tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52837447951274050592024-03-08T13:02:28.268-06:00Jack of All TradesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00989499469929878230noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283744795127405059.post-50389396304375265222020-09-01T23:03:00.000-05:002020-09-01T23:03:20.833-05:00I've Moved!<p> I should have posted this long ago, but I moved my blog to <a href="https://www.lesliejohnstone.com/" target="_blank">Wordpress </a>and write about all of our learning adventures at <a href="http://www.lesliejohnstone.com">www.lesliejohnstone.com</a>! Come check it out!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzIsvjWYFnl8zpfXqtBIB_NsPL7mXMTQY9NEGttnmBYTM4Soy60vG-ylk_FlMqjjnkzOI0owIf_yKbPPsGpdcx2eaS2RXvuTtKhI7_k3ztCyzHml41eG30z4t5EsAAJxVKfBmtBoZ6R7Q/s2048/Pink+and+Red+Motivation+and+Inspirational+Blog+Banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzIsvjWYFnl8zpfXqtBIB_NsPL7mXMTQY9NEGttnmBYTM4Soy60vG-ylk_FlMqjjnkzOI0owIf_yKbPPsGpdcx2eaS2RXvuTtKhI7_k3ztCyzHml41eG30z4t5EsAAJxVKfBmtBoZ6R7Q/s640/Pink+and+Red+Motivation+and+Inspirational+Blog+Banner.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US&adInstanceId=1accc01a-90a4-496b-8bb7-29b64ba36263&storeId=jacofalltra05-20"></script></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00989499469929878230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283744795127405059.post-58760492544615471612019-10-19T23:01:00.000-05:002019-10-25T20:37:19.710-05:00Tractor Math<div style="text-align: center;">
What do Tractors and Math have in common? Little kids.<br />
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We had a beautiful oak die in our back yard recently.</div>
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It was home to many squirrels who barked and swatted their tails at my dog. </div>
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Home to cardinals, mockingbirds, and bluejays along with other birds that we enjoyed watching.</div>
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But it was right next to the house. Smack dab between my neighbor and us.</div>
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It had to go.</div>
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I called my most favorite tree guys who are legit lumberjacks.</div>
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They don't have giant trucks with buckets to hoist men into the air. They have a man who climbs up the tree with a chainsaw attached to his belt. This lumberjack then ties himself to the tree, carefully ties the branches he will cut so they go down gently to the crew beneath, and then he cuts the enormous tree up. In 3 hours they are leaving my house and all I am left with is a short tree stump. </div>
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The one piece of big equipment they brought however was a tractor.</div>
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My boy was in heaven.</div>
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We stayed outside all morning long watching our lumberjacks take care of our oak. All the while, the tractor went back and forth delivering the cut up tree to dump truck.</div>
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My kiddos were entertained and it was done before naptime. #winwin</div>
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Aaaaannnnnd, it was the perfect premise to our Tractor Day from our </div>
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Tractor Day was filled with playing with tractors and cars, reading our new I Can Read Book and playing Tractor Math. </div>
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<b><u>Materials</u></b>: die, pencil, manipulatives (pigs from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">EEL</a>), and a "tractor" (<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">EEL </a>sent us this picture, but you could use anything including a box or a toy tractor)</div>
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<b><u>How to Play</u></b>: roll the die. Using your manipulatives, place that amount into the tractor bed. Roll again. Put that amount into the tractor bed. Now add the two. To <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2019/10/turning-preschool-into-kindergarten.html" target="_blank">challenge my Kindergartener</a>, I whipped out some lined primary paper and had her write her math equations.</div>
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She loved this game so much! She loved picking out her pigs each time she rolled. I think writing the equations on the lined paper really gave her this sense of accomplishing some kind of work. It was great practice writing her numbers, and I was extremely impressed as some of these equations were starting to come to her mentally without having to count one by one.</div>
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What did the man child do all day? Besides yelling at the window about the "Tractor" that was no longer there, he played with a toy tractor, tried to steal the pigs from the basket (leading to a sister meltdown and sharing of the pigs), played with said <strike>stolen</strike> shared pigs, and played with stickers. </div>
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Tractor Day was enjoyed by all... including this momma.<br />
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For three years now my little girl has been able to use the </div>
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However the recent challenge has been: how can I make it a little more challenging for my Kindergarten daughter while still using if for my toddler son?</div>
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Little ones love to do what the bigs are doing and my son is no exception.</div>
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This can be quite a challenge, but <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>has really made it so simple for us to boost math and reading while my son gets to enjoy learning too.</div>
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Here are a few modifications we have made to meet the need of our family on our "COW" day...</div>
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A poster of Hey Diddle Diddle came in our Cow Day discovery bag and I laminated it.</div>
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We read it with the beat and my son danced around and smiled.</div>
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I read it slowly several times, pointing to each word as I read it being careful not to go faster than I was pointing. Then I wrote the sight word "the" and asked my little girl to circle them on the laminated poster. It took her a little bit. </div>
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She then counted her circled sight word and wrote it in the moon.</div>
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This activity alone helped her in word recognition, writing (drawing her circle shape), counting, and writing her numbers, and my son was able to enjoy the rhythm and cadence of the poem.</div>
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Each month, <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Experience Preschool</a> sends us counting clip cards. Kiddos can clip clothespins to the cards to indicate which number is represented (great for fine motor skills). Instead of clips, my girl wanted to place pigs, which are our monthly math manipulative, so that's what we went with. </div>
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Then I had her add the 2 cards together. She could count the pigs, but she also counted her fingers to come up with 7. I turned around to do something with her little brother and turned back and she had used the 7 pigs to make the number 7 all on her own! I was so impressed!</div>
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Little brother had a fantastic time moving pigs from number card to number card.<br />
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There are some things that are just perfect as is for my little learners! Our STEAM station was awesome as my kids got to practice milking cows using disposable plastic gloves.n I filled one with water and the other with mud. By then end of our experiment, my girl could definitely tell that the thicker the liquid, the harder it is for it to come out!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Please know that my poor girl decided to not listen when I and her Daddy told her not to run in the house. She tripped and hit her face on the coffee table resulting in a dent in her forehead and seriously bruised nose. We took her to the doctor and had a CT scan done and everything came back with good results.<br /> She also learned her lesson. Unfortunately it was the hard way. </td></tr>
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Our monthly boxes might be a little over his head and need a little addition to challenge my girl,<br />
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<i style="color: blue; font-family: merriweather;">Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 21 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha! #keepinitreal</i></div>
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Teaching children to offer or ask for help is an important skill to develop during the early years. Practicing extending and accepting assistance fosters a learning environment where it is okay to need help and gives children the confidence to ask questions and see support when needed.<br />
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There is such a thing as becoming a crutch however, That is when encouragement comes in- cheering on my kiddos to do what I know they can or at least try to do.</div>
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I want to help but I do not want to be a crutch.</div>
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Many times as a homeschooling momma, I have to step back and watch and keep my hands to myself and let my kiddo face her challenge, encourage her, and when she has done her best and still needs help, I need to be there to guide but not do it for her.</div>
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Not going to lie, our Math activity for our "Help" day was a great learning experience for both my girl and myself!</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> sent us new Math Shape Mats called "Mystery Puzzles" along with our </div>
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Multi-style Tangrams. I love these mats! You match the shapes first at the bottom. Then the kiddos will use all BUT one to make the image at the top of the card.</div>
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On the back of the card, are little answer keys so show which shapes will be used. </div>
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The shaded shapes are the ones you use and the white is the one you do not use.</div>
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These would be great for quiet time boxes!</div>
