D Week

D Week we didn't get pics on the day we went to Farah's house. I don't remember why not. Maybe we didn't go! So on Thursday at my house we sat in our circle to sing our songs and talk about the letter of the week. Then it was time to Drum! We sang and worked on rhythms. The girls did great following instructions. Then the girls cut daisy petals out and pasted them in their notebooks and wrote the word Daisy next to it. I realized I had daisy's in my flower garden so we went outside to pick some and tie a ribbon around them to keep them together.

Air Museum Field Trip

We went to the Air Museum on the free museum day the Smithsonian puts on. We had a blast. The airplane that responded to the Twin Tower tragedy first was there. Very impressive display. There was a troupe of boy scouts there and as we were walking through the planes one of them was looking at the same plane we were. Lorien asked how the pilot got in and the boy thought he should explain so one of the pics is of this boy talking to the girls about the plane. It was really cute!

C Week take two

Thursday the girls got together at my(Anne's) house. I put together a ton of stuff for them to do. We sat in a circle to sing our morning songs and talk about the letter of the week and words that start with C. Then we went to the counter to cook! Really it was baking, but since it was C week, I called it cooking. The girls helped me measure and watched and listened as I beat the eggs. They were each given the opportunity to pour the batter in the muffin pans. They were very careful about not letting the batter get all over the tin. Then while the muffins baked the girls colored circles based on the number to make a caterpillar, and then painted egg cartons to look like a caterpillar. After that was all over they ate their muffins and went to Vanessa's room to play. Of course they got the makeup out and I don't know who decided to use it to "paint" toe nails!

C Week

We went to Farah's house on Tuesday for the first lesson on C. She talked about the letter and drew it along with words that started with C. The girls got to work on a C craft that I forget! And then they colored on aluminum foil on a hot griddle. They had fun watching the wax melt. They started work on their C books and then went outside for lunch. Of course there was lots of playing in between activites:)

Field Trip: Hike at Shiloh Park

So we all went on a hike to Shiloh Park. Peter led the hike and talked about deer, trees and what to watch for when hiking before we started. He gave the kids some Oak tree leaves and told them to look around the picnic area for trees with that type of leaves. They found different types of leaves and discussed the textures. Then he showed them the leader's staff. He let one of the kids lead the hike. Then every 10 minutes or so he would pick a new leader. On the way, Christy decided to have a fit. So a few of the other homeschooling moms helped me out. Farah ended up carrying her towards the end. We stopped at the pond where Peter gave the kids a net to share. They took turns gathering things from the pond. The popular "thing" found were tad pols. The kids found frogs too. Then Peter showed them the bird box. He had to unlock it. He took the nest out and a ton of feathers, explained what type of bird made that kind of nest and let the kids touch the egg that was left over in it. We ate a bit of lunch then started off home. Christy did much better on the hike back. We talked about trees and how silent they were until the wind blew through the leaves. We made up stories about the trees talking to each other and wondering about us crashing through their forest. When we got home Lorien decided to draw a picture of what we saw there. She especially liked the pond creatures.

Preschool Letter B

We all met at Farah's on 9-12-11 to have preschool. It was B week.
We started off by talking about the calendar and the letter of the week. Then we listed words that start with B.

Summer (Tree with green leaves)

 Painting

 Smile girls:)

 Beautiful Butterfly

All Done!

The girls decorated their notebooks. Farah prepared the first page with B's for them to copy and write. Vanessa and Leilah were not excited to write letters right then so we went on to the Asymmetrical Butterfly activity. We folded paper in half and then painted one half with a butterfly wing. After we globbed paint on then we unfolded the paper and folded it towards the paint. The girls loved putting so much paint on the paper! I think us adults had fun too!

1ST WEEK!

So I've started school with Lorien and Vaness. It's not very structured yet since I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I plan to get it all under way by Tuesday the 6th of September. We are so excited! Ok, mostly I'm excited. Yesterday we went to a homeschool game day. Lorien brought her totally gross science game. She played it with a couple friends who thought it was funny. Then today we started off by waking up late and having breakfast at 10am! Then we did poems and singing. Vanessa worked on big A and little a while Lorien worked on math. Lorien is going to a friend's house later today, and Vanessa and Christy are taking a nap. I think this school year will be wonderful!