Katelyn's classroom...and some other stuff

Let me start this post by saying that my pictures were all in the order that I wanted them and blogger decided to jumble them all up...

 

 This is a picture of Katelyn's homeschool class.  We have gone once a week for twelve weeks each semester.  (We just finished for this semester.)  We have chosen to homeschool using a classical model for education.  In the elementary years the children do a lot of memory work in each subject.  The premise is that these are pegs that they will later build upon.  When children are young it is very easy for them to memorize material.  They are little sponges and they love to sing silly songs and put motions to what they are learning.  As they get older they can then learn more of the context surrounding these "pegs".  This picture is of Katelyn's class doing their timeline song.  They start with creation and go to present time listing major points of history along the way.  It is amazing to hear these 5-7 year old girls go through the timeline.  I wish I had learned this when I was a kid!

 

 Noah was sick all weekend but he woke up happy and fever free this morning!  Yeah!!!!

 

 Pony ride.  :)

 

 This was Katelyn's classroom the other day.  She was writing in her nature journal.

 

 Daddy's home!!  I'm so thankful that when Michael comes home kids are thrown around and wrestled with on the floor.  He's a hands on daddy.  What a blessing!

 

 Here's a picture of Katelyn's class with their tutor.  What a great group!  We are so thankful for this community and our time with them this year as we've formed relationships with some great families.

 

 This is the page that Katelyn was working on in her nature journal.  "More signs of spring".

 

 Building, building.  This girl is always building something. (And her brother is always ripping something out of my cabinet!)

 

 Katelyn fell asleep in the car the other day and then she fell right back to sleep on Michael.  He didn't mind.  :)

 

 Katelyn was drawing the hyacinths in her journal.  :)  They smell so good.  I love hyacinths!!!

 

 It was beautiful out today and Noah was finally feeling better so we spent a lot of time outside.  We went to the park.  Came home and blew bubbles and did sidewalk chalk in the front yard.  Took a rest and then did bubbles, sidewalk chalk and golf in the backyard.  Followed by a walk around the block after dinner.  Ahhh...the weather we've all been waiting for. (Good thing I decided on Sunday that this week would be our spring break.  We only have 11 more weeks of school to do in the next 21 weeks.  I think we'll be okay.)

 

 Katelyn just brought her art stuff outside.

 

Look Papa, a hole in one.  :)

 

We're going up to Michigan on Thursday and it's supposed to be cold up there so we're going to spend all day outside tomorrow while we still can!