Summertime Fun - June's Adventures

Our summer "vacation" is officially over.  And thank goodness, because we need some structure around here!  We started back to school this past week (gently) with our Free Range Learning Co-op fall semester, and a lot of fun reading and exploring at home.  We actually did quite a bit of schooling over the summer, but took a break for the first half of August.  Now, we are easing back into the real deal!  But first, let me share with you what we did over the summer.

Working on grouping items that are alike after testing out a new language arts curriculum.

Sawyer did dogs.

Hayden chose insects.

Sawyer doing Roll-a-Dough letters with his name and playdoh.

Decorating the letter S for Sawyer.

Copywork:  Little Miss Muffet (he got tired of it after the first two lines).
Writing is not a fun skill to learn for these boys.  It's coming along though.

And yet, more writing practice.  Did I say "summertime fun"??  Haha!
Actually, he didn't mind this one so much.  It was another activity from our
new language arts curriculum.

Nat ran.  Ann ran.  The first early reader of the language arts curriculum.

Aesop's Fable, The Lion and the Mouse.  They had to color and cut out the
pictures after hearing the story and put them in the right order.

Trying to use correct pencil grip for tracing some flowers.  

Hidden picture sticker activity.  MUCH more enjoyable!

A little bug unit I found with some fun activities to complete.  Sawyer did
a little pattern recognition.

And not too shabby a job, either!

Shake-a-tree activity with our bug unit.  We took out a big white sheet, stuck
it under a bush, and shook the heck out of it.  Then, we pulled out our
magnifying glasses to see what we could find.  LOTS of teeny tiny spiders
and snails!

Bug Phonics.  Sawyer had to write the first letter of each word.

Scrambled sentences.  Hayden had to unscramble the funny sentences.  I
learned this day that he can read a lot better than I thought he could.  That
little booger has been holding out on me!!