Socializing

This week to be social we went to game night on Wednesday where the kids got to just play with their friends and some neat toys. Thanks to another Mom who is doing this school for bringing them. We also went to Gym day on Friday and the kids played kick-ball. All the children that came were split up into age groups the two older groups worked on their presidential fitness and played volley-ball. The Kindergartners through second graders played kick-ball and the Preschoolers/toddlers played duck duck goose, had stories under a fun little tent, made turkeys out of paper plates, and tossed plastic bags in the air. They all had a great time. I am very grateful for all the time these volunteer moms give. My kids love going.

How fun it is for me to be able to watch them socialize. My kids are growing and learning and I get to enjoy every minute of it with them. How thankful I am!!!

P.S. I forget my camera when we go and do these things but I promise someday I will remember. (Last time we went to Gym Day they had a ballroom teacher come in and teach the kids. It was great to watch.)

We love art!

This week has been very busy and very full. We are trying to catch back up to where we would be if we had not gone to public school.

Any how - this week in art we have been learning more about lines, shapes, and colors in art. We studied primary and secondary colors. We looked at art works like 'Two Cats' by Franz Marc and 'The Water Hole' by N. C. Wyeth, and many more.

The kids learned a little about the life of Franz Marc and we studied his painting 'Two Cats'. Then the kids made their own painting from primary colors (red, yellow, and blue). That was the colors of paint I gave them then they made their own secondary colors (orange, purple, and green).





















Lulu painted 'Cat in a Pumpkin' and Buster painted 'Buffalo Drinking'. They named their painting themselves. I am excited about what comes from their most recent art work. It is a multiple set process and today they will do their second step in the process.

We are excited about our art because our plan is to make our home into an art museum and send out invites for people to come join us to look at our art. Of course with refreshments!

We're back!

Sorry for the lack of posts. It is about to get lots better. Why have we been gone? We decided to put our kids into regular old public school. You know, the brick and mortar school. While the public school did have its good points we felt disappointed for the most part. The kids missed k12 and I missed k12.

We have been back for a week and have been loving it. Some things cannot be mocked till you try it. I understand it is not for everyone but it is for us.

Transforming a bedroom into a SCHOOLROOM

We wanted to make a school room this year. Last year we did not use one and I thought it might work better if we had a place to belong. It also helped us to have a place for all our school stuff. "A place for everything and everything in its place!" We had the book shelf and we received the blue desks from an Uncle and Aunt. I love hand-me-downs! My brother also gave us the big black desk. Thanks so very much for your help and support. (If your thinking that we are related to home schoolers, I'd likes to say right now we are not. We have no close family that home schools.)
As we began to transform Buster's room into the schoolroom we had to work on finishing a bedroom downstairs in our basement for Buster to go to. My husband worked very hard and did a great job framing it in and getting it all wired. Now all we have to do is sheet rock and carpet. That is the job for this weekend.

The boxes are here

Our boxes came yesterday and it felt just like Christmas morning. We were soooo excited. It was so much fun to open the boxes and see what was in them. Sweetie kept on screaming with excitement and saying, "Open this one, and open this one." Lulu's favorite part was opening her rock sample box. She loves rocks and since we opened the boxes 24 hours ago she has asked me at least 4 times if we can start school yet. I also loved how the boxes were labeled on the outside, "What's inside?" Buster was away at Grandma's when they came, so we just opened his boxes for him and showed him what he got oncde he was home. The boxes do come labeled with the child's name. I also like that.

The Children

I thought I would introduce you to the children that this blog will be about. Under code names there is...



Lulu

















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Sweetie



















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The curriculum

The boxes are on their way. They should be arriving this Wednesday and Thursday. I check every day to see where they are at. I get really excited.

Since they are on their way it is time to get serious about how I am going to organize them. This week will be a week of organizing and finding a home for everything.

While the curriculum is for my two older children I do not have anything for the younger two. Well I do have some things I have collected over the years having worked in two daycare settings and also having a love for teaches my children. I do love gaining as much knowledge as I can when it comes to this subject so I have been to the library and blog stocking. I am loving what I am finding. I plan on putting together my own pre-school activities. I'm excited.