First Day of School 2016-2017

We are ready to start a new school year.  The classroom is all set up.  The supplies are laid out.  The curriculum is ready to go. The kids are excited.  We are going into year 2 of homeschooling with a 1st grader, a 3rd grader, and two little girls who love to play.  I am excited to see how the kids grow and learn this year.  Here are a few pics of the kids on their first day.

 The time has flown by!  This guy has finished kindergarten!!! He has worked hard and become a good reader, mathmatician, and has developed great penmenship.

 2nd Grade was great with this guy!  His excitement and love of learning made teaching him so much fun!  He worked hard on grammar, spelling, and multiplication. He has even begun dabbling in cursive.

 My sweet 6 year old!

My awesome 8 year old!

 Nothing better than sharing a class with your best buddy!

 The boys have had a great year!  They are excited to start 1st and 3rd in the fall!

 One last morning in the classroom.  It will soon be transformed back into the play room!

 We did a lot of growing and changing this year as we figured out this "home school" thing.  I feel so blessed to have been able to be their teacher!

These little munchkins have been with us through it all.  Chaos and cuteness all rolled together ;)

IMAX: Journey to Space

Week 13: This week we began our study of Ancient Greece.  We worked on our math and reading and continued with our study of space.  We decided to take a trip to the Science Center to pull together all that we have been learning.

We had a great time seeing our first IMAX movie, Journey to Space. The boys have been enjoying our science curriculum on Astronomy.  I thought the movie would be a great way to draw together some of the things we have been learning.  The IMAX facility was a bit overwhelming and disorienting at first, but once we adjusted we had a blast.  We learned a lot about space exploration.

Week 12: Ancient Americas

This week we have been studying the Ancient Americas.  We studied the Inuits, Aztecs, and Ancient Native Americans.  The boys have also continued to work diligently on their math, science, grammar and reading.

Owen tried his hand at weaving with some natural materials :)

Noah wanted to practice his handwriting after finishing all the lowercase letters

We talked about Inuit snow houses and Owen got creative with his own version of a snow house.

 Noah was so very proud to finish his reading curriculum Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.

 Math time!

A Little Autumn counting practice with candy corn.

Week 11

This week we studied Ancient China, along with our reading, writing, and arithmatic.

Noah finished his Math-U-See Primer book!

The boys tried their hand at writing Chinese characters

A bit of art appreciation

The boys are studying the art of Renoir

Autumn Acres Field Trip

We had a great afternoon with friends at Autumn Acres for the home school field trip. It was a chilly day, but the kids had a blast running around, playing on hay bales, trying out the giant slide, and riding the wagon. 

 

Unit Celebration!!!

Week 9

We finished up our study of ancient Egypt this week and had our Unit Celebration for the first Unit of Tapestry of Grace.  We were lucky enough to get to present all the great things we have been learning to Grandma Susan and Grandma Gram.  The kids showed them what our day looks like and some of their school work.

Week 7: Moon Phases

The Boys (Dad included) had a great time checking out the super moon and lunar eclipse.  Noah did not quite make it to the eclipse. We worked on an Oreo moon phases project the next day.

Week 6

 The boys continue to work hard on their school work. We have decided to pick up the pace on grammer for Owen and it is going much better.  Noah's reading is going well.  It is fun to see it clicking for him!  We finished up our Ancient Egypt unit this week with a study of the plagues.

Ancient Egypt (Week 5)

 We are enjoying our study on ancient Egypt.  The boys have loved learning about the culture, especially the pyramids.  We finished up this week's study with building our own pyramids.

St. Louis Field Trip (Week 4)

 We had a fun trip to the St. Louis Zoo.

We also enjoyed a day at the Science Center!