decorative art for the holiday

I can't wait for the big move to be over with because I think I want to attempt this craft....anyone else a taker and going to craft with me?

Christmas Around the World

Do you want to celebrate the holidays around the globe but don't want the hassle of packing a suit case or driving to the airport? If so, you can join us in celebrating the holidays across the globe.....
Mrs. Nelson has put everything together to join in the travels....just print, put together and enjoy....

Snowy Day Field Trip

We capped off our snowy day unit with a trip to Big Bear. The kids don't see snow regularly where we live so we decided to take the kids to the snow instead. We anxiously drove for hours but as we got higher up the mountain the colder and more snowy it got. The children were thrilled. I was delighted to see the kids climbing eagerly onto the sled and throwing snowballs all afternoon. It was a wonderful day.

Sledding 



































Making snowballs







































Playing in the winter wonderland

Arts and Crafts!

Remember that macaroni we colored? We had tons of fun making pictures with it and making necklaces with it.
civil war quilt squares

A)Megatron                          B) Optimas Prime

(They are transformers can't you see the resemblance!)

Here are Benji's creations he was super happy about being allowed to use the glue















Here is Benji's necklace below, Jacob gave his necklace to his Education Supervisor at school

Astronomy: You Can Do It!

We are studying the solar system and calculated our own lunar jump right here on earth and you can too!

Supplies to do the Moon Jump

• measuring tape
• large sheet of paper
• crayon/marker
• calculator(for the younger kids)

1. We put a large sheet of paper on the wall and then jump up and put a mark where you jumped up to

2. We measured how high up the mark was.



















3. We multiplied the hight by six and that is our jumping on the moon

I then tried to get Benji to play along and low and behold he just wanted to color!



















*** What is your moon weight?

1. stand on a standard scale and record your weight
2. divide by six and that is your lunar weight!

Snowy Day Activities!

We have been working like busy bees on our snowy day activities......
First we read the story and then used our printables from Homeschool Share.

We retold the story using story cards and gluing them in the right order















And then we made a snowman, found the letter S in a letter find activity, learned and wrote some new words from the story and learned about what other things are white.

math fact mondays!

OK, so I know it is Tuesday and this should have been here yesterday, but we're moving so it's been a little crazy around here and will be for a while......
Anyway, I found a great printable that is responsible for Jacob's break through in math facts and has helped little Benji count like a champ...I found the number family printable from Home Grown Hearts. She has a lot of options for it and I printed off the ones with the white number spots. She also has some great ideas and extensions and much more.

we took the ones that would count up high enough for the sums of the math he was doing and then used our red counter beans to do the facts worksheet that came with our Saxon math program.




















this worked great for us by first adding the first number of the math sentence and then adding the second part of the sentence....after than just look under your last bean and you have your answer.















*hint* make sure you don't place a counter on zero or it will mess you up....also you can use this same concept for subtraction which we will be doing next week.
Jacob really liked this method and really had some great connections to the concepts. We hope you'll try it too!

I can't believe it's time already!

I want to get a head start on some fun crafts for my kids and family....need ideas? have ideas to share? Join the sharing time!