What are we doing today?

Tippy-toe has been set loose with a new set of small magnets from the dollar store. he is all over the house checking things out. (cost $1.00 ) He has been occupying himself alone for over an hour. This is cheap entertainment I mean hands on learning. In order to earn the magnets he had to do some handwriting, not his favorite activity.
Pitty-pat also did some handwriting worksheets. Now she is working with the "I Never Forget a Face! matching game and world map". It is a memory game using children around the world in costume. She can point out Michigan, Hawaii, and Japan. I asked Aaron to get a poster frame so I can hang the map up in the family room without Little-man destroying it. Little-man is "helping" her.
Cam has the rock collection out looking over the new additions from the set I bought at the dollar store last week. Amazing how adding one thing makes the set new again.
Little man worked with his abc mat and magnets while the older kids did their handwriting sheets.

What's on our school shelves this week?

I like the style of posts about "what's on our shelves?" So, here is "What's on our school shelves this week?" I am setting up for the week late this time. Aaron and I spent the day up in T. C. for his birthday. I usually set up on Friday night or Saturday Morning because this is when I get organized and am home from work and so I am able to get the most done.

The kids alll love the apple sort-small, medium, and large--so that will stay a little longer. I found the basket for $0.50 at a garage sale this summer. The apples are from Walmart in the flower arrangement aisle.

I am also leaving the sand tray for tracing letters but have put a couple of shells and polished stones in with it.  In the style of a zen meditation garden for this week (for Pitty-pat).

Pumpkin pompom sort. The pumpkins were gifts filled with candy last week.

Clothes pin color match. The clothes pins are from Dollar tree. We already owned them. I saw this online here in a larger form and thought it would be good scaled down to teach little man his primary colors.

Little-man also has his orange and yellow leaf sort cups. The cups are from his stacking cup set.

We bought this book in T.C. this weekend. I am starting a rock collection for the kids and we also found an educational placemat to go along with this on our trip this weekend at the educational toy store.(everyone)

Rythym instruments (Little-man)

Tonight I made a big batch of no cook pumpkin play dough so I am setting up a basket with this(everyone).They played for an hour this morning with the play dough.

I found a mortar for grinding some popcorn.(Pitty-pat and Tippy-toe)

I made a basket of opening things for little-man.

The measuring square dowels and ruler are also new.(Tippy-toe is really into measuring)
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And an opposites learning game I found at the dollar store.(Pitty-pat)

We are reading our FIAR book and reading aloud Little house in the Big Woods.

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” -- Henry David Thoreau