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The challenge of figuring out what shapes work and which didn't was such a confidence booster for my girl!</div>
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Below is the Mystery Mat that had her stumped and had me biting my tongue and keeping my hands tucked away as to not give her the answer but guide her.</div>
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I decided to film her as she struggled and reasoned what to do.</div>
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I am so thankful she didn't get frustrated (which is what usually happens) and kept trying. She eventually asked for help, and I was challenged with not giving her the answer </div>
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She felt so accomplished and happy when she finally got the answer!</div>
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My boy didn't miss out on the math game either. I was super impressed with him matching the circle, triangle, and small rectangular shapes! </div>
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Not minutes after completing our Mystery Math Mats and cleaning up all the shapes did my boy then dump the entire basket on the floor!</div>
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Help quickly came in the form of his big sister. </div>
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Perfect opportunity to help others on our Help Day.</div>
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Problem solved.</div>
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I hope we see more of these Mystery Math mats in the future. </div>
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I'll keep you posted when we do!</div>
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<i style="color: blue; font-family: merriweather;">Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 21 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha! #keepinitreal</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;">"Momma, can we learn about parrots today?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;">Absolutely! I pulled out my bird bag from our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time: Family & Pets</a> box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;">Bam. Math games, craft lesson, even a book with sight words to begin our reading-all ready to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;">Add in the plethora of parrot/bird books on my shelf and we are set. </span></div>
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Since we had just listened to lots of songs while studying our memory work for Classical Conversations, I decided we needed some game time. So I started our bird day with our math game, Feed the Birds. I had a ton of these little bottles from my breast feeding days with Everett and they made the perfect containers for this game.</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent these cute birds with numbers, tweezers and yarn (I used pipe cleaners I had already cut for Everett). All I had to do was put the little birds on jars and add some dry beans for the game. Although <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>suggested using number cards in our pocket cube, I have really loved using these big foam dice (also from MGT). They really help with one-to-one correspondence. Avaleigh tossed the die seeing how many pieces of bird food she needed to retrieve with her tweezers and which bird was to get that amount. </div>
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Both kiddos had a blast and kept at it until all the food was given to the birds.</div>
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After a fun activity like that, it's great to have some quiet time.</div>
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Our Literacy lesson was perfect!</div>
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Our new I Can Read book came with pointers and sight word cards.</div>
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I first went over the sight words with my girl and we practiced making the sentence "it is a..." and then used the picture card. After practicing our sight words, I had her open up the </div>
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I Can Read book: What Is It? and she began reading all on her own! I had to help her a little on the last page, but the words were unfamiliar. </div>
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We read the book again, this time using our pointer to point to the word "is". </div>
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I love how the very last page gives the kids something to do that is kind of like a brain break.</div>
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She was getting tired, so it was the perfect time for my girl to draw her pet, </div>
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our golden retriever Bailey.</div>
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"Because that is the color of Bailey's fur, momma," Avaleigh said as she pointed.</div>
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"There wasn't enough room to write my name, so I wrote it this way." Yall, she wrote her name backwards. I'm really impressed.</div>
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Invitation to Create: Birds.</div>
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We observed the picture of the birds and talked about them. Avaleigh decided she wanted her picture to look like the one provided (I am not surprised), so we went outdoors to gather sticks, leaves, and acorns.</div>
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"Momma, make a bird with me. You can make one and I can make one."</div>
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Done. First she created "stairs" on her bird, then all of a sudden, my girl said, </div>
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"These are tears (blue lines) because my bird doesn't have a momma."</div>
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"My bird can be his momma," I said. "Maybe they can be tears of joy."</div>
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This week we were all up in our feelings.</div>
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We did games and learning that revolved around feeling </div>
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Happy, Sad, Surprised, Mad, and Scared. </div>
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Scared fell on Friday the 13th.</div>
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It also fell on the Harvest Moon. </div>
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Totally did not plan that!</div>
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Our Kindergarten Homeschool year started this week.</div>
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We had our first Classical Conversations Community Day (awesome!), continued our love of </div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time </a>had all the action planned to talk about emotions, </div>
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while our <a href="https://raisinglittleshoots.com/buy-exploring-nature-with-children/" target="_blank">Exploring Nature with Children</a> had all the deets on the Harvest Moon.</div>
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We started our day with a conversation: "When do you feel scared?"</div>
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Lately my girl has been acting afraid of the dark... and dragons.</div>
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We talked about fear and how </div>
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Fear makes us want to hide, but if we rest in the Lord, we have nothing to fear at all.</div>
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Since she is afraid of the dark, we talked about how darkness can not penetrate the Light...</div>
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J<span style="font-family: inherit;">ohn 1:5 "<span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; text-align: justify;">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; text-align: justify;">God created light out of the darkness (Genesis 1:2-3...perfect with our CC week 1), and a little bit of light always keeps the darkness at bay. As a believer, Jesus' light is within all those who believe- His Holy Spirit- therefore, she had nothing to fear. He is and always will be with her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: inherit;">I asked my girl, "What must we have in order to see a shadow?" I turned the lights on and off in our room resulting in seeing shadows and then not being able to. She instantly knew we needed light to make shadows. We taped the straws to the </span><span style="color: #001320;">die cut</span><span style="color: #001320; font-family: inherit;"> pieces provided from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>; I whipped out our big ole flashlight, and she immediately started playing. I asked her to tell me a story using her puppets, and this is what she created! Love it.</span></span></div>
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You can't talk about light and dark without mentioning day and night and having conversations about the Moon! Especially when it's the Harvest Moon!</div>
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We just finished reading <a href="https://amzn.to/30i8OEu" target="_blank">Little House in the Big Woods</a>, which had a chapter about the Harvest Moon where Pa could work late into the night tending to the fields because the light of the Harvest Moon shined so bright. We also read <a href="https://amzn.to/34Iw7e1" target="_blank">Hello, Harvest Moon </a>again today by Ralph Fletcher.</div>
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It has such beautiful language and tons of personification, which led to lots of questions from my girl. For example, "Can the moon really climb stairs?"</div>
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We created a piece of artwork using our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>die cuts from our puppet show, some watercolor paper cut into a circle and painted with <a href="https://amzn.to/2Q6yhRB" target="_blank">orange and yellow watercolors</a>, a blue and a black piece of construction paper, glue, scissors and some jewels which are not pictured.</div>
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I followed some directions from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-Lesson-Harvest-Moon-Tree-Silhouette-1454377" target="_blank">here</a>. I adore her finished work...</div>
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Our Harvest Moon/ Scared Study didn't end there!</div>
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I let her watch<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYfrotWI1uM&t=3s" target="_blank"> Little Bear's Harvest Moon</a> today and told her we would go on a Nature Walk and check out the Harvest Moon.</div>
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Later, my girl asked, "How big is the Harvest Moon? Can we dance under it?" </div>
