Hey there homeschool mamas! Welcome to week 11 of our Kindergarten Homeschool! I am so excited to show you what we've done and how it's going every week! If you're curious about our curriculum, my son, or our homeschool room, check out this post!
Well, this was our first week back after an unexpected break. I had talked about Kyle's schedule changing. On September 10, I opened my etsy shop. I was surprisingly pretty busy. With all of the out of whack routine, our Dinosaur unit didn't go very well. We would be busy when Daddy was home, I'd work while the boys rested, then we'd do something else, and before we knew it, we had missed a day of school. I was stressed out from working on my shop daily and still hadn't yet learned to manage doing it all. Then, Liam got sick last week. He had a stomach bug, so he wasn't feeling too hot for about 3 days. By the time he was better, it was mid week and we didn't really have a choice than to just start fresh the next week. Honestly, I am so glad we did. It allowed me to catch up on my orders, get my house in check, nail down a new schedule/routine to coincide with Kyle's schedule, and just gave us a break. I feel like we were just thrown into September & hadn't had time to catch our breath. Our next break was scheduled for next week, but we will just push through to the next one, since we took it early.
Anyways, onto our Octopus unit! Liam had fun learning about them this week! He loves the movie, Finding Dory. In the movie, there is an octopus named Hank who Dory befriends. There is some facts through out and Liam would recite them. It was great he could put two and two together!
He enjoyed the different activites this week. We learned about the different oceans by looking at our globe and coloring them on a map. He enjoyed our book. We did A House for Hermit Crab book and did this activity with it. We did this one to go with Swimmy. He really loved making the octopus hand print and using salt for the ocean floor.
Books we read: Swimmy, A House for Hermit Crab, The Octopus, and Octopus
It was a great week back for schooling, that is for sure! We both enjoyed it, I had much more patience, and Liam was eager to learn.
We also took our first official field trip! We went with our homeschool group to the Apple Orchard & Pumpkin Patch. Always a fall activity we enjoy as a family. Kyle was off, so he got to come along. We learned how they pick apples. We were able to pick our own (and they were amazing by the way!). We then got to see how the apples were stored, washed, and sorted. We learned the different types of apples and which seasons they grow in. The kids got to enjoy some apple cider and cookies. We then took a hayride to the pumpkin patch. Once we arrived, we got to pick the pumpkin from the vine! I thought that was so cool! It's something I've never done before. After the tour, they got to climb the hay bale tower, jump on a jumbo jumping pillow, play in the sandbox, and play different games. Very fun & educational! We look forward to many more trips and meeting new friends! =D
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