Friday, September 11, 2009

Why I love to Homeschool...

I adore learning together as a family! Here's a sample of the things we've been learning...





The big kids and I made a puzzle of aluminum foil underneath the punched out holes in each index card. Then we swapped cards and discovered which holes were connected by creating a complete circuit with an aluminum foil ribbon, a battery, and a light bulb.



One of Sarah's very creative Language Arts projects. It reads: "A glass of lemonade's cold and sweet, a glass of lemonade's quite a treat."

Our "to-scale" model of the solar system. Sarah is holding Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Benjamin is holding Jupiter (which is really too small, we just didn't have enough paper, so the couch cushion had to suffice). Olivia is holding Uranus. Neptune was in the back bedroom. I was really thankful that Pluto is no longer a planet because it wouldn't have fit in the house!

Katherine gets to play with clothespins and attach them to the edge of a box for practice with fine motor skills. Recently, she came in from the porch all smiles because she had attached a row of clothespins to her dress.

5 comments:

Nahna said...

home school is lots more fun learning than regular classroom most of the time...that is for sure.
Love you kids...

Arin Rollins said...

What great times! I love Katherine and the clothespins! She looks so proud of herself! :o)

The Hibbard Family said...

Oh how I love this post!!!! Such fun!! And, I just had to laugh with delight at sweet little Katherine. What an adorable child!

Life on the Funny Farm! said...

How cute is she??!!!! She looks like Sarah in this picture.

Adam and Ruth said...

I agree...Katherine is SO adorable! And she is growing up! ~Ruth