Lesson 3-L,Leaf I will Live and Grow in Jesus

Sorry it has been so long. Monday was a field trip to the Mid-America Museum is Hot Springs ,AR. If you havent been it is the best place. So many hands on activities and the kids (of all ages) love it. I even saw teens running around squeeling with delight at the *underground Arkansas * tunnel.

We grouped Monday and Tuesdays days together to get it all done. I learned something new. With Ry being a perfectionist she takes FOREVER to do/finish something. And tuesday with the consitensy help of her daddy she was given a time to do her coloring (3 min) and if she wasnt done we had to go on and she would have to go back and finish at free time instead of having free time. Hurt to do it but it was necessary and please dont think it was easy. There was a melt down when she realized she couldnt finish her work and had to go on to the next. It Got done but it took awhile and she did not get the free time she loves and treasures.

On a better note i think every week i get a bit more excited. Its so much fun. And so hands on. I have spent more time outside this week then we did all summer i think lol. We have gathered leaves every day, the first time was to trace them. Then yesterday we made leafe rubbings and today we pained leaves. It was so delightful. I have really enjoy the plant part. I will add pictures (if I cant and Explain them as I go. )

We are waiting to eventually get a printer and be able to print out ideas. tomorrow we will work on clay prints of leaves. possibly go to the library, Make a leaf lap book, i dont know possibilities are endless. I have a hard time because I am a very * stay to the curriculum/guidlines* kinda person. there fore i do not have a mind for crafts or other time consuming projects that arent already (said) to be in the curriculum to actually do which makes it so very difficult to think out of the box which i think every home school mom BUT  me can do. We did purchase the Elementry Advantage for 2012 from www.encore.com which is AMAZING! I cant NOT  wait to get it. It contains encarta britannica which we need and a whole lot of other stuff we will be able to use for computer time ( which Ry has stressed often that she misses her old school because they had computer lab time) So we are getting the program and also purchasing one for Emma that is the Kindergarten one. WOOT!!
Any Way I guess I will get to the pictures of what we have done tomorrow because Hubby has his phone. I hate not having a picture phone... puts a damper on life lol

Lesson 2- M,moon, I am the light of the world

Today was awesome. I really enjoyed today. We learned about the moon, and much to my surprise the girls soaked that information up something fierce. The phases of the moon. And Emma. She LOVES to sound out words and come running to me and say " momma you know what makes the /b/ (buh buh) sound? bubbles and bear" And it goes on and on through the alphabet. For those of you that saw the curriculum and saw the " /a/ /a/ apple song" you know this, but i was just not confident in it and it has proven to be fabulous! The girls LOVE IT! And its not near as hard as I thought it would be. Its a lot of fun actually.

I keep thinking that there needs to be more but i think starting slow and making it minimum is what will work best for us at the moment. come week 4 and 6 and 9 things will be added in more according to the curriculum. Its more of a science thing and Im wondering is there something i am forgetting to add in perhaps? History, geography, more math?

All in all i have loved this first day of lesson 2 ( week 4) I have enjoyed it so much.

Day 4 of week 1

Well, its been a down couple of days. I do exactly what i am supposed to and then a bit more because they speed through it.

I feel like we aren't doing enough compared to others. They are more advance or whatever. I feel sooo incapable big time. Not only have i been a bit stressed over a few things but the power of comparison and questioning what i am doing, not enough, good enough, are they even learning??

Just been a down few days of inadequacy.

Lesson 1- S,sun, Jesus is the Light of the World.

So today was Lesson 1. The beginning of the Lessons. I found I could have had more stuff together and been a bit more organized. But it was a learning day for all. I found out that The letter sounds and all will be a breeze. I mean Part 2 which should and would probably take a good 10 to 15 minutes for one kid took about 5 for both. The thing that just dragged on was the coloring and cutting out.

After the textured letter, then saying the letter with the sound it made, putting it in a bag, And finding a dark room and questioning what the suns purpose was. What did it mean. And going into why Jesus is the light of the world. I realized it was again only going to take an hour to hour and half... So They already have the key words memorized that are for the whole week. And we did the tactile lettering. (I got shaving cream on purpose for Emmas sendory) Much to my surprise she loved it. SO they have spent more time drawing the letter s and things that start with the letter s in the shaving cream then we did with the whole lesson. LOL So we decided to expand it. We had some little plants they came in a little pot, you add water to pellet and squish in seeds, etc. So i decided we should throw that in and see what the  sun has to do with it. And i think this evening with require a walk and we will come home and they will draw what the sun does for all different things. *heat,growth* etc.

So all in all i should have could have been more organized but I think we all enjoyed our stuff.