Day 42/175

 

 

Well we have started our 2 week vacation before heading into our next 8 weeks of school.. but that doesn’t mean learning stops right??

 

Today we went on a field trip with our local homeschool group, to a local theatre. I had never been there before, and was excited to see how good they were.

We saw the play 3 Little Pigs, and I loved how they made it more modern, yet keeping most of the story line. Absolutely funny characters, and a really good play. The kids loved it too.

I think my mom and I are going to look into getting season passes for next year to this local theatre now, so we can go together.

 

Here are a couple shots of the characters from this play.. they were taken on my cell phone, so the quality isn’t the absolute best.

 

The farmer lady and the crow

The biggity bad wolf shaking Monkey Man’s hand

Two of the pigs… (who love pink, imagine that)

 

Plus Little Monkey had Girl Scouts today and they went on a field trip to the local apple orchard.. Here is a shot of her!

 

 

Then Monkey Man had Cub Scouts….

Day 41/175

Its Friday!!! Yippee!

Well we finished our first 8 weeks, without to many major issues.  How has your schooling been going?

Today we went on another Field Trip. This time we went to the Common Ground Fair. I had never been, but two of my kids went last year with their grandma. Its an agricultural fair, with lots to see and do!

Here are some photo’s of our day…

One of the rabbits the kids tried to convince me to take home!

A Slikie Chicken I just find cool!!!

My photo shoot with a chicken (by far the highlight of my day)

My kids trying to slide on cardboard, without much success

A day is not complete without face painting!

Newspaper Hats!

Learning to make fire

Now we start our 2 week vacation, before hitting our next 8 weeks. But be sure to swing by once and awhile, cause we have some more field trips we will be attending, plus some reviews.  Enjoy your fall!!!

Day 40/175

Today we are doing a double work load, as our last day of our first 8 weeks is going to be another Field Trip!!!

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Test List 8
  
• Math- Pg. 489
  
• History- Lesson 11
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• BigIQKids
  

Middle Monkey:

• Spelling- Word Tiles, Test List 8
  
• Math- Pg. 25
  
• Reading- 1 Book
  
• History- Lesson 11
  
• Grammar- Lesson 21
  
• BigIQKids
  

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 33 & 34
  
• Phonics- Pg. 35-40, 37-41, 42, 41-45
  
• Spelling- Unscramble, Test List 8
  
• History- Lesson 11
  

Day 39/175

Mid week already wow!!!


Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 2.5
  
• Math- Pg. 483
  
• Spelling- Cryptogram Puzzle
  
• BigIQkids
  

Middle Monkey:

• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Grammar- Lesson 20
  
• Math- 12-7
  
• BigIQKids

Little Monkey:

• Math- 12-10
  
• Phonics- Pg. 33-34
  
• Grammar- Lesson 32
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles

Day 38/ 175

How is your week going? We are enjoying our last week, and getting ready to have some fun!


Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• History- Lesson 10
  
• BigIQkids
  

Middle Monkey-

• Math- 12-11
  
• Reading- 3 Books
  
• History- Lesson 10
  

Little Monkey:

• History- Lesson 10
  
• Phonics- Pg. 27-32 & 28-33
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• Math- 12-9
  
• Grammar- Lesson 31
  

Day 37/ 175

Happy Monday!!! We are super excited, cause after this week we have finished our first 8 weeks of school, and we get 2 weeks off!! Stay tuned though, as we have a few field trips planned still!


Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 2.4
  
• Math- Pg. 454
  
• Spelling- List 8 Copy
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Cub Scouts
  

Middle Monkey:

• Spelling- List 8 Copy
  
• Math- 2-24
  
• Phonics- Pg. 3
  
• Grammar- Lesson 19
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Girl Scouts
  

Little Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 25-26
  
• Math- 11-10
  
• Grammar- Lesson 30
  
• Spelling- List 8 Copy
  
• Girl Scouts

Day 36/ 175

Yay for another Friday upon us! This year just seems to be flying by!

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 2.3
  
• Spelling- Test List 7
  
• BigIQKids
  
• 4H
  

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 5
  
• Math- 12-5
  
• Grammar- Lesson 18
  
• Spelling- Test List 7
  
• BigIQKids
  
• 4H
  

Little Monkey:

• Spelling- Test List 7
  
• Phonics- Pg. 21 & 23
  
• Grammar- Lesson 29
  
• 4H

Day 35/ 175

After such a fun trip yesterday.. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get my kids to sit still and do work today, but we did good. They had  a good day too!


Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• Math- Pg. 443
  
• History- Lesson 9
  
• BigIQKids
  

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 12-2
  
• Phonics- Pg. 7
  
• Reading- 1 Book
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• History- Lesson 9
  
• BigIQkids
  

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 28
  
• Math- 11-9
  
• Phonics- Pg. 16 & 20
  
• History- Lesson 9
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  

Day 34/175 Field Trip to Maine State Museum

Today was our second field trip of the year. We dropped Daddy off at work, and headed to the Maine State Museum. My son is such a fan of this place to start with… any place with History and he is there.

