Nurse/Doctor Lessons-Part 1 {Weekly Wrap-Up}

Our girls love everything related to medicine and being little doctors! Elle, our 5 year old, is totally engrossed in learning about the human body and how it works. Em, our 2 year old, really LOVES animals and expresses a strong interest in becoming a veterinarian so that she can help all of the animals. We won't be surprised if either or both of them enter the medical field at some point. For now, Elle says she wants to be a Mom, a Doctor and a singer---in that order, LOL:)

This week, we are learning about medicine, anatomy, and having a lot of fun doing it!

Of course, our most important lesson is our Bible Memory Verse for the week. 

I took the girls on a field trip to our local children's science center. We had a wonderful time, as always, but this time, we spent an extended amount of time in the Human Body exhibit areas.

 Elle happily explained the various gestational models to the girls. She was actually in the room when both of her sisters were born, so she is an expert, lol:)

 Checking out the models of child delivery.

 Looking at the x-rays. This was Em's favorite spot! She loved guessing which animals the x-rays were from!

Our future Vet, Dr. Em:)

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 This is where Elle spent most of her time. The Science Center has 12 different videos you can watch of different medical procedures ranging from child birth via c-section, to a dental implant procedure. Elle was totally fascinated with these videos!! It was not anything she had ever seen before, but because she is so interested in learning about the body, she was totally enthralled and never wanted to leave! I couldn't believe it, lol. The videos were pretty gruesome at times, but it did not bother her one bit! 

Well......ever since seeing those videos, Elle has wanted to watch Youtube videos of medical procedures. Honestly, it scares me a bit. The kid is only 5. But, I figure if it is not causing her to retch at the sight or have nightmares, it is good exposure----right?! LOL. 

Here she is, crying, because the rest of the surgery wasn't shown on the video. She wanted to see the sutures and how it all ended. *sigh* Poor girl.

 Here is Elle telling me about the open-heart surgery she is watching. She is really excited because the heart is beating while it is being operated on, so she is feeling her heart beat and showing me. I love talking about this stuff as well. I was pre-med for 3 years in college, but changed my major. I sometimes wonder what if...

 Playing in the Eye Doctor section.

 Dr. Elle fixing up the baby's injuries, lol.

 Em LOVED the color paddles. I think she will be getting some for her birthday soon:)

 That little boy was just too cute:) He kept coming up to Ce Ce and checking her heart beat!

Here are some of our books we are enjoying. We got another load from the library, but I haven't photographed them yet. {We are on summer "break", ha, ha}.

Dr. Elle checking out patient Em;)

This picture made me cry. They just grow up way too fast...

Ce Ce loves to "draw" already!

Elle is working on her doctor/nurse lapbook. This is a book I printed off of Homeschool share.

Elle working on a connect-the-dots of a human body.

I then wrote out some of the body parts for her and she correctly matched them to the picture and wrote out all of the words!

Em learning about bones with our toy skeleton. I am not sure this little guy will have all of his parts by the time this unit is finished:)

Dr. Em working on her doggie. She says he needs surgery, so she is cutting him open, lol. And, every important Veterinarian must have their keys attached to their collar. They teach this at every top Vet School, I am  sure:-).

Em loves working on our wooden anatomy puzzle. It has 5 layers that illustrate the various body systems. Our girls have affectionately named her "Kaelyn" lol. She can be found here.

Elle, continuing to work on her reading comprehension and handwriting.

We are trying various methods to get her to write more often. This is a book she picked out at the Dollar Store and she is enjoying learning about Ariel. She has never seen her before...

Em enjoys learning about the letter M (her letter).  She correctly identified every M on the page and practiced writing M's.

This is a fun file folder game I put together a while back. Em loves matching up the foam letters to the folder. It helps her match the upper and lower case letters.

This is a cute way for Em to have fun counting and working on her math skills.

I put these sheets I printed out inside of a plastic page protector and have her move her animal onto the correct answer to each math problem. She LOVES this game and is really good at counting!

Em has REALLY improved in her drawing skills! Her people now actually have limbs that are discernible as well as eyes and smiles!

