March Homeschool

Our first birds at our new feeder - Pine Siskins!

I wasn't feeling well and Nolan made me breakfast in bed.

While I was under the weather, someone else opened the mail and Simon found his penguin squishmallow birthday present a little early!

We made adorable farm finger puppets together.

Nolan was invited to be interviewed by WJFW TV-12 about 4-H's Creative Arts Expo.  Though he was very nervous, he was well-spoken and poised and was a great representative for his club!

 

We finally watched "Wicked," complete with pink and green snacks.  We all LOVED it!

My 4/5K Storytime class painted fishes to go with our Ocean theme.

We finished up "Once Upon a Camel" with paper camel races, reports on the Desert biome, and of course, a sample of camel milk!

We started reading the book, "The Last Mapmaker," and started our own mapmaking project.  The kids painted their paper with coffee, let it dry, and then arranged rice in the desired shape of their land masses.  They traced around it and were left with their continent which they developed into a map, with landforms, landmarks, and all sorts of imagination!  Simon especially enjoyed this project!

Auntie Brigid came to visit and we went bowling together!

February Homeschool

Our 4H Club volunteered at the Rhinelander Food Pantry.  The kids helped distribute the groceries and load client's cars.  They found it to be a very fun and rewarding experience and hope to do it again!

 Simon has recently taken an interest in penguins, so we began reading "Mr. Popper's Penguins" and doing a penguin unit study.  He mapped all of the kinds of penguins on a growth chart and found out he is just barely taller than an emperor penguin!

This semester I am teaching a Simon's Storytime class at co-op.  It is fun to get to know Simon's classmates and do some fun books/projects with them.  We did a dog themed storytime, read the book, "Arlo Needs Glasses," and made these adorable Arlo puppies.

Out to breakfast at Friendship House with my babies.

We made these awesome dragon eyes out of polymer clay.

We read "The Mona Lisa Vanishes," a nonfiction book about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.  The kids learned about finger printing and solved the case of whose fingerprints were left on the frame!

My 4/5K kids making their Valentines Day necklaces.

We began the book, "Once Upon a Camel," and made these adorable camel art projects.

Olivia and Nolan entered the Rhinelander Women's Club Creative Writing Contest.  This time they both entered a poem and a short story.  Both of them received awards for their work.  I am so proud of them!

We spent Valentine's Day with Grandma in Wausau, going to some of our favorite stores and having lunch at a Mexican Restaurant.  

We had an Italy day where we made/ate homemade pasta!  Yum!