We were all up on time for a change. It was oatmeal for breakfast followed by chores, and we were starting our school day by 9 AM.
Michael and Katie Grace got started on their independent work while the little boys and I had circle. We're doing the Harvest circle time from Autumn Seasons of Joy. It was hard to get a good pictures as they rang their bells to celebrate the harvest!
The boughs do shake and the bells do ringSo merrily comes our harvest in
We've ploughed, we've sowed,
We're reaped, we've mowed,
We've got our harvest in.
Daniel's favorite part of circle is "Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow". I keep catching him singing it throughout the day!
Daniel opened up his "surprise boxes"- his Playmobile train set from Grandma and Grandpa, a coffee can with a slit cut through the lid with juice can lids to put in, and a little wooden horse on wheels.
Nicholas and I told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk again, and then worked on his main lesson book. Michael and Katie Grace, meanwhile, continued to work on their own.
One of Katie Grace's projects today was to place animals on a world map.
Nicholas worked on Unifix cube patterning
but it's hard when Daniel steals all the yellows!
Katie Grace had her main lesson- farming- and we learned about the seasons cycle. We also reviews the six times tables.
By now it was time for a snack and a little break, and then it was time for Michael's main lesson.
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Michael declined to be photographed today, but he did some very nice work!
While Michael worked, Nicholas and Daniel did some more workboxes.
Making ice cream comes from the geometric solids-- yum!
Clipping the "feathers" on the turkey-- I'm not so much concerned with the color matching, although that's an added bonus, but the clothespin clipping is great for his small motor skills.
When Katie Grace was finished with her morning work, she got out her stamp and color set.
Daniel liked one of Nicholas's activities so much (placing buttons into egg carton sections labeled with that number) that he asked me to make him one!
Michael went outside and I made lunch. After lunch, the kids cleaned up. It is so cool to finally have the kids be at an age where they can help out. We began our new read-aloud, Charlotte's Web, and followed it up with some map work we missed yesterday. Then we read Story of the World. By now, it was time for Katie Grace to go to orchestra and time for us to end our school day.
Daniel opened up his "surprise boxes"- his Playmobile train set from Grandma and Grandpa, a coffee can with a slit cut through the lid with juice can lids to put in, and a little wooden horse on wheels.
Nicholas and I told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk again, and then worked on his main lesson book. Michael and Katie Grace, meanwhile, continued to work on their own.
One of Katie Grace's projects today was to place animals on a world map.
Nicholas worked on Unifix cube patterning
but it's hard when Daniel steals all the yellows!
Katie Grace had her main lesson- farming- and we learned about the seasons cycle. We also reviews the six times tables.
By now it was time for a snack and a little break, and then it was time for Michael's main lesson.
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them,--ding-dong, bell.
While Michael worked, Nicholas and Daniel did some more workboxes.
Making ice cream comes from the geometric solids-- yum!
Clipping the "feathers" on the turkey-- I'm not so much concerned with the color matching, although that's an added bonus, but the clothespin clipping is great for his small motor skills.When Katie Grace was finished with her morning work, she got out her stamp and color set.
Daniel liked one of Nicholas's activities so much (placing buttons into egg carton sections labeled with that number) that he asked me to make him one!Michael went outside and I made lunch. After lunch, the kids cleaned up. It is so cool to finally have the kids be at an age where they can help out. We began our new read-aloud, Charlotte's Web, and followed it up with some map work we missed yesterday. Then we read Story of the World. By now, it was time for Katie Grace to go to orchestra and time for us to end our school day.
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