Our Garden Adventure 2009

I have wanted to try my hat at vegetable gardening for some time. The kids and I are going to use this garden as an educational one. I want them to be as involved as possible in the making, tending, harvesting , and EATING of this garden. I will post pictures to update our progress. Go easy on us..this is our first time.

Wordless Wednesday: Feb. 18th

Barefoot in Winter

Recent Artwork at Hazelnut Academy

Triple H's lion.

Princess Poodle's splatter art after studying Jackson Pollock.

Triple H's Picasso project.

Princess Poodle's Picasso Project.

Please Note: I may have incorrect spelling of the artists' names. Its late and I'm too lazy to go check at this point.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recent fieldtrip in photos

Triple H's favorite part..playing on the rocks of course!

Princess Poodle had her share of climbing too.

A beautiful butterfly that I saw in the Butterfly habitat.

The same butterfly but in black and white, easier for sketching.

Our adventure was a last minute whim and it turned out to be a wonderful day. The kids completed a wildlife bingo scavenger hunt, worked in their sketch pads, climbed rocks, explored and filled up with a good hamburger when we were done. We hope to go back next week for the birds of prey show. Admission is free all month long. You can't beat that!

My Woodland Fairy and other news

I have been so bad about posting. Life is a bit crazy right now. I have to memorize a long monologue for our Easter play. We are trying to get our garden spot ready. Its time to plant potatoes! I need to do a history project with Princess Poodle but there just doesn't seem to be any time. I think we are going to take a week off soon for Winter Break and that will give me some time to plan ahead. I want to finish reading about the human body this month. I want to teach the kids about birds this spring and then about reptiles and amphibians in late spring. I also have to plan ahead for our last unit on American History which will be about the pioneers. So much to do and all before June when we will take 4 weeks off before we start the new year in July! I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at all I have to do..can you tell?

Where were are in school as of February 12th. 3 1/2 months left in school year.

Math: Saxon 2 ..we are on lesson 70.

Writing with Ease Level One: we are own week 25

Fll: we use this along with WWE ..we don't do all the lessons ..we are almost done with the first grade portion..working on verbs

Cursive: still moving slowly through the first grade Abeka workbook

Poetry: Princess Poodle has memorized about 6 poems and we are starting a new one this week

History: on break until the spring when we will cover pioneers

Science: working on a brief study of the human body. Read alouds and Magic School Bus videos

Bible: I have really slacked with our theology questions..what to do here?

Art: we studies Andrew Wyeth, some Picasso, and lots of painting and drawing

Music: we have been listening to Vivaldi's four seasons and both kids LOVE LOVE it!

Nature Study: starting to pick up with the warm weather. I want to focus on birds for the spring as well as a study of our garden. Hopefully lots of nature journal entries to come.

I may be forgetting a subject but that is where we are right now in Hazelnut Academy.