Homeschool Activity: Take One

The idea of homeschooling has really intimidated me but, I decided to read the book "For the Children's Sake" by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay.  I've only read 50 pages but I've already started implementing some of the concepts. Below was our first lesson...

I read my children the first chapter out of Leggtowne Chronicles by Beth Cantrell:

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Harold and Maudine: A Love Story

In this story Harold, the spider realizes that he needs a helper.  He sets out to look for a wife and finds Maudine...his 'not so likely' long-legged' suitable helper.

Craft:

I cut out the main body part and 8 legs for each spider. My children choose the colors and finger painted the body of each spider.

Numbers:

We counted to 8 see real times to make sure we had the right number of legs and made sure Harold had the short ones and Maudine had the long-legs.

Letters:

We traced and colored the letters H and M for Harold and Maudine to go on their backs.

Science:

We watched a brief video of a spider building a web on YouTube.

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Then we built our own web using white yarn.

Narration:

We made a video re-telling the story.

Play:

Then my, almost 4 year olds, played for an hour by themselves with Harold and Maudine after our lesson was over.

Later they asked me if we could do it again...which of course made my heart glad.  In the past I have tried to teach them colors, letters and numbers and it has ended up with all of us being frustrated at each other. This morning it was different...it was fun...and I could see them excited about learning...yay!!! That's my goal...if they are excited about learning then they can learn anything and the possibilities in the future for them are endless!