It's October! 

We just finished with D week at homeschool - 

Marigold finished the first book of the Dark is Rising series,

and I've been busy making plans for Jared's homecoming later this month.

DOG DAY:
We sang BINGO -
and read Go dog Go, and Henry Helps with the dog.

Ashlynn and Caleb liked this bone matching game

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Caleb really enjoys these color by number worksheets,

where he has to solve the math problems before coloring

My Mom's Dog, Fritz, was a big part of our day!

We took him for a walk, and fed him in the morning...

Then we watched Harry, the dirty Dog

Afterwards, we brushed Fritz, and gave him a bath!

Our snack was apple and toast bones with Nutella for dipping

We ended our day by making a doggy craft 

showing why each of them love Fritz

DUCK DAY:

We sang Five Little Ducks
and read Make way for Ducklings

Number writing practice, 

Number recognition and color recognition

all in one worksheet :)

We played a die game and stamped ducklings

This is always a favorite-

we count them all when we're done 

We played a shape matching game too-

DINOSAUR DAY:
We sang "If you're a T-rex and you know it"
We read Danny and the Dinosaur



We did so many worksheets,
I'll just share the more unique work...

These folder games are left over from last year-

Ashlynn did them all by herself, she was so Proud!

We did a roll the die, dot the dino game

We learned about fossils, 

Cut out different dinosaur pieces, and glued them together

Snack time was simple - Dinosaur fruit snacks

 we went on a dinosaur egg hunt 

and had dinosaur chicken nuggets for lunch

DRAGON DAY:

I was really excited for Dragon Day
Papa sang Puff the magic dragon for us while playing his guitar

First, we learned about Western Dragons:

We read St George and the Dragon

which has the most amazing illustrations, by the way

Then we made these great "fire breathing" dragons

After snack, we learned about Eastern dragons

We read The dragon and the Monkey

and made a "flying" Eastern Dragon craft

But wait, that was only 4 school days - 

That's right !  

With Jared's homecoming and our move right around the corner,

I decided that spending time planning with him 

trumped school on Tuesday.

Flexibility is another reason homeschool is so great!

I Love Homeschool - Letter C week

We had so much fun with the letter C this week!

CATERPILLAR DAY:

We learned about the life cycle of a caterpillar

This was a great worksheet -

we rolled a die, said the name of that stage of life,

and the colored it in...

the kids really enjoyed it!

Then we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar

and used the game I made for it last year

Caleb and Ashlynn had so much fun finding the foods 

as we read through the story,

and stringing the caterpillar through each one.

For snack we had caterpillars and butterflies!

And we did some very hungry caterpillar face paint :)

CAT DAY:

Forgot to take a pic of our board :(

We read What is a Cat?

and learned all about Big cats and little cats.

We did a lot of number tracing,

 and then played with pattern blocks

Our snack was so easy, cute an fun!

Our kids LOVE worksheets-

They are always so proud of their work,

 love getting a sticker to put on their completed page,

and especially love hanging them on the fridge.

So, we do a few worksheets every day...

Marigold using wikki stix to write out her spelling words :)

We got them for next to nothing at a yard sale -

they're fun, but I don't know if I'd pay retail for them...

We decorated some cat bookmarks - so cute!

Of course, we read The Cat in the Hat, 

watched the cat in the hat movie from the 70s

and did some worksheets to go along with it too.

CAR DAY:

Caleb took a picture of our board for me :)

We read Car Wash and Cars Galore-

Both really cute car books that Caleb thoroughly enjoyed.

We played a parking lot game -

Ashlynn just rolled a die, and parked her car in the correct spot,

but Caleb had to roll twice, and do the math to find his parking spot.

This was a hit!

More pattern blocks

Our snack was fun-

DIY traffic lights,

and apple slices in Cars snack bags (I found them at the Dollar store)

During snack time, we watched the Disney Short 

about the little blue coop - classic!

We a letter recognition game

 I called out a letter, and the kids would "drive" their cars to it.

Sometimes taking a game outside makes it feel different...

and the kids feel like they're getting a break!

I posted this to Facebook, but here is a car mat I borrowed from the LRC.

It turned out to be the exact one I had growing up!

COW DAY:

Caleb made the C is for Cow board all on his own!

Notice the  four legs, tail and fur going all the way around the cow.

He also drew the grass and flower she ate.

I love my little man - he's too cute.

We played a "put the spots on the cow game"

three times, because it was so fun!

I borrowed this fun Feed the Cow game from the LRC.

It was good for number recognition, counting, and motor skills

And the kids liked it too :)

We watched a video about how we get milk from cows,

and I taught about about what foods are made from milk. 

We ate yogurt for snack time

I made a simple Cow matching game-

It was more for Ashlynn than Caleb, 

and it gave me an opportunity to repeat the word calf

We also watched Mr. Rogers visit a dairy farm - he's the best!

COOKIE DAY:

We sang Who stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?

and the kids kept singing it all day!

I made this Feed Cookie Monster Game using a tissue box

and lunch bag...I like cheap/free things for school

Caleb really liked this worksheet - 

It prints off with blank cookies, so it is customizable 

We read If you give a Mouse a Cookie

We played a game where the kids rolled a die,

and colored a cookie with a matching number of chips.

Again, a winner!

We had a few spice cookies at snack time, 

and then at the end of the school day,

we went to the kitchen to make cookies!

I used a giant 3 ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe,

so the little kids would be able to make them on their own.

1/4 cup peanut butter,

1/4 cup powdered sugar,

I TBSP egg, beaten

Mix, form on parchment paper, bake at 350 degrees for 14 min.

Let cool, and eat! Couldn't be easier.

Aprons on!

Caleb measured and mixed all on his own - 

Ashlynn needed a little help, but she did a great job too!

Giant cookies, ready for the oven

We did cookie monster cheek paint while we waited

YUM!