The first is a book of ABC verses. Lee learns 1 a week (if he doesn't that's ok). I "laminate" each verse using contact paper, and will punch a hole in the upper corner where i will connect them after we get to Z. Then it will be a little book for him to revisit all the verses together.

Here is the website that i get each verse: from http://www.personalityinsights.com/ABC%20bible%20verses.pdf

Project #2 will take a bit longer, but i am very excited about it! Every week we read 1 bible story for the whole week.

I print out the story we are reading, "laminate" the front and back cover, which i also print on card stock, and bind. This book is only bound at the corner, but next time i will bind them in a spiral fashion. So by the end of our studies we should have a collection of bible story books that we can reuse as often as we like!

Our homeschool group made a trip to the petting zoo this week, and the kids had FUN! I, personally, hoped they would have had more animals, and it would have been more hands on....but the kids enjoyed it, and it was great to meet up with the moms :)

{Turtle}

{Millie and Leijah chatting about something}

{Birds}

{Listening to Mrs. Fountain talk about the birds}

{Petting the Guinea Pig}

{Petting the rabbit}

{Another guinea pig}

{Everyone paying attention}

{Billy, the billy goat}

{Looking at duck eggs}

{Feeding the fish}

{Leijah asking a question}

{African Gray Parrot}

{Hunter and Lathan}

Had some fun water play today using funnels! Only things you need are: Plastic funnel, a cup, and a pitcher of water.

Lee poured the water...

So, Lee has been having alot of trouble with pattern sequencing. He just didn't get it. And it didn't look like he would be getting it! Oh, well, he'd get it when he was ready...right? So i left it alone.

I made some colored pasta noodles for him since he enjoys stringing noodles.

So far he had only been using the plain colored, yellowish ones (without any coloring). As i treat, i made some brown and red ones...you know, add a little variety lol!

It was REALLY easy.

I put a couple noodles in a ziploc baggie and added a tiny drop of vinegar (you don't want soggy noodles!)

Added a drop of food coloring (i used gel)

Squish it all together

When the color was even on all pasta peices, i let them dry on a brown paper bag

Then they were free to use!

Then guess what! Lee started using pattern to string the noodles! This is how it went:

Lee: look mama! Red, yellow, brown, red, yellow, brown.....next comes red!

Me: Good Job....so, what comes after red?

Lee: Yellow (strings a yellow one)
Me: Awesome! Thennnn....
Lee: Brown!

And he kept on going!

How awesome is that! Just goes to show, you don't have to "teach" kids.... kids just get it when the environment is right for them to learn it :)


And of course little brother was learning in his own way also!