Letter Cc is For...{Part 2}, plus a fun {Science Spotlight}!!

This week has totally FLOWN BY!! I don't know about you all, but the time change here really didn't do us any good. The girls are super-tired and no one is really on a good flowing schedule yet. I really pray that we all get some rest soon and get back 

to our normal daily rhythms. Plus, my husband has been sick and now the girls sound like they are getting it. too--ack!

Both Elle and Em do an excellent job with their weekly Bible Memory Verse!
They always look forward to seeing what the new verse will be;-)

Well, here is the continuation of our Letter C studies. It was so much fun studying about the Water Cycle. I promised you more about it and here it is!

We made this awesome Water Cycle visual aid that we just love using to discuss

and learn about the water cycle! It is really a great way to really "see" how the water keeps moving throughout a continuous cycle. I put a brad in the center of it so you rotate the top circle and the windows give you a peak into the water as it cycles through. Elle decided to add some color to it prior to me laminating it. I think we will use this one in a lapbook!

We also continued on with some fun arts and crafts! The letter of the week is C, the shape is circle and the animal is cow. Check out some of the fun activities we did!

 Cows made from toilet paper rolls. So fun talking about cows having 4 stomachs! And, even though we don't use or drink cow milk in our home, we talked about it and how mammals feed their babies milk given from God (just like Mommy is nursing Ce Ce;). We are also going to make our own butter tomorrow-so stay tuned for that fun project!!

These are the other books we are studying this week!

We did some "cloud" painting with "cotton" and "clothespins".

~really reinforced the Letter C teachings.

Every time we went for a walk outside or a drive in the minivan, we talked about the clouds. Observing their shapes and making note of the pictures we could see in the clouds.

 We got this idea from Shannon's Tot School. It is coffee filter spray art and was a lot of fun for both of our older girls!!!

First, they drew on the filters with washable markers.

 Then, they sprayed them with plain water and let the colors bleed and run a bit.

We are going to let them dry and use them for various flowers and crafts tomorrow!

 Next, C is for "corn!" We found this cute corn craft on the blogosphere somewhere, I just cannot remember where(the lack of sleep is making my brain a bit foggy;).

 Elle really enjoyed eating her real corn and making this decorative corn. 

Then, I found this AMAZING Science project book for only 30 cents at my local Thrift Store!!

Each letter of the alphabet has a corresponding science craft or activity! It is so cool;-) Do you see the 30 on the front cover?? Yup, really, only 30 cents!!

 "C is for Crystals" is our {Science Spotlight} for the week. Each unit in the book has a rhyming story and then a craft or activity 

to go with the letter.

The girls had a lot of fun making these shapes with the crystal water. We will let them dry and make necklaces out of them tomorrow! What a fun activity!!! 

I am going to use this book every week! Not bad for 30 cents!! LOL.

Lastly, Em has been having a great time sorting her fall colored "crystals" and gems!! 

Elle has also enjoyed using them while studying math. We use them for counting, visual learning and also subtraction. They are a lot of fun!

That's our week so far! Thank you all so much for reading! 

We always love to hear from you, so share some love and please leave a comment;-)

Blessings,

Aria

P.S. And for dinner, hubby grilled out some amazing "chicken" breasts! Here was my wonderfully delicious dinner sandwich! I made him some home made chicken linguine soup with veggies--it was also amazing!

Letter C is for....

This week, we are studying the letter Cc and having a lot of fun doing it!! Some of our main focus is learning about the Water Cycle and Clouds. We are eating a lot of fun foods that start with C-cantaloupe, clementines, cauliflower, chicken, carrots, 

cucumbers, circle-shaped sandwiches, and cheese!

We had a great playdate/homeschool day with some of our closest friends! The girls always love spending time with their "little brother" and I love the friendships we are all developing!

We chose to "create" some salt dough shapes with our friends. 

They had a lot of fun and made a fun mess, lol.

 Baby M thought the dough was VERY tasty;-)

Snack time!

It was a GORGEOUS fall day, so we had to take a walk and go to our neighborhood's creek. The kids love "collecting" leaves.

 "Compassion" is one of the godly Character Traits we are teaching our girls-along with caring--- I love how much they love each other!

Continuing in our Letter C lessons, we studied the Water Cycle and how clouds work.

Here are the books we are studying this week.

 

We went for another wonderful walk and looked for clouds in the sky. We had a fun time popping popcorn and looking out the window at the sky. We talked about the different shapes the popcorn made and looked for different shapes in the clouds. It was a pretty clear day, so not many clouds out like usual here.

Since we had the popcorn already, we included it into our "craft" for the day.

 Em also had lots of fun scooping out her "clouds".

Here are the girls studying our Letter C drawer from our Alphabet Box.  Some of the items in them are, chairs, card, crayon, cotton, caterpillar, cans, car, cow and more.

 It was so fun seeing Em say "Hey Diddle Diddle" with the wooden cow and have him jump over the moon chair-it was so cute! We are learning that nursery rhyme this week.

The girls also "created" bead bracelets!

Stay tuned for more Letter C activities and more on the Water Cycle.

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Dyed Rice Artwork and More!

We are off to another wonderful week of homeschool! The girls love doing hands-on arts and crafts and I am always including new crafts into our curriculum. This week, we are studying the letter C, colors, clouds and the water cycle (more on the water cycle later). We made some dyed rice in primary colors to use in various crafts and also for Em to use as her Montessori pouring activities.  Making dyed rice is super-simple and lots of fun!!!

 Even a 5-month old can help make it;-)

 Aren't these colors vibrant and beautiful!?

All you have to do is take plain rice, add a few drops of food coloring and some water in a ziploc back and shake, rattle and roll around to spread the color evenly.

Then, lay it out on a sheet with paper towels to dry it out. 

That's it!!

Here are the crafts we have done so far. We had to include the clouds made of cotton balls because of the books we are reading this week:

 We are continuing in the fall theme with using trees and leaves and also including a bit of anatomy with tracing of the hands and arm. The girls love this kind of artwork. 

These are really nice opportunities to teach about textures and colors when you use a 3-dimensional craft medium. It really helps preschoolers learn from a hands-on approach and they LOVE seeing the end results of their hard work!!

Thanks for checking out our latest homeschool projects!

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