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I never knew that after watching the Little Bear video that my girl thought she would actually be so close that she could touch the moon.</div>
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We danced under the moon, and thanked God for providing the moon. Isn't it amazing that He provided the Harvest Moon to be bright enough to help farmers take care of getting all their crops in before the heavy rains of fall?! He is so good and all His ways are perfect!</div>
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When we left our nature walk, I asked my girl what she thought.</div>
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She sighed. "I thought it was going to be big enough for me to touch it. I'm sad it wasn't bigger."</div>
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I chuckled and told her that she could become an astronaut and go to the moon, but that was the only way she was going to touch it. She said she still had fun, and I hope this becomes a yearly tradition. </div>
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From puppet shows, to dancing in the moonlight (looking like a fool I might add),</div>
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these are the moments I will store and treasure in my heart. </div>
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And just because I don't want to leave my handsome boy out, here are some of his precious pics from this week:</div>
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<i style="color: blue; font-family: merriweather;">Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 21 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha! #keepinitreal</i></div>
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It's happening yall....Kindergarten is upon us.</div>
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A new school year (but does it ever really end) means a new school room set up.</div>
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My little girl turned 5 this July. She is such a gentle and nieve child. I know homeschooling is the best thing for her and her personality. I am a new director for <a href="https://www.classicalconversations.com/" target="_blank">Classical Conversations</a>, and am totally enthralled with the <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/what-is-the-charlotte-mason-method/" target="_blank">Charlotte Mason method</a>. Not to mention we are continuing our love of</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a>! You will see all 3 coming together to create our current school space. </div>
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Welcome to our once formal unused living room. I has been a playroom, preschool room, and now it is our Kindergarten Homeschool room.</div>
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Both white bookshelves are from Walmart (<a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-8-Cube-Storage-Organizer-Multiple-Colors/29741117?selected=true" target="_blank">link here</a>) and have been in the kids' rooms. We had rain guttering for bookshelves for years, which I loved, but I needed to house more of our books, especially my science books I had stored in cabinets around the house. Collecting books is my hobby yall. My husband cut the guttering in half, and now both kids have 3 rain gutter shelves for their books in their room.</div>
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I love that the <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-8-Cube-Storage-Organizer-Multiple-Colors/29741117?selected=true" target="_blank">bookshelves </a>create a table top that my son can not reach and destroy... yet lol.</div>
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Above the bookshelves are some of our Timeline cards from Classical Conversations. My husband hung three rows of wire using eye hooks, and I attached the cards with mini clothespins. The first 7 cards are missing since our first week of CC is coming up and I used them to make my Tutor board.</div>
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I jacked them from my parents' home long ago, and we have used them numerous times this past year of CC. Most of the other books on these shelves are Science books, but one shelf is World History/Cultures and the other is American History books. If I need to add a book to our collection, which happens almost weekly, I always check out <a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/" target="_blank">Thriftbooks</a>! Best prices fo sho! Our <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZLi1F2" target="_blank">Melissa and Doug abacus</a> is missing a row, but I bought it for next to nothing when a preschool was going out of business in my town last year.</div>
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We love spending time outside and going for walks. Charlotte Mason is my jam. </div>
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I display our findings in this tray I bought at Dollar Tree. Right now it houses different acorns, an abandoned robin's nest, pinecones, cardinal feathers (and a few others), and a perfectly intact butterfly. There is a container of fine sand from a friend's trip to the beach that she brought back to me. The giant leaf on the wall is one my girl found on our most recent walk. She chose it because of it's size. I didn't want it to crumble as it dried out, so I laminated the leaf and stuck it on our wall. I am definitely going to laminate more leaves this fall. Laminators are not that expensive and I am so glad I have one! <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZK5HFh" target="_blank">This one</a> from Amazon is less that $25.</div>
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Here are our story books, including Fairy Tales, Classics, Poetry, the Bible, Art, and Math books. The top far right cubby houses all the books I really want to use for CC this year. I just wanted them in one spot to make them easy to find and grab as I plan out our year. The pink basket on the bottom is home to our Audio books and our Monthly Cds from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a>. The green basket is our recent stash from our library. On top of the shelf, we have our books for this month from</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time </a>(Little Red Riding Hood and the Lonely Wolf) and our Tea Time afternoon read, <a href="https://amzn.to/2NM22nU" target="_blank">Mercy Watson</a>. Both my kids love the Mercy Watson books! </div>
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They are an easy and fun read aloud.</div>
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During the month os September we will be focusing on Family and Pets with <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a>. I set up our monthly calendar (love how it teaches patterns with the colored numbers), monthly number focus, and our Theme Poster. I found the map at Target for like $3 and had to grab it! My girl already drew on it though. She a line from Texas to Siberia because "that's the way you get to Mimi and PopPop's house." Ugh. At least she knows that a map is for directions. Our table was $20 from the preschool that was closing down and I love it! Perfect size for both kiddos. </div>
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I moved this bookshelf back into our room because I needed a place for my things and for my son's toys. The tall tower to the right houses our MGT curriculum and supplies I don't want the kids necessarily getting into...but is there really anything a toddler doesn't get into? He opens these drawers all the time. He also hears "No, sir" all the time.</div>
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I have one for Workbooks, Art Materials (paper), Writing Journals, Mother Goose Time, and Classical Conversations.</div>
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This shelf holds a few curriculum binders and our Timeline cards. The teapot is one my former roommate made in our Ceramics class in college. I have always loved it.</div>
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This year we will explore Space with CC, so I nabbed <a href="https://amzn.to/2LgQEPi" target="_blank">this craft kit from Alex</a>. I bought a bunch of learning cards from the Dollar Spot at Target, and our Geoboard (love it!) is from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>a year or so ago. The basket holds rubber bands and my girl gets this down and plays with it quite often.</div>
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The bottom two shelves are pretty much my son's materials. The big folder box houses coloring books that they both enjoy using.</div>
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We used to have a teepee in here that we read in, but my girl fell on one of the wooden stakes, broke it, and I never have replaced it. I just stacked our pillows under the window and moved our rug to this side of the room. We have a little light box that is on the floor and the blue basket on it houses all our transparent blocks that are so fun to use on our light.</div>
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I got rid of the really ugly wooden cabinet, and dragged this green beast of a buffet into our room. It holds more materials that I don't want little hands getting into and it provides another flat top surface for all the things!</div>
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My dry erase board from Hobby Lobby that I have had for years is home to our Routine cards that <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent me a few years back. I never used them because my girl just didn't need them at the time, but they are perfect as we journey into this new year. Especially since we are exploring the Charlotte Mason method. She encourages short increments of time for each area of study but using the habits of full attention and best effort for that small amount of time. </div>
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With our new September box from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>, we received some colorful and very sturdy Loose Letter Parts. I added some magnetic tape ($3 from Hobby Lobby and then used my 40%) and vo-la! Magnetic letter parts! Cookie sheets make it easy to take this anywhere.</div>
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On top of the buffet we have more materials from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose</a>!</div>
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I placed our monthly manipulates which happen to be shapes, our puzzle that matches our story of the month, and our two math baskets for our first day of learning. We are ready for September!</div>
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Our golden Bailey does not miss out on any action that happens in this room. She loves us so much and is never far from where we are. This month we will be studying the letters H, F, and T. I used wide painters tape to put the letter on the floor. My son tries to practice jumping over the lines. He's adorable.<br />
