homeschooling wrap up: february

well, another month wrapped up in homeschooling!
as always, we had a great time and enjoy the pictures below!

letter of the week was S...
so Sand was our textile...

Stegosaurus, Strawberries, and Sausages were in order...

and Spaghetti painting...

and our Bible story was the Good Samaritan!

we celebrated the Olympics...

and even had yet another snow day!

then, it was off to T...
Toothpicks...

a study in Teeth...
dry erase on a laminated tooth!

and "scrubbing" our yellow teeth all white and clean!

Tortilla with Topping (hummus) and Tomatoes, Tangerines and Teddy bears!

then, we focused on Valentine's Day (week) for awhile...
we sorted candy for cookies for Daddy's work...
(he knows how to sort well by this point, but i tell you, this kid will sit here for an HOUR and sort candies if mommy tells him to...a perfect time to get dinner on the table! :))

we counted and sorted candy hearts.
and learned that 5 rows of 10 makes 50!

we used hearts to construct a raccoon...

(i was desperate for some more "manly" heart crafts...)

made a special card :)

and stamped!

he loves to stamp anything.

then, on Valentine's day, we had a lot of heart shaped foods :)

the following week, we learned about Jesus calling his disciples

and started the letter U!

the textile was Umbrellas...

Udon noodles...

and we learned what an Ugli fruit is!

he loved it.

of course, we added to our letter book.

and made an Upside down cake for G-Ma and Poppy, who were visiting that weekend!

last week was V!
V for Vegetables...

Venus fly trap...

and Valentines!

our culture series focused on Africa this month!

so naturally, we had giraffes for breakfast ;)

we painted an African savannah sunset...

and how can you possibly paint in the tub without a full-on bath afterwards?  honestly, mommy...

mommy added the acacia tree...

then we added hay for the savannah grasses...

and hung it behind our center to play-act!!
it actually turned out really pretty, i think!

and we had theme snacks...
that's a monkey eating bananas, zebra eating "grass", lion eating "meat", and the poor hippo is eating...grapes?  ha!

we practiced a LOT of tracing this month too.
this kid loves to trace.

on an end note.
michael was playing at the fridge the other day while i was making eggs for our breakfasts and i hear him singing about "E, eh, eh, Elephant! T, tt, tt, Tiger!" and i think it's just him tra-la-la-ing.
until i look over and see this:
he's matched all the letters to the animals by himself!  zero help or questions from mama!
impressive, no?
well, i'm impressed :)
(by the way, that's B for Brachiosaurus, little "l" for Lion, and "C" for Cockatoo!)

looking forward to this month!