A week in the life of homeschoolers - Week 17

We did some homeschool everyday except Thursday and Friday, but I am sure the kids still learned a thing or two even though we weren't actually doing worksheets or unit studies.

Monday: The kids continued to work on their Thanksgiving studies. We went to the playground for a little bit. And then they helped me do some chores and make our Advent calendar to go along with our Truth in the Tinsel Advent e-book.

Phonics Thanksgiving words.

Thanksgiving BINGO!

Handwriting Thanksgiving words.

Unloading and loading the dishwasher.

Helping make the Advent calendar.

Tuesday: We had a very busy day. First we went to Barnes and Nobles for storytime. Then we went on a hike/bike ride with some homeschool friends. Then we headed to the library for lego fun time!
 

Gwyn was a little distracted at storytime.

Rowyn showing me the ladybug he caught.

My monkey!

Gwyn is so fast now on her bike.

Rowyns sea monster!

Wednesday: I wasn't feeling super motivated because my friend sent me a text message telling me she was in the hospital. But we still managed to get a little bit done. We made read some Thanksgiving books, made thankful trees and made a Turkey trap. The kids also played on ABC Mouse and watched a Thankgiving video.

The finished thankful trees.

Gwyn loves ABC Mouse.

Even Rowyn learns something by watching her.

Decorating the Turkey trap.

The trap is set....

Scholastic Thanksgiving video.

Thursday: Thanksgiving day aka Turkey day! We check the Turkey trap only to find that he got away, but he did leave the kids a couple pieces of candy. The kids didn't have traditional school but they still learned a few things and got to spend time with their Mommom, Poppop and two of their cousins (the rest of the family was in PA).

Checking the Turkey trap.

He got away but he did leave us some feathers and chocolate.

Rowyn and Poppop

Gwyn peeling potatoes.

Yummy!

Mouth full of food!

Friday: We went to visit our friend at the hospital. It was the first time the kids were ever in a hospital so it was a new experience for them. They also made cards for our friend.

 
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A week in the life of homeschoolers - Week 16

We had a fantastic week. We did a couple of fun field trips and continued working on our Thanksgiving unit. I noticed many homeschool friends are taking off next week for the Thanksgiving holiday and honestly I haven't even really given much thought to taking breaks throughout the year. Because my kids only do a couple hours of "school" each day and almost everything they do is a learning experience we will most likely be homeschooling a little everyday except Thursday and I will have a week in the life of homeschoolers post next week.

So here is our week in the life of homeschoolers update week 16!

Monday: It was speech class as usual follow by some library fun. We spent about 2 hrs at the library reading lots of books and joining in on storytime.
 

Here are a few of the books we read.

Gwyn coloring her Turkey which was posted on the library wall.

Some more books we read.

Tuesday: We worked on our Thanksgiving unit.

Making a Thanksgiving mini book.

Making the Mayflower.

Turkey color by number one of Gwyns favorite things to do.

Finding the same size objects.

Pom Pom Turkey and fist time using a low temp glue gun.

Pom Pom Turkey.

Wow if I would have know that static clings would keep them busy for over 20 min I would have gotten some a long time ago.

Decorating piggy banks (or ticket banks in the kids case).

Finished ticket banks. I love how they decided to put wings on them. I told the kids about the saying, "when pigs fly." Gwyn laughed hysterically and said mommy pigs don't fly.

Wednesday: We had a field trip at Stevie B's pizza. Originally the field trip was supposed to be at Cici's pizza (did you know they have a whole pizza curriculum set up for field trips) but their restaurant had a water main break so we had to make alternate arrangements. A few of us decided (that didn't want to disappoint the kids) decided to go to another pizza restaurant up the road. The kids didn't get the tour or make their own pizzas but they still had fun with their friends playing games and eating pizza.

Skee ball, but most of the time the balls were flying across the room.

The kids watching 500 tickets come out. Their one friend hit the JACKPOT!

Homeschool lesson adding and subtracting to figure out what goodies you can get.

Gwyn learned that just because its a buffet it doesn't mean you should just keep eating. The girl had 4 pieces of pizza a bread stick and ice cream. She wanted more but I cut her off because I told her she would get a belly ache.

Thursday: We worked more on our Thanksgiving unit. By the time next Thursday comes around I may be so sick of seeing Turkeys I may not be able to actually eat any, lol.

Putting the Thanksgiving story in chronological order.

Rowyn being a grump because I was asking him to color. He still hasn't finished it....

I was so proud of Gwyn she read the colors all on her own!!!!

Letter recognition.

Thanksgiving phonics.

My son still writing/drawing with both hands.

See what I mean another Turkey craft and there will be more next week.

Friday: Gwyn attended her first science class at the library. It was a 2 hr class where she learned all about pulleys, leverage and more (the best thing is that the science class is FREE). While Gwyn was in class I took advantage of the time to work 1 on 1 with Rowyn on his A,B,C recognition and writing. Later a friend met us and her little one played with Rowyn. After class was over we went to a local pizza shop for lunch.

Putting together a puzzle and going over 1,2,3's.

Mommy, "can we write letters." mommy, "sure." He wrote a couple then says, "mommy I don't want to do this anymore."

Gwyn taking photos again.

Another one of Gwyns shots.

Saturday: Yup homeschooling on Saturday again. We went to Michaels and made gift bags and then we went to Barnes and Nobles for storytime (again both FREE or mostly free events - the Michaels craft cost us $1). When we got to Barnes and Nobles though we were surprised to see LOTS of little kids running around and the storytime area packed. We then realized that there was an early education school doing a book fair fundraiser. There were kids singing, storytime, face painting and temporary tattoos. So we decided to hang out and the kids had a great time watching the other kids singing and they got multiple storytimes.

Making gift bags at Michaels.

Gwyns gift bag.

Barnes and Nobles storytime.

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