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Well, that's our Homeschool space this year. It'll change next year I'm sure.<br />
I am so excited to document our learning adventures here and I wonder what my kids will think years from now as they look back on these posts.<br />
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Our week started with Living and Non-Living things. </div>
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The Community Challenge question: "What do you think you need to live?" really solidified some discussions we've been having at home anyway.</div>
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Anyone else's kid saying, "Momma, I wish I had...." or "Momma, I want a..."</div>
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Not gonna lie... I've been singing an oldie but a goodie that my momma sang to me whenever I started a case of the "I wish I had..." or the "I wants..."</div>
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I sing the chorus to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9sDn_2XkI" target="_blank">You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones</a>.</div>
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My girl now sings that chorus all the time. LOL! </div>
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Anyway, we had great discussion about what we truly need to survive . We made hand motions for the main things we need to survive: </div>
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food, water, oxygen, clothes, and shelter.</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent 2 activities: a Is It Living? question board (with yes' and no's) and a sorting activity called Living/ Non-living Sort. I combined the two activities. Using the cards from the sorting activity, I had my daughter answer the questions from the Is It Living? question board. By doing this, she could determine if something was living or non-living.</div>
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After sorting many of the cards, we ventured outdoors to find living and non-living things. </div>
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Some items she found on the ground, some she saw, but all of them she sorted between living and non-living. I just had to do the writing. </div>
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As we were looking around, she came across this Katydid on one of our zinnias. I thought it was a grasshopper honestly, but a friend of mine pointed out that it was actually a Katydid.</div>
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They are similar to grasshoppers, but the cool thing about this particular Katydid, is we've seen her before! She has been in our garden quite a few times always perched on this particularly orange zinnia.</div>
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Avaleigh watched her new found friend for quite some time. My daughter tried very hard to coax her new friend on to a stick but to no avail. That Katydid was not wanting anything from my girl.</div>
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Exploring science with littles is so much fun- especially when studying ELECTRICITY! </div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> gave us some excellent ideas and resources to make studying this a blast!</div>
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Our day started with a question: <b>What do you turn on and off?</b></div>
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This simple question led to a field trip around the house exploring all the things we turn on and off.</div>
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From toys and light switches, to the washer, dryer and diffuser, there are items in every single room that my girl turns on and off. Taking a quick field trip helped jog her memory to all the things.</div>
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We then explored STATIC ELECTRICITY.</div>
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I blew up a balloon, and we took turns rubbing it on our heads and watching our hair stand up on end! My son got such a kick out of seeing his sister's hair attach itself to the balloon, that he too had to have a turn. </div>
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We explored if rubbing the balloon on our head would provide enough static electricity to make the balloon stick to the wall. It did! We did several experiments and noticed that the static electricity seemed to diminish over time. Our balloon stuck to the wall for 12 seconds, then 10, then none, and finally 4 seconds. We were able to talk about scientists having to repeat experiments over and over again to see it something really works.</div>
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Grateful for that suggestion!</div>
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We discussed why outlets were dangerous and went around the house finding them, pointing, and then holding our hands up saying "Don't touch!" My son loved this! He still says "Don't touch" when he notices an outlet.</div>
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It's hard to find old lights when everything is going LED, but I found this bulb in one of our lamps, and we were able to look at the filament inside. Then she screwed it into the lamp and I plugged it into the wall. She pulled the switch and Vo-la! Let there be light!</div>
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My teacher guide then suggested a Broken Flashlight activity where I supplied some disassembled flashlights. My daughter explored putting the flashlight back together. The challenge was getting the batteries turned in the right direction. When she got it to work, her brother had a blast chasing after the light she shined around the room.</div>
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Our day ended with us curling up together and reading out of our Ingenuity book that <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a> provided this month in our Science box. I LOVE this book! It's a great biography for preschoolers covering 5 different scientists. I loved reading to my little perfectionist that it took Thomas Edison so many tries to get the lightbulb to work. She really struggles with trying over and over again.</div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our schoolroom has turned into a Science Lab this past month with our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time </a>curriculum. This past week we explored Physics and had so much fun on our Sound Day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">Watching my son stomp around and laugh gleefully was such a joy for this momma's heart. I love when he gets involved with our learning.</span></span></div>
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We then made a string phone. I have to admit .... I kinda did an "ugh" sigh when I saw this in the lesson plan. Whenever I have done these in the past, it just hasn't turned out great, but I learned something new!!! Please allow me to share...</div>
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All you need are 2 paper cups and some yarn. Punch a small hole through the bottom of the 2 cups and push the yarn through the hole and tie the end. You have a string phone. Now here's the kicker (maybe some of you already know this, but I didn't)....</div>
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You have to make sure the string it taut! If it is loose between you and the person on the other end, the sound will not travel well. Also, when placing the cup to your ear, have it kind of angled up towards your ear. This allows the sound to not seem so muffled. It took some experimenting to figure this out but that's what you do in the Science Lab: experiment! </div>
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We played with our string phones for a long time! We took turns asking each other questions through the phone and answering back. It really was a lot of fun, and my girl took her phone with her everywhere the rest of the day.</div>
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We ventured outside to listen to the Sounds of Nature.</div>
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There are so many birds, and you can hear each making their distinct call. We might not know which bird is which but my girl could point out that the bird chirping was different than the last.</div>
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We could hear the water sprinklers going, water dripping, birds chirping, and cicadas making their sounds. </div>
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While I prepped lunch, I gave them an assortment of baskets turned into guitars with the help of some big rubber bands. This was our STEAM Station for the day. </div>
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They had fun plucking the strings and seeing which sounds they created.</div>
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Our day ended with a symphony of Egg Shakers. I just grabbed ones I made back at Christmas, and we just danced arounds shaking our eggs. Some eggs are loud (filled with beans) while some are soft (filled with sugar) but they have been loved and played with for a long time. </div>
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You can read about how I made them <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/search?q=egg+shakers" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Our week of Physics science lab started with studying Sound, but we also enjoyed experimenting with light, force, friction and gravity as well. All of which will be amazing as we cover Physics in Classical Conversations this fall. </div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: merriweather;">Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 20 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha! #keepinitreal</i></div>
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Three years ago we started our homeschool journey with <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time.</a></div>
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We started with this box- the Science Lab.</div>
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A lot has changed including some of the activities. I actually blogged about doing <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2016/08/mother-goose-time-challenges-me.html" target="_blank">this particular activity</a> 3 years ago, and here it is again but with new graphics and twists on the activity from long ago. Here's how it went to you can try it today with your littles.</div>
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Scientists use their 5 senses to make observations; it's actually called "Qualitative Observations."</div>
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My scientist and her research partner (little brother, Everett), explored all sorts of items we had around the house using their 5 senses.</div>
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However, first things first... read a book. Today I chose<a href="https://amzn.to/2YDcm3j" target="_blank"> My Five Senses by Aliki.</a></div>
