Homeschool is my life and I LOVE it!!: February 2011

Monday, February 7, 2011

Sewing Valentine Heart Pillows

First: Cut out 2 hearts

Second: Sew the hearts together - inside out

Third: Turn rightside out, stuff, finish sewing together

LAST: Hug and Snuggle and give to a Valentine

Creative Writing: Create a story for the distorted picture

This assignment was hilarious!
I uploaded a picture of Simone and Eddie to FotoFlex.com
Then I distorted their picture and had them write about it.

*** Edison had a hard time making his character fictional ***

Edison wrote:
Alien Big Nose has a fat nose.
When Big Nose sneezes he makes trees fall.
He runs away from the trees.
He is me. He is not an Alien.
Mom made my picture funny on the computer.

***Simone had a lot of fun with this. She really liked teasing Eddie about his picture! ***

Simone wrote:
Big Eyes can see well because she has big eyes.
She can eat well because she has big teeth.
Where does she come from? Jupiter is her home.
Flying around is what she likes to do.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Andre's ABC Games

Although we review with ABC flashcards, Andre learns the letters best through games. Here are a few that we have been doing...

Andre is jumping on the letters that I tell him to find.

Andre is driving on the letters and telling me what they are.

Andre is pointing to letters that I say.

Andre is shining a flashlight at the letters as he tells me thier sounds.

Andre can write his name!!!!!!!!!
(He was still working on his e when I took his picture)

Andre and Eli where playing music together.
I was leading them in a round of the alphabet song.
It's Eli's turn to start learning his ABCs:)

Fingerprints

1. We read about finger prints in our Science Book.
2. For each kid, Josh dipped one of their thumbs in ink and
made two prints of them - on two separate pieces of paper.
3. We mixed up the prints and the kids had to look closely at them to find the ones that match.
4. Then, Simone and Eddie had to write and type a paragraph about it.