Em working on her pre-writing skills using a Doctor Preschool Pack I printed off from Homeschool Creations.

Well, we have covered a lot of amazing lessons so far and are looking forward to more fun next week!
We hope you will join us and tell us what you have been up to!
Blessings,
Aria:)

Messy Mondays!! {Summer Fun} 4!!

Here is our 4th edition of our Messy Monday Funday meme. We are having a great time, hot, but still having fun nonetheless!

 This week, we decided to play outside with bubbles. I attempted to make my own bubble solution{using water, dish soap and glycerin), but the girls wanted even MORE so we could try to make giant bubbles using hula hoops. That idea failed, but we did have a lot of fun and were able to finally get the kiddie pool cleaned out so we can use it!

 Elle and Em had a good time using pipe cleaners to design different bubble wands.

 It was so incredibly hot, the girls ended up in the soapy water, ha, ha!!

We had a lot of fun getting messy today!

After getting dried off, we also decided to check another activity off of our Summer Bucket List, and made our own Popsicles!

Summer Fun at its finest!!
What are you all doing to stay cool this summer?

Blessings,

Aria:)

Messy Mondays!! {Summer Fun} 3 and Happy 4th!

Our latest installment of "Messy Monday Funday" involved shaving cream! Really, really fun and super inexpensive if you buy it at the Dollar Store.

We have found that the extra-thick variety works best!

I just gathered up some scoops, measuring spoons and doctor-related syringes and measuring cup (we are studying Medicine in homeschool right now:) and let the girls get creative.

They made all kinds of food items, medicines, and more! It was great!!

Luckily, Big Daddy was home for the 4th, so little Ce Ce was napping while the big girls and I were able to be outside.

 We took the kids to the fireworks festival on the 4th this year!! The girls are normally very scared of the fireworks and cannot sleep through them, so we were not sure how they would respond being there. Guess what, they LOVED it:) I am so glad we ventured out of our "normal" and kept the kids up super-late (our fireworks didn't start until 10pm!) and tried new things!

Oh, and the funnel cake:)

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July Holiday!

Blessings,

Aria:)

Our 2011 Summer Bucket List and More...

Why does it seem like this summer is just FLYING by?? I know with each child being added to our family, it just seems like the time passes exponentially faster than before! Is it the same in your family?

This summer, we have decided to make a "bucket list" of the fun things we hope to do. Some of the activities we have done before, but a lot of the things we chose are brand new adventures for our family! We are really looking forward to having lots and lots of fun this summer!

 We all decided on what things we thought would be fun. We also looked in books and magazines for inspiration. There are some things we have never done and others are our favorites!

 After gathering all of our suggestions, I made a Word document and inserted photos to make little cards for each activity.

 Then, we just tossed them into our bucket and there we have it.

Our Summer 2011 "Bucket List" of Fun!

We also are going to do a Summer Park Tour this year. We are blessed to have many wonderful metro parks in our area. We have selected 10 of them to visit this summer. 7 of them being new to us. We are going to keep track of them on our Familyfun tear-out we got from the magazine.

 Each time we visit one of the parks on our list, we will take a photo there and put it into our "Park Tour" photo album. This should be a fun way to store our great memories we will make this summer!

Some of the fun things we have on our bucket list include:

• Having a movie night
• Visiting a nursing home
• Praying for someone
• Random acts of kindness
• Making homemade ice cream
• Making bagels
• Making fruit smoothies
• Gardening
• Making smores 
• Flying kites
• Camping out in the backyard *we may have to do this next year when the baby is bigger*
• Having a park party with friends
• Making popsicles
• Making sidewalk paint
• Washing the car
• Going swimming
• Visiting a museum
• Sprinkler fun day
• Bike rides
• Feeding ducks
• Going Bowling
• Cooking out (bbq)
• Playing hopscotch
• Movie night
• Painting our toe nails
• Having a garage sale
• Going on a boat ride
• Going to the zoo
• Baking bread
• Making soft pretzels
• Making lemonade

It should be fun seeing how many things we can cross off of our lists!
How are you planning to enjoy your summer?

Blessings,

Aria:)