Weeks 16 and 17
Sometimes.
Sometimes I combine two weeks into one post.
Sometimes we plan less and just go with the flow of life. Sometimes we spend less time reading and writing and more time coloring. Sometimes we are able to complete our studies with extra field trips and activities. Sometimes we have weeks where two weeks just blend together, but everything still gets done... mostly.
State Studies
Some weeks we do our state sheets and the girls do such a sweet job, carefully coloring, reading with me, learning, really taking it all in....
Some weeks we do our state sheets and the girls do such a sweet job, carefully coloring, reading with me, learning, really taking it all in....
Rhode Island
And sometimes we really focus on one state and go on a special field trip and create a whole project around that topic. Sometimes we really spend a lot of time completely diving in, studying, adventuring, sampling, documenting.
Vermont
Maple Field Trip
Sometimes we visit a favorite local business, owned by good friends, that help us take what we are learning just one step further.
Young Maple Ridge Sugarhouse is one of those places.
Sometimes we learn that things have changed. This year it was the grading of the syrup.
Sometimes we get to watch a sweet treat being made
and sometimes we get to try it
Sometimes sugar on snow is the best treat
Sometimes we read great books after a field trip.
Sometimes we visit our library and they have just what we need.
Maple Syrup Lapbook
Sometimes we make lapbooks
Sometimes they have a pretty cover, colored with care.
Sometimes we make lapbooks
Sometimes they have a pretty cover, colored with care.
Sometimes they have extra flip ups and pockets and spinners, too.
Kentucky
Sometimes we finish student sheets and they look, well, not as nice.
Sometimes we just rush through things too quickly.
or sometimes we press down to hard.
Daniel Boone
Sometimes I just print out a coloring page and I read about a topic or person and they just color and listen. Sometimes we do a notebooking page and write out a sentence. Or a paragraph. Sometimes my girls color in the lines, sometimes they do not. But it really is okay, however it happens. Learning is okay, however it happens. And even better when it is fun.
Sometimes I forget that.
Sometimes I just print out a coloring page and I read about a topic or person and they just color and listen. Sometimes we do a notebooking page and write out a sentence. Or a paragraph. Sometimes my girls color in the lines, sometimes they do not. But it really is okay, however it happens. Learning is okay, however it happens. And even better when it is fun.
Sometimes I forget that.
Sometimes when I am looking for coloring sheets I find other things that are old and may not print out right, but we try anyway. Sometimes it is paper dolls.
Weather
Sometimes we do all of the experiments for the week. Sometimes we just do not. Sometimes all we make is one thing. Sometimes we just create a wriggly snake. Sometimes the experiments don't work, but sometimes they do... and when they do we all get really excited.
The Weather Museum
Sometimes we visit a local museum. Sometimes we just explore with no rules.
Sometimes we are all spread out. Sometimes we are a bit closer to each other.
Sometimes we visit a local museum. Sometimes we just explore with no rules.
Sometimes we are all spread out. Sometimes we are a bit closer to each other.
Sometimes we pretend we are weathermen on tv.
Sometimes we even touch tornadoes.
or we are tornadoes.
and that is okay, too.
to give you a little more detail on where and what we are studying
you can check out our classroom reveal HERE
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