Day 008: A day in Ancient Greece

We have been studying Ancient Greece for a while with our curriculum "The Story of the World". (See my post about our history.) I had picked up this book: Spend the Day in Ancient Greece,

and we loved reading it. The kids begged me to make them each a chiton, so we went to a local craft store to buy some fabric. Back home, we measured some, I sewed some, and we tried on again and again until they like the results.

May I introduce my Greek boy and girl:

Peanut is wearing the girl version of a simple chiton.











Coqui wanted to add an himation to his boy version of the chiton.

Day 007: Not everything is academic

For the last three months, I am installing good habits in the kids with a chore chart that I made. I feel I do not really need to share ours as they are so many free ones out on the net, and every family's chart is personal and looks different. Nonetheless, I want my kids to make their beds in the morning, to start helping around the house, too, but I also want them to learn to take care of themselves, which means taking a bath, brushing their teeth, and combing/brushing their hair. Latter is quite an endeavor with my Peanut. Her hair is wavy and gets tangled very easily. So we've been working on her learning to brush it thoroughly and all around her head, not just on one side - lol.

Usually, she gets it done in a minute and I have to send her back to do a better job. But today, she came down with well brushed hair and an accessory. She was very proud of herself, too. She is and will always be my fashion girly.

Day 006: Teaching the youngest

I love when this happens over and over again. Trust me, it doesn't happen too often, but when it does, my heart jumps and I feel accomplished. THIS right here is what homeschooling is all about. Learning together, all different ages, kids learning from kids, learning to count on each other as siblings, working together, and so much more. They are bonding for the rest of their lives. And I just step back a little and watch in wonder.......

I am so thankful to God that He gave me the desire to homeschool. And even if it is not easy every day, I enjoy what I do and I wouldn't change it for anything in this world.

Day 005: Adventures in Ancient Greece

As we are studying Ancient Greece, I came across this awesome build-it-yourself game. It is called Digging Up Greece. The download was free. I printed it all out, we started cutting, and gluing, and more cutting, until we could finally start playing. Even Peanut chimed in. The questions are multi-level, so mine were the hardest, Coqui had the middle, and Peanut got the easiest ones. She even won the whole game. We had a ton of fun on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

Day 004: Little Sister wearing the Crown

I was trying to figure out how to execute a 365 days shooting about homeschooling when we do not do school, technically, every day. But then again, we try to live the motto, that we DO learn something every day.

Here is Munchkin with her sister's Esther crown. Peanut had studied Queen Esther in her history lesson, and this crown was part of her craft. Sister sat right next to her and 'snatched' the crown away as it was completed. Whatever she heard and will retain in her little brain is awesome.