About This Blog

This blog started out as a fun blog about different projects I did with my kids, then it turned into a homeschooling blog, now...it's kind of both. I love doing activities with my kids and making fun things for them to play with. I'm a huge fan of busy bag activities and I am a mild hoarder, as I feel the need to save EVERYTHING, just in case I find a fun activity that requires egg cartons or something. Also, I have a slight obsession with felt. I hope you enjoy this blog and maybe find some inspiration in the randomness of it all. :)







Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Fall

We've been doing this one for a couple weeks. I've gotten behind on my blogging and I don't have time to post my daily curriculum, so I will just focus on the projects we did.

First I introduced all the seasons. We made a seasons poster. I found clip art pictures for the kids to glue on, but you could also have the kids look through magazines to find pictures to cut out and glue on for each season. We talked about the different activities we do in each season, what kind of clothes we wear, etc.

After that we focused on fall, since that is the season we are in. I will do the other season as they come. We started off with a nature walk to collect fall things. We ended up with a bag full of sticks, rocks, acorns and leaves. I eventually plan to do leaf rubbings and possibly make stick people with the acorns and sticks. I also found some other cute things to do with them. I will post them when I do them.
I incorporated shapes (and colors for Lulu) into my most recent lesson plan and did this Autumn Family Landscape.


A word of caution when working with acorns. Evidently they can be filled with weevils. So you either have to bake them on really low heat or freeze them. I've heard stories about acorn/bug explosions from the baking method, so I am opting for the freezer method. :)

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