The First Few Weeks

Whirl. Wind. That's how I would describe the beginning of our school year.
With four children grades first through ninth being educated at home, with three of these children participating in three different fall sports, with two of these children taking piano lessons, and all four of these children participating or volunteering in a midweek ministry at our church...well, yeah, whirl wind describes these past few weeks quite well.

1. {places we are going} - One of those fall sports is girls' volleyball. That's my oldest daughter gearing up to serve. It is her first year playing with the team and I'm pretty sure this is gonna be a long term thing for her. She loves it!

2. {places we are going} - What is summer without a trip to the beach, especially when it really is only a day trip from your home? At least that is what we said when we realized we hadn't been there all summer long. So, we packed up and headed to the shore for a day. My youngest is pictured jumping the in coming tide.

3. {in our homeschool this week} - I taught a former pirate turned football player. 

4. {in our homeschool this week} - We have been adding some living math books to their daily math practice.

5. {in our homeschool this week} - One of my favorite chapter books to read aloud is Wind in the Willows. We started this year by reading, and laughing our way, through it.

6. {things I'm working on} - Thursday of last week, our family decided to switch the family room and homeschool room by moving everything around. We did it all in one day. Now, we are organizing the new room as we use it. That's my desk pictured above. The bag is part of a program found here.

{I'm grateful for overhearing this conversation.} My oldest son to a sister: "No really, you should read this...I'm not sure how to best explain it and even if I really like it,...but it sure is well written." He was referring to After Twenty Years, by O. Henry - a short story he was using in his literary analysis class.

{my favorite thing this week} Science observations and lessons are quickly becoming a family favorite. Pictured above are a science demonstration one of my daughters did during a co-op class, a bird we observed at the beach (it went in the bird journal), a cicada shell my youngest found at a family cook out, the bug collection we are accumulating, and the bird feeder my youngest made during his science co-op class.

For those interested ~
Bug collection is housed in a shallow 12" square scrapbook paper plastic bin with a lid found at AC Moore. I found a piece of Styrofoam to fit and adhered it to the bottom of the bin. We use straight pins to 'pin' the bugs into place.

Bird feeder is half an orange with the fruit scooped out and filled with a mixture of peanut butter, oats, raisins and orange juice. Instructions on how to cut and hang the orange half are found here.

On a side note, I found a great idea for bird seed ornaments to give as gifts here while searching the web for 'how to make a bird feeder'. Of course, I pinned it for later and will be returning to it as the holidays get closer.



Find more weekly wrap-ups at:

Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Collage Friday at Homegrown Learners

Homeschool Mother's Journal at So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler?

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