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As we read the book, the scientists pointed to that particular body part.</div>
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When talking about smelling, my <strike>kids </strike> researchers pointed to their noses.</div>
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After reading the book and poking at all sorts of body parts, I cut out the 5 Senses Cards provided from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>. I laid them in front of my older scientist. She would grab an item from the tray of research materials (aka anything you can find around the house), and then decide which sense she used when making observations of that object. She would move the card if she used that sense.</div>
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For example, with the banana, she used all her senses except hearing. </div>
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We had so much fun with this activity! It was a perfect one to coincide with snack time too. Get those taste buds working! My favorite part was watching her really chew her goldfish slowly, trying to think of words to describe what was going on in her mouth.</div>
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The scientists favorite parts: eating the banana or ringing those bells over and over again.</div>
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Stay tuned for more adventures this month as we revisit the Science Lab!</div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">His work is unlike any others before him. Exposing my preschooler to his work and creating artwork in his style on her level was so much fun. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">I guess she truly emulated Picasso, because I am sure he created his artwork completely different than what most thought he should do. </span></span></div>
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For this particular <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/search/label/Invitations%20to%20Create" target="_blank">Invitation to Create,</a> they supplied us with a variety of shapes in multiple colors along with a beautiful print of a woman's portrait by Picasso.</div>
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I told her she would create a face from the shapes I provided (along with glue and markers).</div>
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She carefully placed them, compared how she wanted them turned, traced around them, and then filled in her shape if needed. She chose not to use a drop of glue.</div>
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Oval eyes. Semicircle ears and nose. A triangle for a mouth. Rainbows shape for hair.</div>
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Her picasso was completely different than what I would have done when given this Invitation to Create. But that's what makes these provocations so amazing!</div>
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She does as she sees fit! She is the artist! Not me. And she truly created something amazing.</div>
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Homeschooling is tough with toddlers.<br />
They're into all the things. All of them.<br />
I've tried to do our schooling when he naps, but it's hard when that is the time to get dinner, chores, and a few moments to reheat the morning cup of coffee...again.<br />
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I have loved how active our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> games are and how easy it is to incorporate my 19 month old rambunctious son with my cautious and studious little girl. Flexibility. <br />
Teaching is always about flexibility.<br />
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As we observed Monet's Haystacks, we did an animal search and match math game.<br />
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I layed out 6 animal cards face down, and folded their matches placing them in a basket filled with "hay." My son's task was to pull a card from the hay, and my preschooler had the task to find its' match from the upside down cards. It challenged her memory and built up his sensory experiences. </div>
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My son threw the foam die with pictures of our monthly manipulatives, buttons, on them. He loves to throw all the things, so he threw the die, and my preschooler would climb under the umbrella to find the corresponding buttons.<br />
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We counted all the buttons she gathered (21) and then I let her create pictures with her buttons, just like Seurat used dots to make his masterpiece.<br />
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Bon Jour! Today we traveled to France, made the French flag, learned a few new words in French, toured a bridge in our local native plant center, and created our own landscapes inspired by Claude Monet all thanks to our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum</a>!</div>
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Our day started out by finding France on our blow up globe from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>.</div>
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After my daughter found it, we learned the words "Bon Jour!" and "Au Revoir" </div>
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and practiced saying it and waving to imaginary friends out of our window.</div>
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We then compared the French flag to the Italian flag (which we <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2019/07/preschool-art-studio-printmaking.html" target="_blank">learned about last week</a>). </div>
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Using torn paper and glue, my girl created the flag of France and I placed it on our wall. </div>
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We had a beautiful picture provided from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>of Monet's Garden in Giverny .</div>
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Looking at this bridge inspired me to take my kiddos on a quick field trip to a local bridge that once overlooked a pond. It's dried up now, but the ground is so fertile it has now transformed into a garden of the native plants of our area. While we walked along the bridge, the children pointed to flowers, chased butterflies, and inspected plants. </div>
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Although we didn't see any lily pads, we had a wonderful time exploring </div>
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Water Lily Pond. <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a> supplied us with everything! Even this amazing bridge cut out. The only supplies I brought to the table were scissors, glue, and crayons. </div>
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I asked my daughter to study Monet's Garden in Giverny asking her:</div>
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Then we got to work. I say we because I could NOT WAIT to use these materials to make my own artwork! :) She drew a lily pad on her tissue paper and included a flower on it. She needed a little help cutting it out which I did, but she also cut out some of it. </div>
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We did have great conversation! She told me about the dead tree she was drawing, but that it could still produce orange apples. The pond inspired her to make a frog on her green paper because you would find frogs on lily pads. Using our <a href="https://amzn.to/2LGKkBk" target="_blank">Ed Emberly How to Draw Animals book</a>, we went through step by step how to draw a frog, which she drew on her green paper. I cut it out for her, and my girl glued her frog on her lily pad where he belongs. </div>
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He's my favorite.</div>
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There is so much that I love about this lesson. I loved making art, the conversation I had with my girl, traveling and learning French, and exploring a bridge and the nature surrounding it.</div>
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I am so grateful for the inspiration from our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>lesson because these moments I treasure,</div>
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and I know they probably won't remember because they are so little.</div>
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And that is the reason why I keep this blog. They can look back and know.</div>
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Until then... have fun learning, friends! </div>
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This Art Studio box from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> is my dream in a box! If you want to see what's inside, check out<a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2019/06/whats-in-box-art-studio.html" target="_blank"> this post</a>. If you have a little who is into art, I would highly suggest getting it. You could even get it as a Christmas or Birthday gift. It's just awesome. </div>
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We have already studied self-portraits, portraits, and today we dived into Printmaking</div>
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(one of my favorite art techniques).</div>
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Our day started with this book that came in our box. It has great rhyme, and shows how trying something new can lead to unexpected and amazing results. Perfect for little kids.</div>
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My girl already knew what colors made what, but this book allowed us to have some great conversations as we read...plus cuddle time. Win Win.</div>
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I then told her today we would do study printmaking.</div>
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We played "I Spy" as we looked around the room naming prints. </div>
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"I spy with my little eye.... a flower print." It was on her dress, which led to the inspiration for her printmaking project.</div>
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She decided she wanted to make a flower.</div>
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Starting with a circle for the center, she then made a petal pattern design from the little shapes we had. We worked on placing her design first before gluing it down so the result would be what she wanted.</div>
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Using a paintbrush and some of our fingerpaints, she covered her flower design well before turning it over and pressing it onto her paper.</div>
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"Momma! It looks like coral!"</div>
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Can you see it too? The line design created by the print, especially in the middle of the circle of her flower, led to this thought. </div>
