Apple Pie

Another book we read in the Five in a Row curriculum with Celia is called How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. It was such a good one! The little girl in the story travels all over the globe in search of the freshest ingredients....to Italy, France, Sri Lanka, England, Jamaica and Vermont....this week we focused on those countries and learning about the different continents and oceans. And naturally at the end of the week we had to make an apple pie to enjoy with our friends! (and it was my first pie made from scratch- actually tasted great!)

Mama and Monet

So more homeschooling pictures- Another book we studied was all about the Impressionists. This little girl, Katie, visits a museum with her grandmother and climbs into the frames in order to gather flowers for her. The artists we studied were Monet, Renoir, and Degas.

Here is my little Monet on the porch...she painted a flower garden with dabs of color and just a few strokes!

the masterpiece

Friday I was able to take the girls to the Mint Museum of Art and although there were no impressionists on display we had a great time imagining what frames we could climb into.

Celia did enjoy a weaving project there. I'd never been to this museum before. It was great! (and free on tuesdays from 5-8!)

Clearly we involve food whenever we can because it just makes life fun! Well one portion of the book shows Katie enjoying a picnic with Monet's son Jean. They share strawberries, cheese, and a baguette....so we did too!

I happened to run into 2 of my friends at the park so thanks Karen for taking the very staged pic!

Madeline

One program that I'm incorporating into our homeschooling this year is the Five in a Row program, a literature based program that teaches Social Studies/Geography, Math, Science, Art, and Literature by using a book a week to draw out these points. So far we've read The Story of Ping, Lentil, and Madeline.

This week was one of my favorites- highlights included a trip to Amelie's (french bakery), lots of French art, and a visit by Miss Jessica Britt who shared pictures and stories of her time in France.

Kindergarten

So this month we've officially started our homeschooling adventure....the day before kindergarten I asked Celia to read the following 2 sentences after teaching her some sight words.....impressive huh? do you like the illustrations?

Here we are on day 1 of Bible time- I read the girls out of the Children's story Bible and they are coloring a picture of the story- I hope to make them into a book at the end of our year (? or when we finish) that will be Celia's illustrations of the Bible....

Celia's kindergarten photo shoot- she wanted to pose everywhere!

So far we've had 2 weeks of school- I'm layering in the subjects. Tomorrow we start Math. I'm lukewarm about teaching it- very excited for our literature series that will start the following week- pray that we continue to like it!