On to....

..the Letter U. This week we are learning about "Us" and that God made us wonderful! Today we read a book about our 5 senses and did an activity with touch. I placed some items into a bag and then the children had to put their hand in and guess what the object was by only touching it.

They had a lot of fun, but then we changed it. I put a sock on their hand and then they had to try it again. This time it was a little harder and we all laughed as they tried to guess the objects.

I think we are going to have a ton of fun this week with this topic. Oh and our ants are doing very well. The children just love to see what new tunnels they have made. Unfortunately I don't have a new pic of the ants, but they children wanted their pic taken with the ant hill so I will share those instead. :D

Gotta love....

..new school projects. Look what we got in the mail yesterday. Can you tell what it is?

Do you know yet......................

They are harvester ants! The children were so excited to find that they came in the mail yesterday (and I was excited too) that we had Beloved put the ant hill together right away.

We all spent a lot of time watching the ants last night. This morning you can tell that they got a lot done last night. Here is a picture (blurry, I know) of 2 of them. I circled them to make them easier to see. The children keep asking to see the ants so that they can watch them.

Homeschool Memoirs #12 Let's Play a Game!

"Homeschoolers are very resourceful people. They use what they have and use them to their best ability. I know in our home many times people ask us how we use this or that for learning, and we are happy to explain it’s value. I think the main thing that a lot of people miss is that life is learning, and you must use everything in your home for learning otherwise you won’t fully be prepared.

THEME

This week I want to invite you to share what different games you use for learning in your homeschool. Outside games, board games, or card games, and what purpose or subject you use them for."

My Theme-

My husband and I enjoy playing games and the children are starting to enjoy them as well.

Candyland- This games helps the children with counting, colors, and taking turns.

Little Bear's Leap Frog Game- This is one of the children's favorites. This game helps with their counting and matching. It also helps teach patience (as Candyland does)

Memory- Helps them to learn to match things and memorization

I Spy Bags- helps with their dexterity and matching skill. Here is a picture of some that I have made.

The newest game that the children have found is Mancala. They haven't figured it out yet, but they are trying. :D

Turtles.....

I forgot to post these yesterday. Better late than never. Big T and Sweet E are continuing to make progress in school. Although, a new curve ball is thrown at them this week. They are starting to blend sounds together. Anyway, in these first to pictures it shows them doing one of their exercises. They have cards with pictures on them and they have to put the cards under the appropriate letter (The letter that it starts with). Big T did very well and Sweet E needed some help (but she is only 3 and is doing great keeping up with her big brother.)

I just realized that I forgot to show you what they started painting last week. Well, they made some turtles and had a lot of fun doing so. They are so proud of their turtles.

But, these days, they have to have a goofy picture as well.

Making Progress...

I love seeing the lightbulb go off in a child's head...so to speak. Today we did a sound recognition type worksheet (They have to circle the pictures that start with the letter for the week and cross out the ones that don't) And Big T did his worksheets all by himself today. Usually I have to help a lot with them but he did it all on his own. I am so happy for him.

Also...the children started painting a project last night. I will show pictures when we get it finished. :D

Homeschool Memoirs #11 Field trips

THEME:

"This week I’d like to invite you to share your favourite field-trip that you’ve been able to go on since you’ve started homeschool. I’d encourage you to include photos, but you don’t have to."

My favorite field trip so far......It would have to be to the apple orchard. The children, Nana, and I had so much fun. Especially after we went to Nana's house and made yummy applesauce. :D

It coincided nicely with out school lessons. It happened to be the week for the letter A and the unit happened to be...APPLES! It was fun to see my Sweet E learn that apples do grow on trees (she kept saying they didn't before we went to the orchard.) Granted.....we have only had a couple of field trips, but we are only into our 3rd month of homeschooling. Many more field trips to come. :D

Why this name?

I know some have wondered why we chose to name our school Pilgrim Pathway School of Discovery. Well, it first came to me because my children love the story Pilgrim's Progress. They enjoy watching Dangerous Journey, which I think does a good job with the storyline and pictures. So pilgrim was a word that was stuck in my head. And then we got to thinking about how our life is a journey and that it is our responsibility to raise our children up for the Lord. So, that is where pathway came from. And the school of discovery part, well, that is what it is. They discover something new everyday. So that is how we came up with the name Pilgrim Pathway School of Discovery.