a week of home school stuff!

 we hit the park monday morning to get the wiggles and giggles out. the girls swung

 nate shook trees
ha

we start up with some activities a few weeks back, but i've not taken pictures?  wanna know why?  i'm way too busy talking!  ha

each activity we've joined has a great group of kids nate's age and an amazing group of mom's. i've made it a point to reach out this yr and meet as many ppl as i can. i am blown away by how open and friendly this group is!

on day 2 of gym, i started chatting with a new mom and long story short....we are related! she's from lantz. how fun is that?!

 the only shot i have of nate going gym stuff. ha

 ellie and her my gym friend. they play together each week, sharing snacks. it's a true friendship when the pass the fishy up around. ha

 ellie saw a donut on the table. she wanted it. haha

fri we started back up with mad science. i can not rave enough about this program. or rather our teacher!  i LOVE her. the kids love her and she makes the class so enjoyable. mrs. charlotte home educated all her 5 kids, equalling 21 yrs in total and is such an encouraging lady. she makes science come alive and always has a 'pep' talk to us moms along the lines of "you can do this!"

the classes are a bit pricy, but i've saved and put money aside to make it happen. science is my weak spot so i love having her pick up where i forgot....oops....anyways....ellie is more than welcome in the class which makes it a family friendly class

 this semester is structures
ellie got in on the action too

 they split the kids up into groups to create a structure. this was nate's group

 they worked well together. so funny to watch boys work together vs girls. the boys all made a structure independently, mostly with their backs against each other, then came together at the end to make 1 large structure....girls??? they all chatted and created together. ha

 then fri afternoon we were treated to the home school library day!  SO fun!
ellie with her name tag. too cute!

 they had 10 tables in a room set up with activities, a puppet area, music, story, scavenger hunts, a computer class, snacks for the kids and adults....etc....i was blown away by it.  and it was free.

 ellie watching a show

 the boogie station, which ellie rocked at

 a craft table

 ellie jamming

 more tables

 more activities

 story time. i got the kids their snacks and ellie sat up front. so cute

they were hoping for 20 kids. over 50 showed up!  they separated the kids by ages so the room had room for us all!  i spent most of my time (after the scavenger and treasure hunt) on the carpet with other mom's with kids ellie's age.

it was a great opportunity to chat with friends who know what we go through. i am so grateful for a great moncton home school group!

that was a peek into our week...out side the book work!

Posted by mel at 12:38 PM