From Valentine’s parties to learning to count by 5’s, 10’s, and 25’s using money, February was a busy month! We played a lot of board games. This one, Spider Pete’s Treasure Game, is great for cooperation, taking turns, and even coordination. We found a foam letter set on Amazon, which the girls have enjoyed using. …
This week we had sun and warm enough days to be outside without coats, eating popsicles! It was a nice reprieve from all the dreary winter weather. We took full advantage and were outside as much as we could be. We found a pack of card games; Go Fish, Crazy 8s, Old Maid, Slap Jack, …
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This week we delved deeper into what winter is and how different animals survive during colder months. The two books we focused on were Hibernation and How Do You Know It’s Winter? Both books were fairly short, but packed with great information. For our growth mindset book, we checked out The Most Magnificent Thing. It’s …
Before I talk about what we did during week two of our Winter Wonderland curriculum, I want to mention two books we loved that I forgot to mention in last week’s post. The first is The Cow Tripped Over the Moon, which is a short rhyming book about storybook victims. It showed how there are …
I’m very thankful we already had a break built into the month of December. We ended up dealing with two illnesses and a week where my back was out so badly that I was in survival mode and homeschooling would not have been on the agenda. We had some small activities planned for the month, …