The Centerpiece

One thing that has changed since beginning our homeschooling adventure is our decor. Although maybe not the most beautiful, it is the most conversational! This is one of my favorite additions to our home. It leads to many, many hours of learning and games. If you don't yet have a globe in your home....it is one of my highest recommendations for tapping into your youngster's curious nature...homeschooling or not.

Annie's Nature School Party

We finished the fall semester at nature school with a fun class party! I can't believe she's been attending for 5 semesters! Where does the time go? She loves the focus this year of the "ologies". They study a different one each week. We're so proud of her!

Dallas Museum of Art

The children love the DMA! It is always a fantastic learning experience!

Craft Time!

Working on our Advent Calender!!

Month of October

Yikes! Can't believe how fast time is flying! We are still here...just as busy as ever. Annie is reading and already into beginning multiplication! Maggie is catching onto her letter sounds and is working on her numbers. They are both really digging the art scene lately. We got a great idea from a friend, and went for it! Annie just loves working with paints and canvases, so here is the art! Love it!

First Field Trip

I took the children to the zoo a couple of weeks ago for a field trip and am just now getting around to post! It was so fun....not crowded, so they could run pretty freely! They saw lots of cool animals...and loved the safari. There was a brand new baby giraffe. ;) We finished the trip with a picnic lunch at the children's area. They have a very cool man-made river that Samuel loved, loved, loved! I would take one of those in my backyard, please! :)

Nearing the end of September?!

WOW! September has been flying by like crazy! We have been on the go and learning so much. One thing we are doing with Annaliese is following her lead. For example, she has been super interested in learning about native trees, so we are doing exactly that! We're reading books about trees (both fiction and non-fiction), doing art projects with and about trees, incorporating trees into math, etc. It's fun to have impromptu themes!...especially when they're inspired by a 5-year old!

We've also been working on handwriting, phonics and reading. Annie is really into writing and will work on spelling words all day long. Maggie knows all her letters and most of their sounds, and is doing a great job of learning alongside her big sister.

For math, we are mostly creating our own curriculum, although we still use pieces of the RightStart program. Everything we do is very hands-on.

I need to start updating more, because this post seems very vague. I guess it's great to be so busy that there's no time to update. But, I do like looking back to see what we've done, so I will be better!

Now, on to the Library we go!