October 2014

During October we went apple picking at 

a beautiful organic orchard owned by a 

fellow homeschooling family.  We went to 

 Gammelgarden museum in Scandia.

This was great because it tied in our local 

history/geography and our next portion of 

our curriculum.  This is when I introduced Matthew 

to the Norse myths.  After the field trip

we really focused on these Norsemen.

 We also took a beautiful field trip to Taylors Falls.

We had a guided tour of the pot holes and enjoyed 

all the colors.

Tillie's hiding in these smaller pot holes.

 We saved seeds from our garden this year.

And worked at our good friends land 

for a community work day.

This involved getting the garden ready 

for spring, helping them build their house, 

and helping them make bricks.  Very educational :)

the kids are collecting bean seeds from our green bean plants.

Halloween 2014 with our neighborhood buddies!

We also went to a play called Rainbow Crow at
the stepping stone theatre with our
homeschool co-op.
The kids absolutely LOVED it and I vowed to
do more plays this year!
Matthew turned 10 this month with maturity and grace.
I on the other hand was surprised to find him in the double digits?!
 

This pretty much sums up our October 2014

until next time

~blessings

September 2014

 

September was filled with fun.

We started getting our rhythm...

In addition to our Waldorf curriculum

I added extra math practice

with the Life of Fred series.

I also added practice with grammar

for Wesley and spelling for Matthew.

They are doing work in their workbooks

for this.  Wesley's is Climbing your way to 

good English.  Matthew's is practical spelling.

I felt they were a little behind in these areas and 

the extra practice wouldn't hurt.  I am 

still not sure how much I like to English workbooks,

but we definitely LOVE
Life of Fred!

We celebrated our school year by taking a field trip 

to the Renaissance festive for homeschool day.

Knights and sword fighting!

Aunt Burp and Izzy came with us!!

The boys and Tillie slayed some dragons

Tillie saw real mermaids!

As for the sports

the boys finished up their first year of soccer!

Both of them had a great time.

 Matthew's 3 on 3 hockey team were Champions!

With the Waldorf curriculum we started the year with local 

geography and local history.  Matthew studied our neighborhood and our town.

After looking at and creating maps we ventured out.

We took a history tour at the Wardens house.

This is run by the historical society.  It was the BEST historical tour.

We all had a blast.  I really love history, so my opinion is a bit slanted.

Seeing how peopled viewed slide shows in the late 1800's

Kids on the steps of the Warden's house

We had a very good month

meeting up with our homeschool co-op again

connecting with our friends.  Just coming 

back into our school days always exciting.

until next time

~blessings

New school year

We started out the 2014-2015  school year

like we do every year...

We take our family vacation to our 

Canadian cabin.

It is a good way for us to transition from 

summer into our structured school year.

When we come home everyone is ready for our studies.

 Here are some of this years cabin highlights...

Everyone came this year.

It is so great for the cousins to be together.

My kids LOVE spending time with 

their aunts and uncles as well.

All the cousins in Canada

Walking the road with everyone

Of course fishing is a highlight and on the new pontoon!

shooting practice

The boys got a boat of their own!  BIG highlight.

This was another great trip...

and when we arrived back home 

I had a 

2 year old,  5 year old kindy

second grader and

a fourth grader!

until next time

~blessings