Monthly Wrap-Up: September

Well, it's official-

we have been in "school" for the 2011-2012 year

for one month

(and a few days).

In an effort to keep a chronicle of all our

Homeschool happenings,

I am going to be posting a 

Monthly Wrap-Up,

so here comes September...

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We have all really been enjoying our new...

...Workbox System.

It has kept the kiddos-

and ME-

much more focused on a daily basis.

(Thank you,

Erica

(of Confessions of a Homeschooler)

and

Sue Patrick

for "guiding me" through this process.)

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Calendar Time is also going pretty well.

We average 3 days a week doing it,

and that is just fine be me...

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Baby Girl has been working on learning

contact info...

 ...with the use of a SLEW of catalog order cards

we got in the mail a few moths ago.

 Every time she works on copying down 

her address and phone number

she will ask me,

"So what am I ordering today?"

Looks like

a Premier Care bath tub, Baby Girl... ;0)

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I also feel like we are really plugging along well...

...with her reading.

We are "repeating" 1st grade so Baby Girl

will have a solid foundation-

and she is doing a GREAT job!

Math has also lent itself

to some reading practice...

...with THESE number word cards.

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Jungle Girl has dove into...

...a Mr. Popper's Penguins

novel study in which she made...

...and penguin in an ice box!

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For my Preschool/Kindergarten kiddos,

we have had a couple of themes for the end of August

to the end of September...

Theme 1:

Camping

The Explorer Box for this month included...

...all kinds...

 ...of crazy campin' stuff!

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The playdough "flavor of the month" was...

...Chocolate-

a MUCH BETTER smelling version of

camp "dirt."

It's so squishy!

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Smiley B. had fun...

 ...helping Little Wild Man...

...make woodland animal patterns.

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Little Wild Man worked through

Homeschool Creations 

Camping Preschool Pack

which included...

...this firefly counting activity.

We jazzed it up a bit by including...

...Glow-in-the-Dark Number Magnets.

(You can read more about it by clicking HERE.)

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A good old game of...

...Magnetic Fishing was called for during this unit.

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We read several...

...camping-themed...

 ...children's books,

which inspired...

...some fun art projects...

...like THIS handprint campfire.

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Oh, and let's not forget

all the fun food we had...

Ooey-Gooey Smores

Cracker Owlies

Edible Fishing Fun

Yum-o!

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Theme 2:
Down on the Farm

During the month of September,

we took a field trip to our local county fair

to learn all about the farm...

It was just "moo"-velous!

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Inspired by the 

"Down on the Farm" Field Trip,

we continued the farm fun at home...

 Just look at this...*ahem*...

"creative" spelling by...

...my Little Wild Man.

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In order to inspire Jungle Girl's 

Farm-tale writing...

 ...I gave her a Dollar Tree Farm Animal Origami Kit.

She wrote a rather sweet tale

of bunny friendship...

(What's up, Doc?)

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WHEW!!!

What a month!

 After I get all these papers filed away,

I am off to get our October fun started...

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Make sure to see what other Homeschoolers
have been up to over at the
Weekly Wrap-Up...