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The result was beautiful purple flowers.</div>
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She applied paint to her stamp with both a paintbrush and her fingers, because little kids always have to get their fingers in the paint. That's also why you see little blue areas on the finished piece below....little blue finger painted flowers. </div>
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I love it.</div>
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She decided to gift it to her Daddy when he came home from work.</div>
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Make cards, or do prints all over some big sheets of paper so you can have your own gift wrap!</div>
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Art can be made for arts sake, but also to bless others! This is the perfect summertime activity to do on those rainy afternoons or when the kids say "I'm bored."</div>
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If you would love more art ideas, be sure to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JackofAllTrades.blog/" target="_blank">follow us on Facebook</a> where I attempt to share a few times a week what we are doing.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "merriweather";">I have been waiting for this box for 3 years and it is now finally here!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "merriweather";">How amazing is it that we will be traveling the world as we enjoy the art of famous artists and methods of making Art! Included this month is our monthly magnets (colored paintbrushes), 2 books, and a puzzle! I love everything about these books!</span></div>
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I don't usually do What's In The Box posts, but the Art Teacher in me just could not pass up sharing all the Art awesomeness in this box. We had already done Day 1 and Day 2 when I had decieded to make this post. That is why you see my girl's self portrait and the art picture puzzles cut. </div>
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** 2 items I forgot to picture were the plastic button manipulatives and the inflatable globe.**</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 1- Self Portrait. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">A self-portrait is a picture or representation of the person creating it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 2- Portrait</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">A portrait painting is a painting of a person. The intention to to capture their mood or personality.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 3- Printmaking</span></div>
<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">Printmaking is a form of art that prints pictures on paper. Many prints can be created from one plate, block, stencil, stamp, or image.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 4- Fresco & Mural</span></div>
<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">A fresco is a painting done on a wet plaster wall. A mural is a large painting on any type of wall or ceiling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 5- Architecture</span></div>
<span style="font-family: merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white;">Architecture refers to the building and structures designed and planned by architects. An architect decided the shape, size and what the structure is made out of.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 6- Water & Landscape</span></div>
Claude Monet is well-known for his Impressionist oil paintings that focus on capturing the feeling of real-life scenes such as water, bridges, people, gardens, ect.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 7- Monet & Flowers</span></div>
Monet painted many different types of flowers such as in gardens, ponds, and vases.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 8- Haystacks & Texture</span></div>
Monet created a famous series of paintings of haystacks in fields. He achieved texture by using different brush strokes and dots of light.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 9- Pointillism</span></div>
Pointillism is a technique in which many tiny dots are made to create one picture. George Seurat was a famous French artist who helped establish this technique.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 10- Modern Shape Art</span></div>
Shape art focuses on shapes, lines, and colors rather than the subject (such as a person or flower).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 11- Starry Night</span></div>
Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch artist from the Netherlands. He painted Starry night in 1889.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 12- Sunflower</span></div>
Vincent Van Gogh painted a famous series of paintings called "Sunflowers." He painted<br />
"Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" in 1888.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 13- Mixing Colors</span></div>
Mixing colors together can alter those colors or create a new color. Two primary colors will create a secondary color (red and blue make purple).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: merriweather;">Lesson 14- Cubism</span></div>
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist, is known for creating an art movement called Cubism. Cubism is when an artist represents an object by using geometric shapes, cubes, and multiple angles.<br />
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Chalk art is often used to create art on cement or sidewalks outside. It does not last long and can easily be washed away.<br />
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Stenciling is a technique that uses a cutout design placed over paper or another material. When ink or paint is applied, the stencil creates that design on the materials underneath.<br />
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A Coat of Arms is a visual design on a shield with symbols that represent a family or place.<br />
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Castles are large buildings usually made for the wealthy or royalty to live in. The biggest castle in England is the Windsor Castle.<br />
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Museums are places to visit and are open to the public. They collect and display works of art, historical artifacts, or other interesting objects. There are many famous museums around the world such as the Smithsonian and the Louvre.<br />
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We have been having so much fun with our A to Zoo theme this month from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a>!</div>
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The last 2 weeks have been non stop busy as our church has prepared for VBS, but being able to pull a bag of our little bus box out, and make some memories with my kids while they learn, is so wonderful!</div>
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On this specific day, we went over Wolves and X-Ray Fish.</div>
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My girl started her day by making the letters X and W from loose letter parts.</div>
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You could use sticks, buttons, blocks, paper strips, or whatever you have to practice making letters without even picking up a writing instrument. </div>
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I have had this amazing book called <u><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/gary-flemings-wild-animals-abc-an-alphabet-book/7548799/#isbn=1877035351&idiq=33282350" target="_blank">Wild Animals ABC: An Alphabet Book</a> </u> </div>
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by Gary Fleming for years waiting for my children to reach this age.</div>
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The book has rhyme and illustrations that are beautiful. The W and X days happened to match our animals of the day! Perfect!</div>
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My preschooler is recently obsessed with the story of The Three Little Pigs.</div>
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We have read multiple versions of it. Her personal favorite is<a href="https://amzn.to/2Xe3llu" target="_blank"> James Marshall's retelling.</a></div>
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However, everytime we turn on Netflix, she asks to watch the old Walt Disney version. </div>
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When she saw the puppets for our Make and Play craft from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>, she quickly cut them out, and created her own 3 Little Pig scene. She then told me her version, incorporating elements from both the Walt Disney version (the wolf dressing like a sheep), and the classic tale. I didn't even have a chance to read the version <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a> sent us! Ha!</div>
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I am so glad <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent us these materials!</div>
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I might have never caught her retelling this and I love all the details she shared in her story.</div>
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A few months ago my husband and I came to the realization that we hardly did any adventures as a family. Yes we had fun at home, but asking us to get in the car and go somewhere made us both break out in a sweat. You see, my son is not a great car rider. However, we came to the conclusion that once a month, we would go on a family adventure. It didn't have to be far and we didn't need to spend any money, but we were to be intentional about doing something together as a family and create lasting memories with our kids.</div>
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Our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> theme this month is A to Zoo which inspired us to head to our local zoo (about 30 mins away) and see what the animals were up to. <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent us beautiful Animal Alphabet Cards ,and although we didn't have most of these animals at our local zoo, we did have some!</div>
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My cautious child is getting braver!</div>
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The peacocks roam freely all over our zoo. It's quite a show when the males try to impress a lady friend. I love how this female just walked on by! It was pretty funny. God sure did make an amazingly beautiful creature with the peacock. Finding peacock feathers is always a special souvenir although we didn't find one today.</div>
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This guy was fast asleep at the front fence! We could get a super close peek at him.</div>
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Everett just made lion roars at it.... so cute!</div>
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Their long tongues stretched out of their mouths catching leaves! It was quite a sight!</div>
