Accomplished alot today

Tippy-toe put number window clings on the window in order 1-10. Pitty-pat did single digit subtraction flash cards-two wrong in the whole deck! Jon played with his dominoes ( don't tell him it's number recognition).(Math) We watched two squirrels at our bird feeder for half an hour. No birds today.(science) Three loads of laundry-Pitty-pat learned to switch clothes to the dryer and start it. We watched my cousins baby, so she could get some much needed rest. Dishes were done by Tippy-toe today.(Home economics, Life skills)Took the dog to the vet(alone thanks)Now if only the mountain of clean laundry would fold itself!

Pineapple plant

We bought a whole golden pinapple from Sam's Club for $2.98. I loved watching the kids faces when Aaron cut it for them. It was so juicy and good. So we decided to try to grow the top into a new plant for a science unit. I asked Aaron to pull the top out of the fruity part and we dried it for three days. Now the info is conflicting I decided to try to root it in water so it is setting in a cup and because our house gets cool I put a zipploc bag open over it to cover it like a green house. No new roots yet on day 5. The kids and I will keep watch. I have asked everyone at work to bring me a pineapple top if they get one. If I get anymore I will have the kids try rooting them straight into dirt as an experiment to see which way works best. It takes at least two years to grow a new pinapple from your top so this will be an on going project for our homeschool. I did not inherit my mother's green thumb so wish us luck.

T.H.I.N.K Bracelets

I got an idea from Homeschooling-ideas.com We are trying think bracelets. THINK stands for Thoughfulness,Helpful,Intelligent,Necessary,and Kind. Think before you speak. They may be too young but we'll try it. We strung alphabet beads on a black narrow ribbon so far they have lasted but Jon can get out of his. The project cost $2.00 for the beads from the dime store and I already had the ribbon in my artsy box from another project.

winter fun

It's been a crazy month of January. Aaron has been working alot with the kids. I have a valentines unit prepared but they wanted to study Woodpeckers. I printed a file folder game Noahs Ark Sorting which sorts animals by Mammals or Birds&Reptiles. We are watching closly the birdfeeder Poppa made and Aaron put up in the front yard for us.Yesterday we had chickadees and squirels.

Tanagrams

I printed out a tanagram patterns set from a montessori site and cut the tanagram from foam one set for each. I put a hole punch in the corner of the patterns to put them on a ring. This helps keep them all together better. Trick is they don't know they're learning math. Jon stuck to it better than Liz who was much better at doing this.

Days of Creation poster

We cut pictures out of magazines to make a days of creation poster. I plan to relate all our nature lessons back to our poster.

Found great deals

I was on call for work so I went shopping at Michaels arts and crafts store found two sets of double six dominos for $1.50 each, a snap card deck for $0.50, a recipe organizer for a $1.00, and a peg game for $1.00 Great deals in the after christmas bin. I was only looking for felt for my flannel board projects, which I found too. i spend less than 10.00 in the store. Christmas break is over tommorro.