Our Corn Lessons!

This week, we had a really nice time studying CORN!

 Our Bible memory Verses. We had 2 for this week.

 We studied the Life Cycle of Corn and made these cute little Indian Corn Crafts!

 The girls had a lot of fun painting with corn cobs!

 I set up an "Estimation Station" with jars filled with various items (apples, pumpkins, fall gems, pompoms, etc) and had the girls try to estimate the number of items in each jar.

 They really loved this activity!

 Em counted all of the pumpkins--all 31 of them:)

 The girls tallied their results. They did pretty well at estimating!

 Em enjoyed working with our "Eye Spy" Jar. I would ask her to find certain things for me or she would just call out what she found.

 The girls with their Indian Corn Crafts they made.

 Just having fun being "corny!" Ha, ha!

 Em worked with our Letter C drawer.

 Elle wrote a fall acrostic poem.

 Em worked on her one-to-one number recognition by putting the corresponding number of gems into each cupcake paper. I wrote the numbers 1-6 and 7-12 on paper cupcake liners and she put in the appropriate number of gems.

 Elle wrote a short story based on the bird and the corn cob.

 Em working on her geography. She knows the 7 continents and enjoys learning about animals that live on each continent.

 Elle schooling Em on the equator, the compass directions and more!

 The girls made these beautiful Indian Corn necklaces. We soaked the corn kernels in water overnight and laced them onto thread.

 The girls made these corn prints using bubble wrap to imprint the paint colors.

 Painting with corn husks. We are always trying new formats for learning!

We discussed thoughts on what people used for paint brushes before anyone had invented paint brushes. The girls came up with all kinds of funny ideas!

 Elle describing her artwork to us:).

 I put together a Fall Sensory Tray for the girls. They took turns picking items and classifying them based on their textures. We also put the items into a pillow case and played a "Touch & Feel" Guessing game--it was really fun!

 Elle working on the tower. She had to move quickly, before her little sisters came to knock it down!

 Elle working on her calendar and days of the week. She also did the weather station.

Elle is also working on addition and subtraction.

Here, Elle is doing addition using Dominoes.

 During Elle's free time, she designed an Obstacle Course!

 Em wanted to pull out the two-part cards. She loves working with anything that has animals on it!

 These were a challenge for her, but with some practice, she mastered it and had fun!!

Here is our new "Imagination Station." I found this beautiful box at a thrift store and put in a picture I had of some clouds and a blue sky. I really want the sky to be the limit with this activity!

I simply tossed in a bunch of household items and allow the girls to use their imaginations to come up with whatever inventions they would like!!! It has been fun watching their little minds work~especially the baby--she LOVES this box {and she loves playing with her Daddy}!

And, of course, we had a lot of fun eating foods with corn! I have a very cranky, teething toddler right now(who still REFUSES to sleep at night or nap well), so I was short on time to take photos this week. We enjoyed corn muffins with corn kernels baked inside, corn on the cob, corn chips, tacos, and corn salad!

We certainly hope you have enjoyed our corn unit! See you next time!

Blessings,

Aria:)

Thanksgiving Week Wrap-Up!! {Part 1}

We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving week!! It started out a bit lagging because I was highly disappointed that our Thanksgiving was not going to turn out as "planned." BUT, God gave me the grace to plow through, remain flexible and make the most of what we DO have (counting my blessings and remaining grateful- "Give thanks in all circumstances." I Thesselonians 5:18 comes to mind)!

We did have a regular school week for the most part, but the BEST part of the week was having my husband home Weds-Sunday!! Oh, we LOVE when Daddy is home--it makes our days go even faster, but they are so much more fun! What is it about Daddy that brings the "fun factor" into the day?? I often wonder about this...

On our Learning Chart for this week:

Letter G, Number 2, and our Bible Verse "Give thanks to the lord, for he is good. His love endures forever."  Our godly character trait/action for the week was giving. Each week, we focus on a different trait to instill in our girls {got to make sure they are firmly rooted in a godly foundation.}

The girls had their memory verse totally memorized on Monday of this week! We are always amazed at their absorbent minds and how much they retain so quickly! Em really loved this verse and at the end added "his love endures forever and ever, and ever, and ever!" We thought this was so cute--I wish I could get it on video and post it here!

Letter G is for GYM!!

We recently joined a WONDERFUL Homeschool Gym class in our town!! The girls LOVE going each week and really look forward to it! Elle is old enough to formally be in the class, but the church has a wonderful play room for toddlers/babies and Em loves going there and playing while Elle is in gym class. Plus, the gym teacher is so kind, he allows all the siblings to join in some free play time between classes;-) I even get a chance to get some exercise and run around with the kids--it is a lot of fun for everyone! This is especially nice since it has gotten cold here and we will be spending more time indoors. Plus, it gives our girls another nice opportunity to socialize with other homeschooled children and their families. We have met some really nice homeschoolers through this class and look forward to 

taking field trips with them as well!

Ce Ce and Em playing while Elle is in Gym class.

Also, G is for Grandma! My Mother-In-Law has been coming over and spending some time with the girls recently. They always look forward to seeing her and 

getting special "Grandma time!"

We have had a blast reading all types of Thanksgiving-themed books this week! Here are a few of our favorites!!

This week's Science Experiment:

"G is for Glue."

 We had a really fun time making glue! The girls couldn't believe the goopy mixture was going to actually become sticky and hold!

 I LOVE how excited Elle gets about learning new things!

We created Books of Thanks this week in celebration of Thanksgiving. 

We had the girls go through some magazines and cut out pictures of some of their favorite things-things that they are thankful for. Then, they cut them out and glued them inside of a booklet we printed and colored a cornucopia. It was a great activity related to thanksgiving and a fun craft as well!

 Em REALLY LOVES reading her Book of Thanks! She keeps telling everyone "I made this" and telling all of the things she is thankful for--what a blessing;) Plus, Elle has been VERY patient and listens to her read the book over.and.over.and.over.again, lol!

Here is our Letter G drawer--(girl, glitter, goat, guitar) from our Alphabet Box. We always have so much fun with these little treasures! Em is even doing a really good job of coming up with words that start with the letter G;)

Just so I could get started on the massive amount of cooking we did for Thanksgiving, we let the girls have a little screen time on starfall. They really enjoyed creating an avatar and Elle did an EXCELLENT job reading and navigating the site!! I was so proud of how well they worked as a team and discovered lots of new and fun ways to learn using the computer!

We had absolutely NO idea what Em was making here, but she took her time and came up with this design all by herself;) She was so proud of her work--Elle wanted to hopscotch on it, lol.

 I guess it's not so bad when your kids would rather play with their

books than their toys, LOL! Elle did a pretty nice job of sorting her books by size. She also will sort them by genre.

 Here are some of their corn crafts for Thanksgiving.

 The girls thought it was really fun painting with q-tips! I wish I would've had some actual corn cobs they could've painted with--next time!

Well, there is a look at part 1 of our Thanksgiving Week! Stay tuned for more;)

As always, thank you so much for reading! We sincerely hope you are inspired by something you see on our blog! We appreciate your comments and wish you blessings!