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This guy was moving all over the place! I thought they were supposed to be slow, but he was really moving. It was amazing to watch how methodical he was as he moved from limb to limb. </div>
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Avaleigh loved watching him dance and play in the water! Simple sticks make the best toys.... for both kids and otters!</div>
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This was her favorite. Not mine. Get me outta the reptile exhibit pronto!</div>
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Our final stop was boarding the train that zips around the zoo. So much fun! </div>
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It's a new month which means a new month of <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> learning!</div>
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This month our theme is A to Zoo and we are studying a new animal each day. </div>
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B is for Bird and BOTH my kiddos were able to participate in our MATH activity for the day! </div>
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Our day started with all of us creating a bird puppet (pictured above). My son made the blue one with scribbles (he loves to color), I made the red/orange/yellow bird, and my preschooler made both the purple bird and rainbow bird. <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a> sent us all the materials! All we had to do was add some markers and glue.</div>
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We started our bird math game by first discussing birds.</div>
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"What do birds eat, Avaleigh?"</div>
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Puffins eat fish, hummingbirds eat nectar from flowers, chickens eat worms, and ducks eat bread. Lots of birds eat seeds, too.</div>
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That unexpected response comes from her love of Puffin Rock, books, and our recent adventure to the duck pond. :) Using playdough, we all made balls of bird seed and worms. Even my boy made some fat worms! I was amazed when I looked down and there was a playdough worm under his hand!</div>
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We made a bunch of bird food and added it to a bowl. Earlier in the year, we found this abandoned bird's nest and added it to our nature collection. We decided it would be a great addition to our math game, so we placed our bird puppets that we made earlier in the nest.</div>
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<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a> sent us some number cards and a picture of a bird's nest, but we chose to use our actual nest for this game. We placed the number cards face down. Avaleigh was challenged to flip over 2 cards, count out the number of bird food for each card, and then add them together. She then practiced writing her numbers and wrote her first addition math sentence! </div>
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You could even make subtraction number sentences after your bird puppets "eat" some of their food! </div>
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Although our game didn't last a long time, I was so happy both kids could participate and I really wanted to document both her first math sentence and his first time to play with playdough.</div>
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Wonderful Water.<br />
It leads to some of the most beautiful things in nature- including rainbows.<br />
<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time</a> suggested a rainbow sensory bag <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/search/label/STEAM" target="_blank">STEAM </a>station that we could not pass up,<br />
and honestly, my kids are still enjoying these bags several days later.<br />
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Clear zipper baggies (quart or gallon- we used gallon)<br />
Rainbow colors of paint (we actually found that only using the primary colors- red, yellow, and blue- works best and leads to learning in color theory),<br />
wide tape (painters, duct, or packing tape could all easily work.)<br />
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Let your preschooler squirt some color in a baggie.<br />
My girl made 2 bags: one for my preschooler and one for my toddler.<br />
The toddler bag had a squirt of all the colors. My preschooler's bag only had the primary colors.<br />
Seal shut. Use a straw to suck out as much air as possible from your baggie. You don't want to squeeze the air since that will mix the colors and that is for your kiddos to do.<br />
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While you are prepping your bags you could ask some big questions <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>suggested:<br />
-When might you see a rainbow?<br />
-What colors do you see in a rainbow?<br />
-What happens if the colors mix?<br />
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For best results, tape your baggie to a light table or window. The light allows for some amazing color changes, and having it taped allows your kids to use the bags to practice writing.<br />
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Writing her name with baby brother waiting for his chance to press on the bag.<br />
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Drawing lines and letters.</div>
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Brother's bag was taped to the window. He so enjoyed having his own rainbow bag.</div>
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Rainbows are my girl's favorite thing right now besides horses.<br />
Don't all kids love rainbows at some point?<br />
I know I never grew out of loving them. <br />
So enjoy making those rainbows with your littlest learners. <br />
We don't get to experience them too often in nature, so make sure you make some time to experience rainbows at home however you can!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "merriweather";"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are enjoying a month of focusing on all things that have Bubbles, Boats, and Floats from </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "merriweather";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time.</a> This week we have had a blast learning about Soapy Water through daily topics such as Bath Time, Washing Dishes, Laundry, Bubble, and the Car Wash!</span></span></div>
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We usually hand wash our car. It's been really fun seeing my girl get into it. On this particular day, I had my kids wash their vehicles (<a href="https://amzn.to/2M25ewo" target="_blank">Cozy Coupe</a> and Trike) which they had a blast doing. </div>
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Before we had fun in outside literally washing cars, we had some fun indoors too! </div>
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I know I still do. Break out that bottle (we bought ours at Dollar Tree) and practice writing letters in the foam. I used our picture cards (that I turned into magnets...see that post <a href="https://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2017/10/i-can-read-interactive-sight-words.html" target="_blank">here</a>) from <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>. My girl said the word on the picture, focusing on the beginning sound, and then wrote that letter in her cream. I then passed the magnet to my son who put it on a metal tray. </div>
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I am really trying to get him involved. He is one of those people who did not like putting his hands in the shaving cream. He is consistent at staying true to being completely opposite of his sister.</div>
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Car Washes don't have to be outside!</div>
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They can be inside too! Our <a href="https://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/search/label/STEAM" target="_blank">STEAM </a>station suggested taping streamers or fasteners to an open box to allow kids to pass cars through. Our MATH game had us sorting cars by size. I just combined the two. I taped some streamers to our chair, and <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent some sorting signs (Large Parking, Medium Parking, and Small Parking). We gathered all the toy vehicles (including trains) and passed them through our car wash. Usually little brother passed the cars to sister who then sorted them by size. What I really loved about this activity, was how my girl had to keep comparing the cars to what we had. We ended up with a lot of large cars, but we had some other sizes as well.</div>
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After my son's nap, and my girl's quiet time, we ventured outdoors to wash their vehicles. </div>
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All I needed was a bucket of soapy water, 2 sponges, and their vehicles. Fine motor skills were practiced as they squeezed the sponges, and they had to pay attention to make sure they removed all the dirt. They really liked focusing on the tires. </div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Hi! I'm Leslie- a homeschooling momma to an almost 5 year old girl (seriously can't believe I just typed that) and 17 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have to look back on their childhood through this blog... ha #keepinitreal.</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">In my life before being a homeschool preschool momma, I was a public education teacher.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I taught 3rd, 4th, 6th grades (all subjects), and high school Art. You can read about those days <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/2012/05/no-homework-binder-how-to-document.html" target="_blank">here</a>, Creating "Wonder" in learning can be tough in public school, but it's one of my most favorite things to observe in my preschooler. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">As we explored waterfalls, I got to see that wonder again and again. </span><br />
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Our <a href="http://jackofalltrades-leslie.blogspot.com/search/label/STEAM" target="_blank">STEAM </a>station on Waterfall Day suggested going outside to do this activity. Anytime I can take learning outdoors, I try to do it! Who says learning has to be at a desk inside all day anyway?</div>
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Grab some spray bottles and put different colored water in each one. I put water in our bottles and added <a href="https://amzn.to/2Yg8VQl" target="_blank">these liquid watercolors</a>. They are my FAVE, but you could definitely use food coloring.</div>
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Using primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) will lead to the best results, and a great experiment in color mixing! I just used red (turned more pinkish) and blue since I only had 2 bottles.</div>
