Jan thru March Learning Snapshots

Reading & reading to little brother. :-)

Rock climbing. Thinking; thinking is important.

Ballet

Battery from lemons

Photography :-)

Dinosaur dig in AZ

Marble tracks... Engineering, friction, weight experiments.

On his own, "I built a boat for a rock! I can make a rock float!"

More reading

Fractions 

Hopscotch & skip counting 

Intro to telling time

Harbors, navy, regional geography

Fire safety

Cards! Comparing numbers, counting, sorting

Regional geography

Tadpoles

Drawing according directions

Life skills!

December Learning Snapshots

Luke completed this at school & I was moved by te fact that none of things he chose to draw are actually things

Holiday crafts

Hydraulics & daddy's work

Christmas!

Their first technology thing of their own... Lots of non-learning, but some learning- using technology, math facts, reading

Life skill: present wrapping & exercising crazy creativity

Engineering at its finest!

That's a wrap for 2013! Merry Christmas & happy 2014! In 2014, I'm looking forward to doing a little more writing in my blog posts.

November Learning Snapshots

Calendar, months, days, years, reading calendar

Workin hard! Even Linden wants to be in on the paper & pencil action 

Visit to the Natural History museum

Lists (Christmas lists)

Baking & lots of it this month. Fractions, measuring, following directions, oven safety.

Intro to oil painting video

Feeding rays.

Falcon.

Pilgrims & Indians

October Learning Snapshots

Even Baby-cakes wants in on our bit of workbook action.

Place value & mental addition via darts!

Big boy's autumn tree art.

Electric motors, mechanical thinking, RC cars!

Luke's first list-making attempt. Lists, sequencing, prioritizing.

Trail riding safety & riding around other horses & in groups.

These 2 have suddenly entered big kid land, spending hour upon hour coloring & loving mazes, dot to dots, puzzles, word games, etc... Critical thinking, fine motor skills (& lots of beautifully quiet constructive time)

Pumpkin art.

Lots if reading including good non-fiction science in Highlights magazine, starting Charlotte's Web (Seriously love of it ... Repetition not bad- increased vocab & comprehension & love of reading with each read)!