We've been talking a lot around here about what we have been doing with Five in a Row (which we are LOVING by the way), and fun liturgical learning, but we are doing a lot of other learning activities as well. We are using Seton as our core curriculum for our oldest two children who are completing Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten/1st Grade. The other thing that we love about homeschooling is how it provides us so much great time as a family to do other fun learning activities. Here are a few things that we have been up to!
It has been important to find ways to keep our 2 year old interested and occupied if he is awake when our oldest children are doing book work. We have learned that puzzles are his favorite way of keeping busy! We have a rack of puzzles on our bookshelf and he will sit and do puzzles for 20-30 minutes at a time!
Our 3 1/2 year old loves everything artistic (music, drawing, playdough, painting, etc). One day I found him on the floor making drawing after drawing of people. The one of our family will be one of those early art pieces that I will treasure for a long time!
We love to find ways to have what I call "educational breaks" during school time where the boys have play time with activities away from book work that still help them develop important skills. Our oldest two have been loving playing with Legos during this time and have recently gotten a few fun Lego kits! I can already tell that Legos will probably be one of our top wish list items on Christmas and Birthday lists this year. It is such a great activity to work on fine motor skills and also following instructions!
Our 3 1/2 year old will also commonly be found around our house playing with our Saint Peg Dolls. He loves to make up stories and have them interact. You will hear him in the other room saying "Don't worry Mary, St. George will protect you and then St. Nicholas will bring you a present!!"
Our 3 1/2 year old is also working through Seton's Pre-Kindergarten curriculum and doing such a fantastic job with everything! He especially loves the Math and Phonics. He also has been working a lot on his writing and has been spelling so much all on his own! The other day he wrote all of our names all by himself without even asking how they are spelled!
We are so thankful for an amazing homeschool group here in our hometown that hosts many fantastic educational and faith based activities to participate in throughout the year. This year our boys were very excited because the field trip was visiting a near by firehouse. We learned a lot about all of the equipment and had a blast touring the firehouse!
We also love fun learning toys like Alphie, which was a Christmas gift that our middle son received for Christmas that has been a big hit ever since!
Another new interest at our house is using Stencils during drawing/art time. I think it gives them a lot of satisfaction when they are not quite sure how to draw different vehicles, animals, etc by themselves to use stencils to make a picture just how they like it!
So, there are a few fun learning activities that we have been up to in our home! I hope you are having a wonderful school year as well!
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