Homeschool - February

Our Quill theme for the month was cooking, so both  Nolan and  Livi spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen.  Nolan prepared dinner on Mondays and Livi did on Wednesdays.  Their knife skills are improving, as are the skills at the stove.  It is so wonderful that they love to be involved  in the kitchen!

Olivia worked hard on this adorable walrus art project.  Its head even turns back and forth!

We made mailboxes for everyone's doors and sent letters to each other's mailboxes.  They had lots of fun with this - writing sweet  notes and drawing pictures.

We read two versions of Stone Soup and then they acted out a skit of their own version.

We had a special Valentine's breakfast with pink pancakes and a fancy table!

We made Valentines for nursing home residents through an open craft time at the library.

This month we read, "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott.  We did lots of fun dragon activities, including making clay dragon eggs.

We read the book, "A Fine Dessert" and made Blackberry Fool.  This book showed the progression of technology in the kitchen and how to make Blackberry Fool in the 1700s, 1800s, and today.  It was a great read and was fun and easy to make the yummy dessert!

We spent a few hours at Forth Floral, drinking Briar House drinks, doing our copywork and read aloud, hunting for the kitty, Gucci, and enjoying the spectacular plants.  The warmth and smells in the greenhouse are so relaxing and are such a pick-me-up in this never ending winter.  It was such a good afternoon!

The kids each picked out a succulent and we potted them together once we got home.

The kids learned about Ted Harrison and worked on an awesome winter landscape project inspired by him.  They turned out so cool!

We made these awesome dragon egg projects, complete with a creepy dragon eye peeking out!

Since we had to cancel our "One and Only Bob" party due to constant illnesses, we had banana splits anyway!

We made Hodag signs to go cheer on our buddy, Owen, at his hockey tournament.  He is the goalie and the kids loved watching him play!