Start of 2014-2015 School Year/ A wrap up of the first two months.

We're already five weeks into the school year & I haven't taken their school pictures for the year. Last year I took it in September & since we started this new school year June 8th, 2014 I wanted the picture to be taken September 2014 so that in time we could see their growth from year to year. 

Here's the unofficial school picture though with the official to come in September... 

Please excuse the dirt all over my girls, they're making mud pies & Jojo always refuses to look at the camera. Taken today Thursady, August 7th, 2013. 

Some of the things we've done so far...

First week of school. We did a science experiment, where we discuss how a high amount of salt can make things float. We discusses how names are important & each person got a cupcake with their names. Lily made a scroll by copying Genesis 1:1 onto a piece of paper then rolling it in between two small wooden dowels. 

Mathias started Math U See because My Father's World Adventures (and all MFW from 2nd on ward) doesn't include a math. Since he's so right brained I figured this would be the best math curriculum for him.

The second week went by with out a hitch.

Mathias really enjoyed the third week of school when we discussed Christopher Columbus. He made The Niña, The Pinta & The Santa Maria. 

Jojo decided he needed to do school work. I tried to do MFW- K with him but his attention down wasn't there so I opted for more tot schooling. 

Lily continued along with her school work & was reading very well. 

Jojo & Luna did some tot schooling while Lily did her 1st grade work. 

During the fourth week Mathias built a wigwam. 

During the fourth week Lily made a clay pot to store her scroll in. 

During the fifth week I schooled everyone at the same time. Including Luna, 

whom I have had to make some tot schooling items for. 

I then took a few weeks off so that I could reorganize because if everything doesn't have its proper place I feel crazy & I'm unable to sit with the kids to do their curriculum work. Having everything sorted makes my days less hectic & the school days easier to accomplish.

I hate that my brain works that way because it feels like I should just push threw it but I really can't function unless things are uncluttered and neat. Sadly sometimes I miss a few weeks worth of school but by God's grace we started school in June so we're in no way behind.

We have two pantries and my husband was sweet enough to empty one out for me so that I could use it for all the extra homeschool items that were cluttering everything up. It took me two days to label everything & put it all away. How ever I now know everything I have, need & where to find it all. 

In between the organizing I spent some of the time making items for tot schooling. Like dying Lima beans for transferring games. 

Cutting up felt to look like cupcakes for a color matching game. 

Using food coloring to dye peg people & wooden pots for another color sorting game

Making sensory balloons. Two of each type of ballon, the child squeezes them & matches them up.

Making 2 of each smelling bottles. The child smells the bottles & matches them with the second bottles that smells like the first. 

Making sound eggs, two of each. The child has to shake them & match them up. 

Find the matching upper case & lower case letters and match them to each other to "dunk the cookie in the milk" game. These are cut outs from the dollar tree & they have all types you can make this game with anything. They have apples & worms, worms & fish, frogs & flies, etc...

And that has pretty much been the first few weeks of Adventures in My Father's World 2nd grade and My Father's World 1st grade.