In between big activities and chicks (apparently this was the month to make up for all the months I tried to eliminate all optional activties from the schedule), we also spent time around the house--lots of playing, schooling, gardening, and little friends coming and going. Here are way too many pictures from the month in chronological order.
Encapsulating our current focuses: Josiah ran up to me the other night and said, "I am General George Washington and I have a message for you about the space shuttle." Also, one of the times we went to the library, Elijah chose to return three Revolutionary War books and checked out one castle, one space, and one more Revolutionary War book.
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| Playdough, counting bears, and horses: a frequent play combination |
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| Army lined up |
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| Making 'A' is for Apple prints |
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| Elijah's print; he's really liking our phonics lessons |
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| Elijah's boats, I think |
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| Making a fort; the repurposed tomato cages in the background are flags |
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Josiah loading up his boats; the counting bears fit just perfectly,
so that you can fill up one window block and then place another
window block layer on top |
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| Elijah's Lincoln Log set up |
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| Addition work at preschool |
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| Josiah's favorite work tray at preschool is playdough |
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Elijah spends every room time (and lots of other times!)
playing with legos |
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Dustin took them to see the USS Iowa while I was
away on Women's retreat |
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| J's "A" is for Astronaut page |
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| J's battleship |
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Coloring a space shuttle picture, a frequent activity
this month; J is a really good, careful colorer |
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| Elijah also did his share of space shuttle pictures |
The boys and I did lots of gardening around the yard, while Dustin worked hard on putting garden beds into the back corner.
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Magnet castle--another current interest, encouraged by his Lego castle;
you can see J's dot painting in the background |
The boys, and my students, are enjoying each stage of the corner renovation project (not sure that Dustin's enjoying their high interest in that corner). The fourth graders built a dam for a history project.
All toys can construct war items:
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| Tinker Toy cannons and bears ready to fight |
We planted seedlings, some of which have sprouted.
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| More coloring! |
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Josiah is, sadly, occasionally dropping his nap and instead having
reading time (it's a cozy set up!) |
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| Pattern blocks at preschool |
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| Bird seed sensory bin at preschool |
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| Drawing with chalk at preschool |
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| More reading time |
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Josiah recently started kicking the soccer ball around
the yard |
