Camp Dubois (Wood River IL)

Last week we studied on Lewis and Clark. We have a local visitors center dedicated to to the history of Camp Dubois. It was very interesting and the kids learned more there hands on then anything i could of taught them off paper!

Paper Mache'

I decided today i wanted the kids to do a little activity to give them something to do. I settled on paper mache' pigs. The boys did okay. My 3 year old ya i chased her off real quick and tonight in the tub was still fighting to get the "glue" out of her hair! We are waiting for the to dry so we can place our second coat on and then later in the week paint them. My husband started off helping Reagan and he VERY quickly left the table and decided to be the camera man. I got the job of taking over with her.

Well off we go into week 2.
Have a good week everyone!

Mr. Wizard

Okay who out there didn't love him if they knew him? A dear friend of mine sent a link of his you tube videos to me due to us talking about my son and science. I can not wait for Nick to get up in the morning and see Mr. Wizard!

Mr. Wizard Videos

our first 3 days

This is our first year home schooling. WOW it is hard trying to get in the swing of things but thankfully my boys are patient and understand! We worked from Wed to Fri. I had my boxes set for Mon-Fri so they were willing to do 2 boxes in one day on Thur and Fri. See how patient they are? LOL! All in all it went smooth. it is harder to keep my 3 year old occupied more then i thought. She gets bored super quick with her boxes. I don't know what to do? ahh I guess I will just keep reading other blogs in search for ideas for her. I also need ideas on physical activities for my boys. We went to the park yesterday but they were bored real quick with that. Does not surprise me they are almost 11. Well here are some pictures from our simi week.
"art" hat paintingWorking together on diner drive through math
The boys would do ANYTHING for her!

Well here we are

Its our first day of school! The kids got with no problems. ya i know not to keep expecting this haha. Our plan this morning is to go up and watch the other kids go into the school and then we are off to the doughnut shop for breakfast and then home to start our day. It seems like we have been waiting for this day forever and it was only 3 months ago we decided for sure we were home schooling. I have read so many blogs and picked up so many ideas from everyone! I feel like i have my own support group/groups out there in cyber land. So off i go to change my hats from mommy to teacher. I pray everyone has a great school year!
Connie