Our Little Scholars

I get asked a lot what our school day looks like.  We always start our day with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a look at the calendar, followed by our Bible lesson and some songs.  Then the kids head into their own activities.  Some days you'd see all the kids working together in one area and sometimes they are each in a different part of the house, working on their own "stuff." 

During our Egyptian studies, I took Haydn to an archaeological museum on the U of M campus.  While there, he purchased a mummy excavation kit.  Boy, did he love that!  After two days of excavating, Haydn discovered a sarcophagus with a mummy hidden inside.  What a great learning activity to wrap up our Egyptian unit!

Miss Rylee's school year is centered around learning her letter sounds and how to (informally) write the letters.  We incorporate reading, science, math, and social studies into her letter sounds.  We do a lot of hands-on activities, but Rylee's favorite thing is definitely writing and doing activities in her "preschool book."  In this picture, she was learning to write the letter I.  She was most excited to figure out that she could now write the words "Hi Rylee!"

McKay follows along with Rylee in our preschool world.  He is learning to recognize all his letters and picking up a lot of the sounds as he goes.  In this picture, he is using some wood pieces to build the letter I.

I look at these pictures and can't help but to be amazed!  It seems like yesterday we were amazed when they learned to roll over.  Now we have a house full of scholars who amaze us each day with how much they are learning!