Conference Weekend.

We (mom and a friend) just got back from CHEC 2014! It was so much busy fun. I forgot to take pics there. Here are the books/resources that I found for the kids....

I will take some pics when we receive the rest of our curriculum and get it all organized. I have quite a bit of books that are being passed on to a younger sibling to dig out, and had to order from Sonlight (they don't have it available at this conference). There are some really great "free" learning resources in this pile: A story game, some drawing instruction, a 15 ft chart on the inner core of earth to the outer atmosphere, some chapter book series for Aiden, etc. I have been seeing that the kids needs some more time to explore their learning and practice it more freely. The kids are already excited for this and have been bugging mom to let them have at it from the moment I woke up.

Baby guy.

And we can't forget our growing babe.

 

Finn can grasp his toes easily now. 

 

He is almost rolling over. 

Keiran in the background.

 

Keiran is often right beside the older two, watching and soaking up some learning. He loves to sit and listen when we read from our science books. Here he is playing with the Handwriting Without Tears letter woods pieces. 

 

Goofy, happy guy. 

A little April.

Aiden

 

Hanging around on the tree fort. 

 

Cocoa beans- a product of the rain forest. 

 

Pre-test and spelling test #27. 

 

A short (and to the point) story.  

 

The books that Aiden has read with Sonlight this year. 

 

Copywork and plural words.

 

This is beside Aiden's bed. He loves to read. The top shelf is where he keeps his current readers. 

 

Aiden has started to write out his equations :) He is very visual and this is helping him get his math done.

 

Tribal huts and people, with a bow and arrow. 

Share catch-up.

Gemma

 

A walk by the lake with mom and her little brothers. 

 

Blasting through Math-U-See Primer :) 

 

Drawing a pic of medicine that is made from plants in the rain forest. (Socials with Art.) 

 

Reading words from Sonlight K.

 

Copywork. A full sentence!

 

More Math.... Prepping her with Earlybird Mathematics has made her able to start well with the Math-U-See program. 

 

Shapes. Counting. (Mom has asked her to write the numbers beside instead of tracing, as she can already write them.)

 

More Socials. Drawing toucans. (The kids get to pick anything that they have learned from our reading and draw it to show what they have learned- this day was about the jungle.) 

 

Decimal street- tens and units. 

 

She has done a lot of math. 

 

Reading her copywork to mom. 

 

Making words in her journal. 

I love books!

It's 12:11am. It is always easiest to think when it is silent. I have just finished sending off my prayerfully considered curriculum list (and I only remembered to make it a prayer-filled task half-way through.... still working on the best, intentional focus). Our homeschool conference/mamma getaway is only a week away now and I am getting excited. I can't wait to post our new book pics soon! And with three kids enrolled for the fall!