidewalk chalk paint and not worrying about what happens when you mix red and yellow. (I saw the idea for using the squirters, which we already had, on this site)


"Mom can I paint with my feet?" (yes baby, absolutely yes)

Even Atticus had fun! He loves feeling different textures, so this was right up his alley.

We even made baby footprints.

Then Atticus decided to dive in.

All the way!

(Sidewalk chalk is equal parts water and cornstarch with a little food coloring. I wasn't too worried about Atticus getting it in his mouth.)
Look! Clouds! Not that it rained, but hey, beggars can't be choosers.

We will have fun doing this again! It's a cheap, fun activity. And probably washes off pretty quickly places where it rains.

Cutting, Math and S'Mores

I will say it again. These printables rock. I love them. We have been going through her camping set and decided we should make S'mores.

Yummy!

Look at my little boy cutting! Providence has been able to use scissors fairly well for a while, now. You know why? Because I let her use scissors alone. (Okay, so yes, her hair has been cut twice). Fynn is on his way to cutting things out alone, too. It's a terrible picture, but he cut that nice little pile all alone!



Providence has been using Horizons Math from Alpha and Omega. I bought the two workbooks from Amazon because they were a little cheaper. I skipped the teacher book, because I can teach Kindergarten math. I think it would be good to get if you had no idea how to go about introducing concepts, but I feel comfortable doing that.

I think it is great for Kindergarten and for Providence. The pages are bright and colorful and she doesn't feel overwhelmed by them. Right now, we are mostly reviewing counting and writing numbers. There are a few new concepts coming up that we will be working on. The books picks up pretty quickly and has kids adding two digit and one digit numbers together. It looks like it is based on using a number line, which is great.

This book probably resembles what kids do in school. Old concepts are reviewed frequently through out the book, which I like. New concepts are introduced at a reasonable pace that works for my child. Even if I were to switch to something else later, I think I would consider these workbooks for practice for older kids.

I like it because it just gives us direction and I don't mind worksheets. I am sure there a plenty of people out there that don't like (and I don't think I would use it for Jackson). The beauty of homeschooling is that you can get what works for you and works for each child.

PE Time

A mom I know wanted to get together a little homeschooling PE group. It was fun! I don't know how successful the organized games were, but the kids had fun running around.

Poor Atticus is constantly battling heat rash. Come on 89 on Monday! Wahoo!




Atticus getting some attention from the big kids. He loves it!

Look at those big blue eyes!

Fynn found a football buddy that was his size.


We played (or tried to) Red Rover. Boys vs. Girls.



After Red Rover, we had some good old fashion running around.

And trash collecting.

Me: Providence, put that down. Providence: But mom, it needs to be recycled.

I think the biggest hit was the bow and arrow!




Shooting a bow and arrow was sheer joy for him. It was like all his Power Ranger dreams come true.

Fun at the River

We went to the playground and decided to go down to the river path. We had so much fun playing and looking at little fish. They ended up soaking wet and Fynn almost took off down a natural slide, but he clung to a rock for dear life. (don't worry, it was about 2 inches deep).

This is what it's about. They will have plenty of time to read and do math drills. Splashing in the river? That's magical.