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Our BJU materials have arrived! Squeak is very excited that the Spelling book has a giant puppy on it! We just need to order math materials and pick up a workbook for Packy at Walmart. The only supplies we need so far are tape and glue! Things are rolling along!

Hello August!!

Yes, I have not been blogging much. It was really fun to begin with then just fell to the wayside!

Our next home school year is fast approaching with Squeak starting 2nd grade and Packy beginning K!! Here are the main materials I plan on using this year:

Both:
Bible and devotionals
BJU Heritage Studies 2
Read alouds, crafts, PE, music

Squeak:
Singapore Primary Math 4 with other (TBA) supplements
Astronomy for science
BJU English and Spelling 2, writing
Readers and chapter books
Cooking/Baking

I have resources at home for Packy but she will get her own workbook and I think Brain Quest workbooks look fun. I think they are a little "behind" so she will start with Grade 1.

We have been busy this summer with summer soccer (both girls play and I coached), summer recreation, family camping trips and day trips. The LORD has blessed us abundantly and we are thankful for HIM!!!

If anyone is still reading our blog, HELLO!! And I hope I will be here typing more this coming school year!!

A week of Cooking and Baking

Squeak received the DK Kid's Fun and Healthy Cookbook for Christmas and we have really put it to use this week! We are reading through the different types of food and their health benefits along with making recipes in the book. The girls have also been tracking their fruit/vegetable intake this week. Additionally, we read about Creation in our Bible study and discussed how God made all of these foods perfect to fit our nutritional needs.

Here are some pictures of the girls cooking and baking. Squeak is learning how to use the stove and together, they have made breakfast (eggs and toast):

(these are from last week):


I will have to insert pictures another time because it is NOT allowing me to access my computer picture library!!

A few Pictures from this Month

Despite my lack of blogging, school has been plugging along here. Squeak is plowing through all of her subjects especially math (no surprise with that anymore) and Packy is now 4 YEARS OLD!!! She turned four back in November.

The Lord has really blessed us. He has been providing all of our needs. What an amazing love He has for His children!

Here are a few pictures of the girls doing various art projects:

 

Paper plate wreath

 

Toilet Paper Roll Wreath (still working on this!)

Squeak compared 15 seconds and 15 minutes by drawing the same picture during both time frames.

Packy drew our family!

This is what Packy drew on the chalk board this morning:

Dad, Mom, Squeak and Packy

Fall Field Trip!

Yesterday was a beautiful day so we went on our fall field trip to a local farm market and the girls enjoyed a corn maze, a hay ride to the pumpkin patch and the play ground area.

 My little pumpkins!

 

 The girls made a couple of "friends" in the corn maze!

 

 Squeak made it out!!

 

 

 Pretending to build a fire in the play area
 

 

Riding to the pumpkin patch!!

 

 

 

 

The pumpkins that the girls chose!

 



Three Week Update!

Squeak completed her third week of school yesterday. We started on August 28th and have been working on stuff through yesterday (Friday). So far, I've changed two things: math - we are returning to Horizons Math, and science - I'm going to use a free online curriculum so I can sell my science book (if you or anyone you know is interested in Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space, let me know...it's brand new, never used)!! This year is also our first year of reporting to the school district so Squeak is an official 1st grader according to the state!

Week #1 August 28 - 31

Our first day of school was actually a field trip to a local waterpark! (Gotta love the PE requirement!)

Prior to heading to the waterpark, Squeak worked on handwriting (which is now a daily requirement) and I have been reading aloud The Magic Treehouse Series. I read a few chapters from MTH #3 to the girls.

Squeak and Packy and all of their cousins went on this trip!

 

 

This week was also the week I was deciding on what to do about math, so Squeak worked on math fact sheets until I figured out if we were going to change. Other things completed this week were: Bible readings, crafts, handwriting and chapter book read alouds (MTH #3 and #4).

 

Painting has been the art class of choice

 



 

Handwriting - we are using a Kumon workbook daily

 

Packy's coloring - she has great fine motor skills and colors sooo carefully!

 

Week #2 September 4 - 7

 

Even though we took Labor Day off and I didn't mark it down as "school", the girls still worked on art, PE and math facts - kind of an unschooling sort of day.

 

We started Bible devotionals again and reading from the Bible. We also started recycling cans and bottles together.

 

Squeak also started reading out loud to me this week. The four days of school were pretty full with chapter book read alouds (MTH #4 and #5), daily handwriting, art and painting with music, BJU English and math fact worksheets (by now I have ordered Horizons Math 3 and we are just waiting for it).

 

BJU English

Math fact worksheet

Painting for art class

Squeak made some robots with the math linking cubes!

 

Week #3 September 10 - 14

 

Now we are current on weekly reports!

 

This week, Squeak started Horizons Math 3 and worked on handwriting, BJU English, PE, fall themed craft projects with music, reading aloud to me, I read MTH #5, and we also went to the library and made our weekly recycling trip. We continued with our Bible devotionals and Bible readings. The girls have also been playing outside a lot. Squeak has read four readers to me so far.

 

 Horizons Math 3

 Tissue paper trees

 Paper plate scarecrows

 I made "puffy paint" - it was ok, not worth the use of the ingredients

 Packy using her hands on her puffy paint!

 Horizons Math

Squeak has also been helping more in the kitchen! (she is making chicken and rice here)

 

 

We have a family vacation scheduled to begin this Wednesday through next Monday!! Yippee!! What a blessing!!