Thursday Ball

Having a ball, yes, thanks to this FLIP FLOP weather!

But before galavanting around in the vitamin D, seatwork prevails.









God has blessed the homeschool with an abundance of sunshine and so the afternoon quickly turned to the local park.

Greenspace for reading poetry...



for balling...



and then returning for gardening. Mascot volunteers for naked-gardening duty.

Thursday Together

Together and off campus,
the eyes spies...

Quilting.



Cement goo.





Spring blooms.



Morning school means afternoon fun!

Tuesday Cold

Cold that can't last forever.



It's a promise from the Creator.

Seasons change.

Waiting with a hand ready to wave,
spring is welcome
at the Homeschool.

Monday Super School

The Homeschool voted, as a rational democratic classroom would...and it was UNANIMOUS that Super school MUST take place to prepare for Thanksgiving break. Super school will be the whole week long, making up for half days, and missed days, picking up experiments not taken time for, so that the upcoming break can be enjoyed!

And so we headed outside for morning recess and Science.

As Student just completed her lesson on earthworms, we created a home with the worm she discovered in Neverland ( aka: the backyard cleared forest area with a tree hut). She noted the parts God designed and couldn't wait to view his burrows in the home we created!





Lessons of Psalms, Reading and Pilgrim voyages brought Warrior and Student together inside, again.



The 8th Psalm talked of how God designed the angels a little higher than people, and people are thus separate from angels, and will never become one. Student was so glad to see that fact, because she had always wondered, she said!





Warrior liked the lesson on the Pilgrims. He arranged the facts in order, and then colored some. Mostly, however, he was curious how to spell such key words from the lesson:
Pilgrims
America
Mayflower

Student had computer time, and finished her Spelling lesson with some Grammar reviewabout homonyms. These, we read, contribute to most misspelled words in adult communication.



Praise God! Day 1 of Super school COMPLETE! AMEN!

Friday School

Student is working her way through Spelling quite well. The current program focuses much on the words she misses on the pretest, but she would rather work on them ALL!

So she did some magnet board work, and then some scrapbook work! Collage, indeed!



Science had Warrior reading the remometor, and Student laughing about the REAL thermometer!



Just another way GOd handed us the tools we needed from another household to ours. YAY!

Seatwork is not a favorite of Student's, but an ICE COLD Sonic Water always motivates her! She says it's different than homeschool water, and she's RIGHT! :)



Warrior's counting and sorting ALWAYS turns into a creation station! And today's creation is...Mr. RObot!



Again, thanks be to God for His daily provisions!

Wednesday Melody

The new season is really making a contrasting statement between morning and afternoon recess!

Chill in the air...



then... OFF with the jackets!



Listen and name that instrument game really brought smiles today. Mascot thought it fun to celebrate the birthday of the saxophone, while Student loved marching to the compositions of J.P. Sousa.

Other learning was found in Bible memorization for Awana, with help from principal.



Reading and counting with Warrior on the magnet board in the mud porch.



Finally, the third attempt, Teacher has created a number chart that will work!

It was also with Warrior that the phone got some learning time. His seatwork taught some practical community tips in Social Studies today.



Wouldn't it be super if he REALLY sang his song of name & address in an emergency...well, Lord willing we'll br protected from that. But for now, 911 and Warrior are ready, just in case.

Thanks be to GOd the giver of all things good. We declare this day and the work we have done, as good! AMEN!

Wednesday School

Among the mess...
papers...
pencils...
glue...
books and soaked kleenex...
the camera found it's way to the backyard to catch some Autumn action...







All in a day's reward after completing the WORK,
the PLAY is earned! Possibly the last barefoot play after 4pm of the season...

Friday: WOO WOO!

The motivation to finish seatwork in the am, led the Homeschool to the local steam engine!



Checking out the scene, making sure the gate was meant to be unlocked...Mascot led the way.



Finding God's beauty in His earth, Student danced among the leaves!



It was of course, Warrior who spent most of his time in the engine. An 1880 original with the tender attached and a bell to complete the imagination of any preschool student!



Thanks be to God for favorable weather and His presence during the Homeschool's excursion.

Welcome Autumn!

The weather is too welcoming to learn inside the walls of the Homeschool.
To the park they go.
Each on two wheels, helmets atop heads,
and feet cycling with excitement...
and the geese joined us!



Warrior demonstrates his skills for some newcomers to the climbing wall...



Student works on her ever-developing mothering skills, and she does so with such grace...



The park equipment was only fun the Student had...



Her jumping rope chart topped out with 7 JUMPS today.
We'll see what the rest of the week brings!

Knowing that the day is passing, and seatwork is calling,
the Homeschool headed home...



