Joyfully Weary

I'm really behind on posting our kindergarten books. As I mentioned before , I've been battling a virus. I think I've finally got it beat but for the last couple of weeks I've had nothing left to give after the kids go to bed. Hopefully, this week I can get caught up. Primary Literature:    Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. I like that this book includes a story and not just a bunch of facts about shapes. I wouldn't necessarily call the triangle greedy, just discontent as he gets bored easily and starts to think that other shapes are more important.  Unsatisfied with the jobs of a triangle he asks a shaper shifter to make him a quadrilateral. He quickly becomes bored with those roles too, and continues to ask for more and more sides. At the end, however, he discovers he's much happier as a triangle and asks to be turned back.  Vocabulary words to review dissatisfied - unhappiness angle - when the ends of lines meet quadrilateral - shape with fou...

In Big Buddy's math curriculum  we've been reviewing shapes, so I thought it would be fun to do a little shape-focused art with all the kids. Our Supplies: paper tubes, foam stickers , tempera paint , newsprint , paint brushes Step #1: place foam stickers around paper tube we doubled up the stickers Step #2: paint foam stickers Step #3: roll paper tube over newsprint our finished prints a closer look Linking up here, here , here , and,  here .

Today was our 1st official day of homeschooling. I feel silly because I was (and still kind of am) anxious and nervous.  I'm not sure why, it's preschool, and just over two years ago part of my job of was overseeing four preschool rooms. I should feel like I have a handle on this, but the task weighs heavy. Lucky for me Josiah was very easy to please.  He's been asking to start school for awhile and his only complaint at the end of the day was that he still doesn't know how read. Several of my friends have asked if I was going to blog about homeschooling. Honestly I'm a little trepidacious - I haven't completely found my grove yet - but I like the idea of sharing what we are doing and being able to hear others' feedback.  So without further ado, here is what homeschooling is going to look like for us. Three days a week (MWF) we'll do about two hours of homeschooling in the morning and about an hour in the afternoon. We'll start the morning with a ...