Homeschool - December

Aside from their normal reading and math work, homeschool in December looked a lot like Christmas gift making and other holiday themed projects.

They made salt dough ornaments to give away as gifts. We tried to use pine needles to decorate them naturally, but they didn't stick and we ended up painting them instead.

The kids got a soap making kit from Grandma this fall.  It was super fun to make this.  They chopped up the clear portion of the soap and microwaved it until it was liquid.  In the meantime they dropped different soap shapes into the soap molds.  Simon loved this part, but despite me telling him repeatedly that it was soap, NOT CANDY, he smugly stuck it into his mouth.  He was so defiant and sassy about it...until he started to chew and realized it was not candy after all.  Sometimes this kid has to learn things the hard way I guess.  After that they poured the liquid soap over the top of the shapes and let it sit in the molds until it hardened.  The soaps turned out beautiful and smelled so good.  

 

We did Santa Claus directed drawings, and used watercolor paints to finish them off.  They turned out adorable!

Olivia and Nolan wrote letters about what they love about each other.  They read them aloud and it was so sweet to see how proud they were to read and hear what was written.  

The last week of December, the kids enjoyed playing with their Christmas presents.  Simon enjoyed playing in his new work bench, Olivia painted her model horses, and Nolan and I built a Harry Potter Lego set.