First Day Fun, OK Well, Second Day, and Third, etc.

Here are a few highlights of the last several days:

Seamus working with his new Pink Reading Series Sound Bins "a" & "t".  He loves these and has worked through "c" & "m" already!!  I am so glad I decided to go ahead and make these up, as they are such a fun way for him to learn (and ME too) :)

A little better look at the setup!

Sean-Paul enjoying his Pink Tower work immensely!!  Notice he's holding tight to the tiniest cube, he really covets this little piece, too funny!

Oldest brother Matthias working on some Wildflower Research.  After he and his sister matched and identified all of the Three-Part Cards, they each chose a few to research and make some notebook pages!  All of the pictures were taken on hikes that we've done as a family in and around our beautiful area that we live, so this is especially meaningful work because they remember when and where we saw these beauties in nature!!

Violet doing her pages and incorporating her grammar lesson into her Research as she needed to write some sentences about things in nature, how fitting!!

Her notebook page, complete with some beautiful flowers from a hike we took a month or so ago that she preserved so beautifully for her special Nature Notebook.

Pouring rice, Cup to Cup!

Pour rice, Pitcher to Cup!

Learning the names of Dinosaur's with our Prehistoric Nomenclature Cards, the first of the Three-Period Lesson!

Lest we forget, the beloved Toob Dinosaurs to match with the cards!!

The littlest of course, could not resist a turn with the Dinosaurs!

We had a lovely celebration for Our Lady of Knock on Tuesday and then an equally wonderful day celebrating The Queenship of Mary complete with Cupcakes frosted appropriately green for Knock and Blue for the Queen!! 

I hope your week has been SPLENDERIFEROUS!!  Many blessings in your new year!

Comments

[Andrea]

It looks like you had a great week! I love seeing how you incorporate Montessori with the older kids- it looks like they really took to it- and why wouldn't they with those wonderful materials you put together! And the sound bins are awesome- where did you get all the objects?

[Heather]

First I want to say that I love all of your new school supplies they are great. I especially love the thre part wildflower cards. Also I gave you an award over at my site if you want to check it out.

[betty]

Oh-My-Goodness! What fun! I wish I could reverse time a little (I guess it would have to be a LOT!) and homeschool my children with all these wonderful ideas!!! You are an amazingly talented and dedicated Mom! Have a GREAT year with your little cuties!!!

[Theresa]

Awesome, Meredith! What a great start! I am so glad to finally be able to see some of the things we have been talking about. Your kiddos look like they are really into it, too. Hooray!

[aussieannie]

Beautiful, Meredith!

[Katherine in TX]

Looks like you're having a great week. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Louise]

I love it Meredith! Everything looks so inviting!

[Jordan]

These pictures are wonderful! You have such lovely things available for your children. Thank you for sharing these.

[Carmen]

It really looks like there is great enjoyment over there. I especially like the dinosaurs! We are over-run with dinosaurs over here too. Luke always "needs" another meat eater. He goes to garage sales with his Daddy and they always seem to come back with more dinosaurs!! Anyway, everything looks very organized at your home! -Carmen

[Carmen]

It really looks like there is great enjoyment over there. I especially like the dinosaurs! We are over-run with dinosaurs over here too. Luke always "needs" another meat eater. He goes to garage sales with his Daddy and they always seem to come back with more dinosaurs!! Anyway, everything looks very organized at your home! It looks like a great beginning. We won't start until after Labor day. I'm still planning our first term. -Carmen

[Jennifer]

SPLENDERIFEROUS! Love it! What a grand word for that great week you've had.

[Toni in the Midst]

Oh Meredith,
I had so much fun reading over your first few days of homeschool, especially with the photos added.

We start tomorrow (yikes). I figure there's no day like Labor Day to get 'em going, lol.

I feel fairly organized and ready to go. The kids are ready to resume as well. Happy homeschooling to both our families.
Blessings,
~Toni~