Along The Road

We kicked off September with a Labor Day trip to North Carolina. This picture was at the Grandfather Mountain suspension bridge. The little one got busted sniffing a dry-erase marker. When we studied Michelangelo and the Renaissance period, I got to pull out my Europe photo album (from 10 years ago!) and show L pictures of the Sistine Chapel .   To practice skip counting, we went out to the driveway. I wrote the 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s with chalk, then L practiced by stepping or jumping from number to number. Science experiment on gas - vinegar and baking soda blew up our balloon. We talked a little bit about Robin Hood when we covered the Magna Carta, Richard the Lion-hearted and English King John. She also got to write her own Magna Carta for her room, and everyone had to obey for the day. Learning about native animals at the wildlife refuge - one of our favorite family field trips. 

Day 1: We've tried to really celebrate some of the freedoms and perks of homeschooling, so on day one everyone got to wear whatever they wanted. The girls both picked their fanciest dresses while I went straight to my mommy uniform - yoga pants and a t-shirt. We celebrated our first morning with pancakes and the "special day" plate. Collecting rocks to sort and count during math.  Sometimes you just need to dress like a princess... ...or a ballerina cat The girls loved their yarn dolls we made to go along with our reading of Little House in the Big Woods . Science experiment on evaporation. We had two mason jars filled with water - one had a lid, the other did not. We observed them everyday to see how the water level went down in the jar with no lid. Liliana drew pictures of it in her science journal. Our first day of Classical Conversations co-op. Playing on the playground with all our new friends after completing our firs...