School

Sienna has been using counting bears for math and Ry cried because she didn't have any bears so I gave her the big ones and had her sort them by color.

 Sienna playing the Add It game from Confessions of a  Homeschooler with the smaller bears.

 Our cheap self-made moveable alphabet for spelling/reading. It fit perfectly in those bead organizers from Michael's  :)

 The girls' made friendship flowers.  We looked at real flowers and talked about how flower petals by themselves are delicate and they need a strong center to hold them together and how that makes the delicate petals all connected on some level.  Then we went inside and talked about how God is the strong center that holds everything in the world together.  So we wrote God in the center.  We then had each of our flower petals represent a different area in our life:  self, family, community, and nature.  We talked about how God holds all that together and how all those parts of our lives are interconnected.  Then the kids glued the pictures that represented each of the areas in their life and then glued the flower, stem and petals on. 

After that I asked them some questions about each of these areas.  Here are their answers.

Sienna

Questions about you:

What do you like to do on the weekend?  Go on the train to look at butterflies

What is your favorite color?  Pink & Green

What is your favorite song?  Lullaby

What do you like to eat?  Strawberries & whip cream

Where is your favorite place in the world?  Kansas

What makes you happy?  Grandma

 

Questions about family:

Name 3 things you like about your family:  They're there when I feel alone, they give me food, that my sister is silly



What is special about  your family?  That my daddy works so my mommy can stay home & take care of us

Where does  your family like to go?  Hiking

Who makes you laugh the most?  Rylie

What is your favorite family memory?  All of them cause my family's always with me

 

Community questions (after I explained what community meant ):

How do people in your community fit into your life?  Sometimes they are my friend.  Sometimes they work at places we go.

How do you feel when you see people in your community?  I don't know.

 

Nature question:

What are 3 things you like about nature?  Goats, flowers, trees

 

 

Rylie

Questions about you:

What do you like to do on the weekend?  I don't know.

What is your favorite color?  Purple & pink

What is your favorite song?  ABCs

What do you like to eat?  Mac & Cheese

Where is your favorite place in the world?  MeMa's

What makes you happy?  Grandma

 

Questions about family:

Name 3 things you like about your family:  My sister, they play with me, they snuggle me up

What is special about your family?  We had the water & ocean next to our house

Where does your family like to go?  To my cousin's

Who makes you laugh the most?  My daddy

What is your favorite family memory?  Playing crocodile lake when my daddy saves me and picks me up out of there.

 

Community questions (after I explained what community meant ):
 

How do people in your community fit into your life?  I don't know.

How do you feel when you see people in your community?  Happy

 

Nature question:

What are 3 things you like about nature?  Flowers, butterflies, rain