Moon Phases Grade 1 and 6

One glorious thing about homeschooling is when you can combine the grades into one lesson. Trinity grade 1 and Alex grade 6 started studying the moon at the same time.

I found a great book to help Trinity with this...FACES OF THE MOON

It separated the phases and gave a picture of each and it even had a tab index along the right side with picture of the moon.

Trinity Cut out black and white paper in the phases and I wrote the phases on each...

And we hung it in the school room above the door...

Alex had to dig a little deeper we found quite a bit of information on the Internet to help us with his Moon Calendar.
Moon Phases StarDate Online Here you can get a Month by Month Phase
Judaism 101: Current Calendar Here you can get the name of the Moon Calendar and their time periods.
Examiner Actually gave the round calendar

And here is Alex's round moon Calendar for January and February. It is hanging on the opposite end of the school room.
 

Map Making for Schooling 6th Grade

My artistic Son (also know as Sun because of all the light he brings to us) has been enjoying studying Ancient Civilizations. He started his map that he will be adding too. This is part of his sixth grade curriculum.

He got out the ruler and found the perfect little round lid and along with a black sharpie he created a awesome compass rose.

I can't wait to see what else he will be adding.

Process Gnome Patterns

I had been looking for a pattern for some Process Gnome Bean Bag Patterns and couldn't find any so I made my own up and am sharing them here.

PROCESS GNOME PATTERN

1. I made a pattern that I liked the round squiggly circle is the beard (I thought of that after I sewed the face on)

2. I cut out two body's for each color and one face and one beard.

3. I sewed the face on each using a blanket stitch.

4. I then did french knots for the eyes and a pink V for the mouth. Then I sewed the beard on.
5. I sew the Process symbol on the belly (put the wrong process on the wrong color, UGH!) But it still works.
6. I sewed around the edge using a blanket stitch leaving one leg open to stuff with beans, then sewed it shut.

 

If you make some please send me your photo to link and post.

This Boy of Mine is 12

My Boy turned 12 this month...where does the time go.

Unfortunately, I remembered everything for the party right down to the chocolate poker chips....but forgot the camera to take Pictures!

Lucky for me Alex is very understanding and he went out to the Party Palace...AKA: Alex's Aces In the Hole Casino, The School House and The Bee's Knees Canopy for shows...he posed for me.

Looks like his hand is not so good...hummm will he bluff or fold?

The remainder of the Orange Dream sickle Cake...It Said Alex is Aces and was made to look like a deck of cards. I made a crock pot full of Chili will bowls full of yummy sides to add.

Some of our favorite people came to share in the celebration, which was a rousing game of Poker and to wish my dear little man a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.


I LOVE YOU ALEX....YOU SO ROCK IN THOSE DICE GLASSES

Camping School Room

Often I am asked, "How do you Home School while Camping"


And I Answer, "You build your own School House of course"

This is a Canopy that has walls and screen walls.

With lots of bars and cross bars to attach signs...

And Stars...

Our School Arms (Trinity Made this)....

We have an Owls Nest...

Pumpkins and Witches...

And little people getting ready for Halloween.

We keep our school supplies in plastic bins. And pencils, scissors and what nots on the table in baskets. As the seasons change and our School House changes I will post photos. Maybe I will have better lighting then. Our wish list for our School House is a chalk board, carpet and a good heater.

Trinity at Play

What is Trinity up too?

I hear her sweet voice...she kind of squeaks when she talks...its so cute

She sure is busy behind that tree...

OH, I hear her know...she is singing...

I have been spotted...and receive a friendly invitation to come join her...

A fairy House...

Dishes...

Flooring...

Food...

Decorations...

Natural Play

My little girl is a very physical being...she likes to fully experience things. And when it rains she loves to be out in it. She is especially fond of the down spout...it pours out into our dirt driveway and makes a river. I got to take quite a few photo's before she realized I was near.

Poem to Mud

Poem to mud -
Poem to ooze -
Patted in pies, or coating the shoes.
Poem to slooze -
Poem to crud -
Fed by a leak, or spread by a flood.
Wherever, whenever, whyever it goes,
Stirred by your finger or strained by your toes,
There's nothing sloppier, slipperier, floppier,
There's nothing slickier, stickier, thickier,
There's nothing quickier to make grown-ups sickier,
Trulier coolier,
Than wonderful mud.
-Zilpha Keatley Snyder

What a beauty...