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I used some long copy paper and the kids got right to work spraying the top of the paper and watching the water drip down like a waterfall.</div>
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I love this picture below! Look at them observing the paper... even little brother got in on it! </div>
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They began to notice that the water kept going down the same path and eventually it tore.</div>
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"Why did it break?" our little friend visiting asked.</div>
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I wanted my girl and her little buddy to each have some artwork to hang on the walls at home, so I got out some <a href="https://amzn.to/2VorxAE" target="_blank">watercolor paper</a>- one for each of them and attached it to the fence just like the long piece of copy paper. They then took turns spraying the papers and watching the water trickle down.</div>
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-Water is powerful. It can tear and break things.</div>
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-Water always goes down.</div>
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-Water likes to go down the same path over and over.</div>
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-When red and blue mix, it creates purple.</div>
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This week we started our newest unit from<a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank"> Mother Goose Time: Bubbles, Boats, and Floats</a>.</div>
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As we journeyed "Down the River" this week, we studied rivers, beavers, boats, and....Alligators! </div>
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My girl knew a lot about alligators (we go to the local zoo pretty regularly), but she mainly talked about their sharp teeth. Perfect day to talk about the letter V since it looks like a sharp tooth upside down. Using our loose letter parts, she built her uppercase and lowercase letter V. We then used our letter pointer to locate the letter V, and lo and behold it's right there on a book of the month supplied by <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT</a>! By the way, I really enjoyed this book!</div>
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She then worked on her letter V book and turned those V's into alligators with snapping jaws!</div>
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We practiced making /v/ sound and really enunciated it in both her and her little brother's name.</div>
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Our game was called "Losing Teeth." Did you know alligators have 80 teeth at a time but will have over 2,000 in their lifetime! Yeah, me either. #teacherguide</div>
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So how do you play this game?</div>
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All you need is playdough and golf tees.</div>
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She then picked them out one by one and placed them on her Counting Card to make sure she was right. I love how she pointed each one up to look like teeth!</div>
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She then used a pair of tongs to put each one back into the basket (I couldn't get a good pic of that.)</div>
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Fine motor skills at work!</div>
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"What can I test next, momma?" "I don't know. What do you think might be rough and bumpy?"</div>
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This was by far the favorite lesson of our alligator day.</div>
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<span id="goog_964766107"></span>Our butterfly adventures ended this week. We released our butterflies at the end of our last day. It was the perfect way to end our week on Metamorphosis and our unit on Bees and Butterflies.<br />
I shared the other week some egg-celent ideas (pun intended cuz I'm cheesy like that) from<br />
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But here are our faves from the rest of the week of Metamorphosis.<br />
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<b><u>Caterpillar</u></b> </div>
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Using our attribute blocks, my girl would roll a shape and we built the longest caterpillar we could naming each shape as we added to the body. Her favorite activity though was building the caterpillar from the <a href="https://amzn.to/2VcnBTM" target="_blank">cornstarch noodles</a> (amazing! check them out if you haven't). <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>sent us a straw to make legs out of, but it would not stab into the noodles easily. So I cut up some pipe cleaners and those worked great. </div>
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We then took turns hiding the caterpillar and the other pretended to be a bird as we attempted to find the caterpillar. It led to some great talks about predator and prey.<br />
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<b><u>Chrysalis</u></b><br />
On our Chrysalis day, we discussed the letter "X". It was a great letter for that day, since we could make an X with our arms and hold ourselves pretending to be a chrysalis.<br />
We made a pattern of the life cycle (I added the egg to our pattern cards below) of a butterfly, and my 4 year old drew it out. I was so proud of her drawing!<br />
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<b><u>Butterfly</u></b><br />
It's so hard to teach her with my 16 month old who wants to be into ALLLLL of the things. Lately I have been trying really hard to see what <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>has planned and how I can incorporate him into her lesson. Our butterfly letter game was the perfect opportunity. My son could throw the cube with our letter cards in it, and my daughter could use the butterflies and attach them to the flowers. Doing this outside even made it more fun for both of them! I try to take our learning outside as often as I can.<br />
They both had a BLAST doing this activity.<br />
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Our butterfly day ended with us releasing our newest pets.<br />
One amazing thing that happened was when we brought the carrier outside all the butterflies started to spread and open their wings. They never looked like this indoors. It is amazing how God designed them to know what to do. Some flew off quickly, others had to be coaxed, and one even crawled onto my girl's finger to be released. Definitely a cool experience for her and me.<br />
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What a great month of learning! I loved how we could go outside and see all the bees and the butterflies around us. In May, we will be studying Bubbles, Boats and Floats, and I will try to share a daily adventure on my FB page, so if you haven't followed me there, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JackofAllTrades.blog/" target="_blank">check it out</a> :)<br />
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All day long, my girl has stared into the butterfly habitat whispering encouragements as the butterflies slowly move their wings. It's adorable.</div>
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I would have never thought to <a href="https://amzn.to/2IQooSW" target="_blank">buy a butterfly habitat</a> and all that goes into it if we were not having an amazing unit from our <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum.</a></div>
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It was the perfect day to start our Metamorphosis Week with our Bees and Butterflies unit.</div>
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Although teaching with my 16 month rambunctious sidekick proves quite challenging, today was a day when all things clicked and everyone had a part in the learning.</div>
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The Community Challenge was to create a classroom leaf using the fingerprints of all the kids in the room on a leaf using our color for the month- WHITE. It's only the 3 of us, so instead I gave Sister and Brother each a leaf (she cut hers) and using white paint she placed 15 white fingerprints on her leaf. 15 is one of our numbers of the month by the way. </div>
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Brother used a white crayon to make marks on his leaf.</div>
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<b><u>Literacy: Open Your Egg</u></b></div>
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Yesterday was Easter, and boy did my boy have a blast finding our Resurrection eggs around the house. I knew he could help Sister with this <a href="https://www.mothergoosetime.com/" target="_blank">MGT </a>literacy game.</div>
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<b><u>Math: Hidden Eggs</u></b></div>
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I had a blue tub of a variety of balls that Sister and Brother practiced putting into different buckets.</div>
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We discussed the shape of eggs (ovals), whether eggs roll or bounce, and what would happen if we dropped an egg. We were supposed to practice rolling, dropping, and bouncing the "eggs" (balls), but instead it turned into a game of throwing, tossing, and swirling balls in baskets. Either way enjoyment was had and we got some much needed vitamin D from the sunshine.</div>
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<b><u>StoryTime: A Monarch Butterfly's Life</u></b></div>
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However we know it backwards and forwards, and when I saw <u><a href="https://amzn.to/2VlULiR" target="_blank">A Monarch Butterfly's Life</a></u> in the library, I knew we had to read it. I love how this book shows the life cycle of the butterfly's life including how it migrates from the States to Mexico. The pictures are fantastic and it has simple sentences with phenomenal word choice. Lots of information packed into this book.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-omguW1LCYUFfoQOXj_LVK1J5a0P0AFKRx0p8JkExdnBCJD0fQGQ4L_sFLm_E9ZWAu3IOlks6I2O6inyjk9QsbhCQnke1TYjwBOgiKrlw2eUTWE1s_3ycHJThOkZf3YAOAwTOVXcWRff/s1600/himmelman+excerpt001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="350" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-omguW1LCYUFfoQOXj_LVK1J5a0P0AFKRx0p8JkExdnBCJD0fQGQ4L_sFLm_E9ZWAu3IOlks6I2O6inyjk9QsbhCQnke1TYjwBOgiKrlw2eUTWE1s_3ycHJThOkZf3YAOAwTOVXcWRff/s640/himmelman+excerpt001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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Our day ended with us reading this book, watching an episode of Wild Kratts (Butterflies), and discovering 2 more butterflies had emerged from their chrysalises!</div>
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