May 24, 2013

Letter D Learning & Weekly Wrap Up

April 14, 2012 By

Letter D Preschool - short week since we headed back up to Spring Island! Also my oldest son finished 180 days on Monday!

 

We took the week off of Geography Matters.

Science Sunday — We finished lesson one of our Land Animals (Apologia) book and did the 1st experiment for camoflauge and habitat “natural selection”.

  

It called for M&Ms but we used up our jelly beans!  Watch out for green & pink – they disappeared a lot more than the other colors.  Paths of Exploration covers a great deal of science – Earth/Physical.  But the boys are animal lovers, so we’ll continue to incorporate Apologia into our week – most likely 2 days per week.

We left town Wednesday for Spring Island.

       

We stayed in this rental house again – I absolutely love the yard!  We hunted bugs and bird watched for hours.  We drove past this meadow we all felt should be named, “Mommy’s Meadow”.  It was so lovely!!  I always have such a hard time leaving – I feel alive here.  I feel like nothing else matters but time with my children – I just don’t know why I can’t keep this refreshed feeling once we get home.

Personally — I tried the dish rack organizing and really like the way it works (not to mention super easy to transport for trips – bwahahaha)
I’ve been trying 20 minutes of exercise on our mini trampoline “running/jumping” (which is easier on my knee & hip than full out road running), and walking a mile each evening.  I keep up the pace so it’s not a leisure stroll – I’m breathless when I get home.  I’m feeling MUCH better,  but I have decided to take the next week to “detox” and try to eat only fruits, veggies, and protein. Wish me luck.  I did hand over my secret stash of Hershey bars – so I just might be a little serious.
“as iron sharpens iron” … Must Read Posts: Grace Full Mama - The Clean Air of Gospel Mothering, Teri Lynne Underwood – Discovering God’s Agenda, Holley Gerth - Get Your Creativity On, and Impress Your Kids – Little Me in the Big Woods.

See what we did for: Letter A & Letter B  & Letter C Learning Fun

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4 comments on “Letter D Learning & Weekly Wrap Up”

  1. Stacy on said:

    It looks like you had a fun week!

    Best wishes for detoxing. I’m attempting a detox, too :) We can do it!

  2. Tonia on said:

    The camouflage experiment looks like great fun!

    Your trip looks like it was very peaceful and relaxing. Love the trees-they are beautiful.

  3. Kristie on said:

    What a beautiful place that is! And you took some fantastic pics…I can totally see why the meadow was dubbed “Mommy’s Meadow”…that’s what I would’ve named it too. I like the dish rack/book idea. I’ve seen it on Pinterest and haven’t attempted it yet…glad to see a + response to that one :) . Thanks for sharing the must read posts. The titles alone sparked my interest. I’ll be bookmarking those and reading them when I get a chance.

  4. Theresa on said:

    I always wish I could keep that refreshed feeling when I get home. Don’t know what it is…