One block in 10 minutes isn't the usual travel speed of Warrior, however, his back tire was drastically flat. It was just another bolck further that God arranged a couple out on their porch for an afternoon sunning. We kindly asked and they kindly offered their air compressor. Really, the details, Lord, thank you for your care!

It was just two blocks further that Warrior's tire was completely flat, again. Not taking our usual path to the park, the Homeschool ended up in the front yard of some family from church.
Why did this path get taken?
Why were they home and offering to take the kiddos in the van with their bikes home, while Teacher and Mascot rode home solo?
Why did the most giving people of the whole town have a home on 5th street?
Because God is good, and this is part of the good
He brings in all situations not-so-good! Praise Him!

Back at the Homeschool...

Reading is always a part of Student's day.
With Warrior...



With Mascot...



With a book for sure, and anyone else who will join the fun!

ascot joined the Math fun, as even his little hands love the manipulatives!



Student continued with her solid shape learning, and reviewed
WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. CLOCK?



Using her fraction language, she had learned quarter til/after last year, but her brain had a hard time remembering it, and she added the half fraction to the mix, also. This was frustrating, but she persevered and agreed to work on it daily.

Bible lesson in Genesis, still. Warrior wondered about Joseph and his brothers... he really doesn't understand the thought of a parent loving one sibling more than another. PRAISE GOD!
And when talking of the food Joseph was instructed to store-up for the famine, he wondered about our pantry storage in the basement!
But if we open our food, the spiders will be in it! They will want us to share!

Blessings of daily renewing of the mind through the learning He has established with our hands. Amen.

Tuesday Anew

With the overflowing cup, the Homeschool welcomed new books and manipulatives today. Mascot carried them just like lil Red Riding Hood. Over the carpet and through the house, he was quite the busy boy!
The source: God
The channel: Oregon Homeschool



Student dug into the books and spend an hour in The Rooster Crows. Her favorite rhyme: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear...and so we put the new jumprope to use and tried the skipping rope rhyme out! Student has been keeping a jumping rope chart this week, and so we just got extra practice! Ans since our newly acquired skills weren't much to post in a video, we posted some inspiration for our future practices!



Really, when the Math curriculum says it's a NEW CONCEPT, Student complains that she already knows it. She keeps wondering when it's going to get harder...guess God gave some a love for fractions, and Teacher should be thankful! As she is a breeze to instruct, there are no complaints here! We brought Warrior into the money lesson today, and all went well with the coins and bills.

In her daily chores, Student has moved up to the level of folding her own clothes, as well as her familiar putting away in her room. She was enthusiastic in her FIRST load, and Teacher can't wait to show her the new machine workings! She'll be ready to move out in no time! Oh, wait! There's still finances, cooking, driving, and so many more lessons from on high before that time comes...and so the learning continues!



(If Teacher can get through the finance material then it should begin as soon as Warrior's health unit is complete next week. But, these plans have been laid since August...so Teacher's hope is in the Lord!) AMEN

Warrior really was present today. Handwriting, Awana memorizaion, Reading NUT and WET and working yet more on his name...the camera just missed out on him today. Maybe since he missed his routine nap, he was quite the mover and shaker...thus the camera wasn't fast enough to catch him!

Mascot, on the other hand, is a roamer. A wanderer content in his aiding the others with learning and then discovering the big backyard all on his own.



Lord in heaven,
may a deep reverence and love for You and Your ways color everything our children do and every choice they make, and every path they take. Amen
Stormie Omartian, Power of a Praying Parent

Friday Frog-Jumping

Yes, this was the game that earned Student her chocolate chips during Math class today. On the same hand, the Homeschool has been hopping around so much this week, even the doctor's office received us.



Mascot found Student's curling iron surprisingly hot yesterday, and had to have his second degree burns checked today. Oh, thanks be to God that he did rest, finally, and he didn't mind going to the doctor, since smarties graced his tongue!



Student brought a bag 'o goodies to keep her busy and she crafted and cut this heart for the waiting room...scissors and all!

Re-wrapped and ready for dessert, Mascot has adapted well to his limited hand-movement.



Snack turned Math, that's how the Homeschool rolls. Fraction and symmetry review. Continuing into volume, she identified some rectangular solids, cubes and cylinders and collected them on the dining table.





Warrior had some phonics time on the magnet board. And it wasn't too long before he was eager to take it to the next level...superhero level! HOW DO YOU SPELL SPIDERMAN?

And sound it out, he did!



Student checked the mail between seatwork and found her long-awaited cereal prize...a Toy Story3 art set. Really, God has brought her a great deal of patience through this whole ordeal, and He brought NOT the bowl and cup she ordered, but something more-so taylored to her desires...



Oh the lessons of life, thank you Lord for directing our steps to the goal we have set before us. May this day be an honor and glory to You. Amen.