TInker...

For the past week I noticed that my pages above were not showing up.  So the non-tech person I am...I ignored it hoping it would fix itself.  Nope.
So I just tinkered around and fixed it!  Call me tinker bell...minus the very short skirt.

Temple Grandin

Ryan had watched a movie a few weeks back called "Temple Grandin".  It is an HBO movie production about an autistic girl named Temple Grandin.  Ryan raved about it and told me I had to watch it.  It did not sound exciting to me at all.  He loved it so much that he even said he wanted to own it.  And folks, we only own like 6 DVD movies and 4 of them are kid movies.  So I knew he was for real loving this movie.  So he had it for me to watch last night.

Let me tell you, it is awesome.  I agree...I want to own it and watch it with my kiddos.  It is such a great movie.  For me, what strikes me even now is how this girl was able to work with her autisim, and with the help of others, she found what methods helped her excel in learning and life.  She is now in her 50's and is widely known in the Autistic community.
Here is a link to a trailer to the movie. But, it kind of gives some of it away.
I usually am not one to recommend movies, but this is a must see.
For me, it has inspired me to study my kids and learn what teaching methods will help them excel.
It is truly an inspirational true story!  Go check it out..you will not regret it!

Jesus Feeds the 5,000

We did this as a Bible lesson a few weeks back.
I read her the story from the Bible about Jesus feeding the 5,000 in the book of Matthew.  Then made a quick storyboard.  By quick, I mean I literally grabbed some paper and color pencils and sketched as I told her the story.  She was interested,...so I went with it.

Planning for some Science....

I am going to start a series of Science lessons with the kids.  I have had some ideas here and there, and I think with some research and organizing all these thoughts, I can put together some great Science studies with the kids.
I want to focus on things that grow and change.
I am waiting on some Catepillars I ordered online that will turn into butterlies. In the meatime I am going to look into germinating seeds.
Here is a link I pulled up just now that I think I will water down and follow.
Other things this week I am going to try to pull together for the Science lessons for May;
- Get some new Nature/Investigation Journals for the kids.  Something with no lines so they can draw and make observations in them.
- Get some seeds...a variety of beans like kidney, lima, northern beans, and corn seeds...
Here is a U-Tube video of radish seeds germinating that ER will like to watch.
- Get books on Catepillars and butterflies, plants and growing....etc.

This is so fun to research!  I have forgotten all of this stuff.
I will be a student here as well....Library here we come!

Word Play Flash Cards

Allyson Hughes commented on my "Word Play" post and gave me this idea for a lesson.
It was a great way to focus more on the phonics and letters.  And Ella Reese loved to flip through the words.

Pizza Time!

I was about to toss out my frozen pizza box and stopped myself when I had the cardboard circle the pizza once sat on.  I could make a pretend pizza for the kids to play with!
I tore the pizza box open and traced the same size circle on the two sides of the box and on the circular carboard inside.

And what made it all really exciting is a perfect cardboard box I had that opens just like a delivery box!  So fun!  If you go to CCK it is the Mission Fund box you got.  Yes...I held onto it.  I hold onto all kinds of junk.