KOREA (SONLIGHT CORE F) The Kite Fighters Is one of Haley's readers this year. I thought it would be fun for her to design her own kite. I bought a plain white kite kit and fabric paint pens. She was so excited to design it herself. Using her ipad, Haley found various Korean characters to … Continue reading The Kite Fighters – Design a Kite
The Long Way to a New Land: Jordan LOVES reading his Sonlight Core D readers! I think I heard the Hallelujah Chorus when I just said that....reading has always been more of a chore (honestly, I was like that as a kid), but he's been excited to read each book about Carl Erik! The Long … Continue reading A Long Way to a New Land – Making Bread
Book Pairing: Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman) has a series of childrens books that are perfect for your budding chef! Each book includes a recipe that pairs perfectly with the storyline! Today we're reading Little Ree and are making Grandma's pancakes! We set out our ingredients and use our recipe as a map to YUMMYland! … Continue reading Little Ree – Ree’s Pancakes
Book Pairing: We're pairing Eric Carle's Mister Seahorse and a colorful mixed-medium art project. This activity is from our Night of the Moonjellies post. Supplies: Blue & green kool-aid packets Empty jars (for kool-aid watercolors) Spatula Paint brushes Watercolors Oil pastels Mister Seahorse & sea weed template (or sharpies and white paper if students want … Continue reading Mister Seahorse Art Project
Book Pairing: We're pairing Eric Carle's The Very Quiet Cricket and a colorful mixed-medium art project. This activity is from our The Quiet Way Home post. Supplies: Turquoise construction paper (1 sheet) Green (1/3 sheet) Red, light blue, and gray construction paper scraps (Gray Moon, light blue stars, red circle eyes) Black, brown, yellow, green, … Continue reading The Very Quiet Cricket – Art Project
Book Pairing: Today we're pairing up Jim Arnosky's Rabbits and Raindrops with a fun and easy rain science activity. Supplies: 1 clear glass/plastic jar Shaving cream Water Food color drops All-purpose tray Rain Experiment: We headed to the kitchen with an all-purpose tray to conduct our simple science experiment. Instruct your student to fill the … Continue reading Rabbits and Raindrops – Rain in a Jar
Book Pairing: This springtime book pairing activity was from our (BFIAR) The Quiet Way Home post. Run, Rabbit, Run!Today's book pairing is Run Rabbit Run (1.0 Very First Reading)Run Rabbit Run! the 9th book in the Usbourne Very First Reading series and an adorable spring sensory bin. This was a super simple sensory bin to … Continue reading Run Rabbit Run – Sensory Bin
We continued reading through Frog and Toad Together. We read the Cookie chapter and HAD to make cookies. I pulled out a mason jar oatmeal chocolate chip mix and a few fresh ingredients. Jordan mixed everything together... Jordan scooped them out and we popped them into the oven. The kids gobbled them after dinner. … Continue reading Frog and Toad Together – Cookies
Today we're book pairing Over in the Ocean In a Coral Reef with a timeless treat....Rice Krispies. Introducing....Coral REEF Krispies! We used the microwave directions on the box and added pink food coloring (before adding the cereal). I scooped a generous heap into each cup and used my hands to form it into a coral-shaped … Continue reading Over in the Ocean – Coral Reef-Krispies
SONLIGHT E (Week 29) Haley was reading Plain Girl and learning about the Amish community. Baking Amish bread would be a great activity to pair book. Haley gathered her ingredients and measuring utensils. She followed the recipe, measuring each ingredient. We leaned a little on modern technology to help mix our dough. She floured and … Continue reading Plain Girl – Amish Bread
