I like to have a blog every month with just a little of what is going on with the girls and their school experience. For whatever reason, I had a hard time getting these pictures to download so they may not be in the right order.
January has actually been a very fun month. The weather has been unseasonably warm so we have been outside a lot and we are loving that!
We also joined a new homeschool co-op. It is called Classical Conversations and their are many of these all over the country. That is great if we ever move. We go every Monday from 9am-1pm. The curriculum is very challenging, but we are really enjoying it. There is a lot of memory work. They also have art and science experiments each week. They also do presentations each week. Below is a picture of her doing geography!
We are still doing New Life Homeschool Co-op. Both of her teachers, were also public school teachers and she is learning so much there. Below is a vinn diagram she did on plants and animals.
Lily also started violin this month. We are enjoying it, but it is expensive and it is hard to get into the idea of practicing daily. I really do hope that it gets easier! lol
Below is a project that Lily did for me. For art, she copied the cover of a book that she had on Abraham Lincoln. Then she wrote what she learned about it him from the story. I think she did an excellent job!
This is one of her art projects from Classical Conversations. She is learning about a different artist each week and then trying her hand at their style of art! Isn't it beautiful!
Valerie enjoys both co-ops too. Here she is with some of her little friends, Addie and Josie, learning about shapes!
She also made a collage the other day at co-op. Her daddy was quick to ask her why she put a football player on her collage. She said, "For you Daddy!" Isn't that sweet! So I asked her what she put on there for me. She replied, "I guess Jack the Elf!" Sure, like I believe that! lol
Valerie really enjoys writing. That is her favorite thing to practice at. She wrote her abc's for the first time with no help from Mommy. Oh wait, she did copy it off her chart though! :)
Lastly, we had a fun field trip in January. Oh wait it is February 1st! Oh well, it was suppose to be the January field trip! We went to Noah's Art! They did story time art for our group. They read, "If you give a Mouse a Cookie!" Then the kids made mouse ears, cookies, little mice, and painted with water color to find hidden pictures. They also had stations set up for making bead necklaces and collages. It was very fun!
Here at the end is just a picture of Lily with her wonderful violin teacher!
