Homeschooling Watercolor Lesson

Luke said that "one day" he wants to paint some ACEOs.  He is always sketching cute, scary, or crazy little characters, it would be great if he had them all in ACEO form.  Today I showed him how (or at least how I do it.)  The girls joined in and it was so much fun to see all of their different styles.  I was especially impressed with Sylvia listening and following instructions. Sketching

painting

Sketching

Painting

Taping face

Painting

Here are their finished masterpieces!

Jacob Black = Daddy

While Isabel was at her Activity Day class, Luke, Sylvia, Hazel and I headed off to Target to let Sylvia choose what to buy with her birthday money.  Right when we hit the Barbie aisle, Hazel made a beeline for the Jacob Black dolly shouting, "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"  Hazel, your daddy is WAY hotter than Jacob.

Here is the pink monstrosity Sylvia picked out.  Thanks Great Aunt Beverly!!!

Animal Math Games for Kids

We have a bucket full of these little rubbery colored animals.  At times I've wanted to throw them out since it seems that no matter how high I hide them, with Sylvia around, they end up all over the house anyway.  But they are great for counting games, color games, teaching organizing and categorizing and even science and nature.

Isabel helped me trace these circles onto paper and make up categories for Sylvia to sort.

• colors
• herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
• no legs, four legs, six or more legs
• air, land, sea

A recent goal of mine is to do more math with my children that is out of their text books.  This activity counts!  (notice the no pants, we have a slightly less strict dress code here than your average school.)