Skip Counting Hopscotch

This is how I've been teaching skip counting in my class, we say the numbers as the student jumps on it.
The kids love it, it keeps them moving and out of their seats!

Now that's What I'm talkin about Guacamole

I have tried countless guacamole recipes and none of them seem quite right.  When I visited my sister this summer she introduced Evan and I to our all time favorite guacamole recipe.  The ingredient that was missing in all the others was the raw garlic.

All you need is
1 plum tomato
2 avocado
1/2 red onion
1 lime
3 gloves of garlic

First mash the avocados, then mince the garlic and add it, mix in the chopped tomato and chopped red onion   Mix it all together then squeeze the juice from 1 lime over all of it .  Simple and Delicious!

Free ABC Printable Scripture Cards

I just saw this on moneysavingmom.com
I will saving this one for  a little later.
Free ABC Printable Scripture Cards

CC Field Trip To Bedner's Farm and Cypress Swamp Boardwark

We just love Bedner's farm.  Our field trip started going thru their fields and learning about farming in Florida.  

Our tour included a walk on Cypress Swamp Boardwalk.  We saw a huge Black Racer Snake, but I was too busy running away to pull out my camera.  Here the kiddos found a grasshopper.

Gracie and Hannah Examining a Caterpillar

Hannah is my fearless one she will pick up almost any living creature.  She doesn't get that from me!

Noah's not so sure about this hayride business.

How to homeschool with a busy toddler.

I think this year has been more of a challenge for me than last year.  Last year Noah, my 18month old was not mobile.  This year he is all over the place.  I am finding it a huge challenge, to teach Hannah and Ethan their schoolwork and keep Noah safe and attended to.

Now that it's getting a little cooler out, I have been racing to the park right after breakfast.  I let little Noah run to his hearts content!  When we get home he seems a little less rambunctious and it seems to lessen my mommy guilty.

My next weapon is assigning one of the kids to play with Noah while I teach the other.  It's a good chance for them to bond with Noah or to stuff him in a container :)  Just kidding, he climbed in there himself.

I have switched my Math curriculum this month to Teaching Textbooks, Ethan can do math completely independently and the problems we've had with him daydreaming during Math have disappeared.  I highly recommend this program.

I have also switched from McGuffy's Eclectic readers to Headsprout Early Reading.  This has also been a huge stress reliever for me.

We review almost all of our CC materials in the car by listening to our cd or I have my kids do the tutorials on the computer.

http://unsolicitedadvice-n-such.blogspot.com/ has a bunch of cool ideas's called Busy Bags, we've tried a few bags and they really keep Noah busy.

Noah is putting twist ties into this bottle, he did it about 20 times before he was ready to move on to something else.

Noah can't do this one yet but Hannah had a good time stringing the noodle pieces, Noah enjoyed taking them off.  

We do all of our reading before bed.  Noah goes to sleep around 7pm, so I read to the older two right after I get Noah down.  I try to read a few nonfiction that I choose followed by whatever fiction books they want me to read.  My kitchen isn't spotless, my floors aren't clean but I know this is only a season and this is what's working now.

Menu Plan for this Week

Breakfast
1.  Bagels and Fruit
2.  Frozen pancakes,butter,  no syrup
3.  Frozen French Toast, butter, no syrup
4.  Frozen Waffles, butter, no syrup
5.  Cereal
6.  Pumpkin Muffins and fruit

Lunch
1.  PB &J
2.  BBQ Boars Head chicken rolls with a cheese stick and fruit
3.  Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
4.  Pizza at CC
5.  PB&J

Dinner
1.  Chicken Curry in a Hurry
2.  Tex Mex Black bean dip with Tortilla chips
3.  Crock pot Lasagna
4.  Omelets
5.  French Onion Soup
6.  Burritos from Chipotle

Classical Conversations Week 8 Supplements

Science
Magic School Bus Works Out-
Magic School Bus Gets Sick- 
School House Rock -Do the Circulation
Once upon a time...The Heart 
Your Heart- Reading Comprehension Worksheet with Questions
Immune System Reading Comprehension Worksheet with Questions
Circulation Game
Anatomy Arcade- some online games to review the circulatory system
Your Heart and Circulatory System- Kids Health
Human Body organ location coloring sheet


Geography
Geography Games-Online

Geography Game- I may try this when we complete all the states and capitals at CC
States and Capitals Bingo- I may try this when we complete all the states and capitals at CC
States and Capitals Board game-  I think I'll play this one at home with the kiddos!
Wakko's 50 States and Capitols Song and video-My son Ethan memorized this song last year, he is getting it mixed up so we will probably review it again over Christmas break.

History
The Missouri Compromise- simply explained youtube video


Math
Math Times tables 14's online quiz
Printable Math Worksheet 14's- I had to select then copy and paste this into a different document then print it out

Reading List

A Gathering Of Days, Blos. RA:4-A; R:6-A 
Davy Crockett: His Own Story, Crockett

Jed Smith: Trailblazer of the West 

Davy Crockett, hero of the wild fronteier 

Wanted Dead or Alive The true story of Harriet Tubman

An Apple for Harriet Tubman  Gr 1-5

Harriet Tubman Rustad, Martha -simple text and  photographs introduce the life of Harriet Tubman

Escape North: The story of Harriet Tubman, Kulling Monica
Harriet Tubman: hero of the Underground Railroad

Library of the State – Missouri

The Circulatory System-Storad Grade 3-4

Blood The Circulatory System- Grade 2-4