Day 2

So, another great day on our "homestead" as BabyGirl likes to call it. We started with our calendar as usual to begin our adventure for the day. Our eggs became icky and squishy overnight in the vinegar. BabyGirl was thrilled to see that they had in fact turned white and ooey gooey! She definitely had to squash them to bits after the first squeeze!!!

Next we did the number 2 in our number journal. This one is proving hard to write and will need some practice when she is willing to do it. :) She enjoyed the worksheets and coloring that went along with them.

We practiced a little more on the more/less concept even though I don't believe she needs it, she just likes the pages in her book that go with them. She loves especially to circle the 100% on the top of the page proudly!

We did some reading readiness identifying same/different. These are very easy for her and she moves quickly through the exercises, but again, she loves to practice and has fun circling each item that is the same or different out of a group.

We've begun to study John Chapman AKA Johnny Appleseed since his bday is coming up at the end of the month. We've found several picture books on him at our local library with beautiful pictures and the story written in a child-friendly way. We've also found the old Disney cartoon of him that I remember watching when I was a little girl. The songs are great! We're looking forward to doing some science projects involving apples coming up soon.

We went outside in between showers and did a bug hunt. It was so much fun for her sneaking around trying to catch a glimpse of a bug to take a picture of! We found several, but her favorites were the stink bug pictured and a lady bug. We also took out her sketch book so that she could draw pictures of the bugs we found or anything else that inspired her. She loved drawing spiders. They are soooo cute!!!

She's been wanting to make cookies for several days now and today proved to be perfect for that! She decided on oatmeal/coconut and they came out great! She of course has to do it all herself!! She even remembers and is able to pick out which cup is 1/2 out of all the measuring cups and reads the recipe to me since it's made with pictures of the ingredients and easy words,numbers that she can recognize. (children's cook book) She has loved cooking and helping in the kitchen since she could sit up on the counter!

She had a blast at dance class last night. It was so much different that when she was in the Baby Bop class for ages 2-3. She was able to use the ballet bar and learn several positions. Her teacher let her lead the class in some of the exercises and she felt like such a big girl. The tap dancing was great, too. I can hardly believe my eyes when I look through the glass watching her dance. I still remember when she was a chubby little 2 1/2 year old who crossed her arms and stomped away from the teacher saying "NO I won't! I want Mommy!" with that familiar little girl scowl on her face. What a long way we've come. She just lets loose in there now!

We plan on doing our exercise record this afternoon together that joins different kinds of music and body movements in a fun and soothing way. She loves to do this every day!

I believe we're going to try and check out the Cornerstone meeting tomorrow and see what it's like. We've never been to any home school gatherings yet and hope to meet lots of new friends and their families within Cornerstone and SCENE. So far our experience has been wonderful! I'm so glad that I began researching/thinking about homeschooling as early as I did. Seems like everyone is either totally for it or totally against it! Now I'm able to blow all negatives off as I live my dream! I guess the proof will be in the pudding! :)