The last few days I haven't had much going on. Instead of wasting everyone's time with fillers, I just did not post. I'd rather say what I want to say than take the time to write something that I don't even find interesting.
The last two or three weeks I've been slack. I will be the first to admit, I am easily distracted from my to-do list. We went on vacation a couple of weeks ago, then we weren't feeling well, and I pretty much dropped the ball on my boy's schooling. We've verbally reviewed everything randomly, but they haven't sat down and done work in a while.
Today we resumed class work, and the boys weren't too psyched. So I planned an awesome activity to kickstart their mood (and mine) before we did our overdue table work.
After breakfast, I collected fingerprints on wine glasses. I stuck with Autumn colors: red, yellow, orange.
We then cleaned up, headed outside & collected some Fall memorabilia.
I gave them both plastic bags & told them what to collect: leaves, acorns, tiny sticks. While we tread the yard, I incorporated some education. I had them describe the weather (which was perfect and "Autumn" like) , review colors and count things. And my sweet boys even gave me a few gifts of dirt and kisses. And fought each other with sticks.
Once we came in, we sat at the table. I let them explain all their findings. We compared things and I even had them describe the textures. After we finished discussing everything, they put their findings in their wine glasses, and I sat them on the mantle for everyone to see.
I guess I had the right idea; we got through school seamlessly afterwards. They were focused and energetic (but not too energetic), and I couldn't be happier with how our afternoon began. Not to mention our outdoor activity mixed "adventure" with science, English, and a little bit of math.
Originally I was going to use jars, but we didn't have any. I am glad, though, I think the wine glasses added a special touch that made this project look just perfect.
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