Today was the Bugmania.. They had entomologist on site for kids to ask questions. Along with a bunch of different bugs to check out and learn about. What could be more fun right? (note my sarcasm) Mostly, cause I am not a huge bug person, and was not looking forward to seeing lots of creepy crawlies in one place. Despite that however, we had a really good time.

Here are some pictures of our fun filled day!

Monkey Man holding a Millipede

Monkey Man holding a Stick Bug

Tarantula, Monkey Man held one, but not this one.

Cockroach

The 3 Monkey’s writing with a feather pen

Day 33/175

Today we are doing a bit of extra work, since we are taking a Field Trip Tomorrow.


Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Word Scramble
  
• Math- Pg. 394 & Pg. 416
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• History- Lesson 8
  
• Grammar- Lesson 2.2
  
• BigIQKids
  

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 23A & 11-16, 11-14, 12-1
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Reading- 3 Books
  
• Phonics- Pg. 11-16, 9
  
• History- Lesson 8
  
• Grammar- Lesson 17
  
• BigIQKids
  

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 26-27
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Math- 11-6, 11-8
  
• Phonics- Pg. 7-12, 12-16, 13, 18
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• History- Lesson 8
  

Day 32/ 175

Week 7!!! One more week, and then we get our 2 weeks off. I really think this year is going to go way better than I anticipated!


Monkey Man:

• Spelling- List 7 Copy
  
• Math- Pg. 381
  
• Grammar- Lesson 2.1
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Homeschool Group Picnic
  

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 19
  
• Spelling- List 7 Copy
  
• Math- 11-11 & 11-12
  
• Grammar- Lesson 16
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Homeschool Group Picnic
  
• Girl Scouts
  

Little Monkey:

• Math- 11-4
  
• Spelling- List 7 Copy
  
• Phonics- Pg. 5 & Pg. 6-11
  
• Grammar- Lesson 25
  
• Homeschool Group Picnic
  
• Girl Scouts

Day 31/ 175 Field Trip- LC Bates Museum

I love that we can take impromptu trips and they can count as school.. Best part yet, they are fun days as a family!

Today we decided to head to a local museum that is about 30 mins from our house… and take a Guided Hike, and then learn about Beavers.

This museum has an amazing woman who just seems to have a huge amount of knowledge. I just love learning new things from her. She also has done a few classes at our Homeschool Co-op. The kids love her, and she is so good with them. Just amazing!
We were the only ones there for the Guided Hike in the morning, so we had the guide all to ourselves ; even better!  She decided to do a hike based on teaching the Monkey’s what kind of insects we could find along the way…  Here are some of our findings…











After returning from our hike, we took a quick trip around the Museum as we have never fully looked around. Saw some really cool stuff, learned a few things, and then got to see what Monkey Man had been waiting for. The cast of a Tyrannosaurs Rex Skull, that the Museum has on loan for a bit. Very impressive I must say!



After that we headed into the closest town, and had some lunch. We went to a family favorite, ate some boneless chicken and fries,and headed back for the Beaver Program.
The kids were just having so much fun learning… I was impressed with how much they already knew. Its great to hear them be able to answer questions, and know that they really do listen when I’m teaching! Lol!
The Beaver Program had a bit more people who joined us.  The kids learned about the habitat, and how beavers help keep homes for other animals. Then we went and saw a bit of a beaver damn…  Afterwards, they had a craft lined up for them. The monkey’s put together a nature journal with stamps of animals feet prints, a beaver puppet, and a beaver skull. 





They had so much fun!  It was a great family day! Relaxing but so much knowledge. Great start to the year!

Day 30/175

Yay its Friday! Did everyone have a good week? Ours was ok… and interesting.


Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson Chapter 1 Review
  
• Math- Pg. 369
  
• Spelling- Test List 6
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning (read the review)
  
• 4H
  

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 22A & 11-7
  
• Phonics- Pg. 17
  
• Grammar- Lesson 15
  
• Spelling- Test List 6
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  
• 4H
  

Little Monkey:

• Spelling- Test List 6
  
• Math- 11-2 & 11-3
  
• Phonics- Pg. 40-44 & Pg. 41, 5
  
• Time4Learning
  
• 4H

Day 29/175

 

 

The sun is finally back out!!! YAY! We are so happy to see it. School went quickly this morning, and then Monkey Man and I went to my dad’s, where he learned how to put on brakes.

 

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg. 365
  
• History- Learned more about Pyramids
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Math- 10-18 & 11-5
  
• Phonics- Pg. 21-24
  
• Reading- 1 book
  
• History- Pyramids
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4learning
  

 

Little Monkey:

• History- Pyramids
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Math- 10-10 & 10-15
  
• Phonics- Pg. 37 & 35-40
  
• Grammar- Lesson R3
  
• Time4Learning
  

Day 28/ 175

 

 

Still Raining… Sniff, sniff. The only thing that is keeping us going is that we have some exciting stuff coming up over the next couple weeks, and we are holding out hope for sun on all days!!!

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.17
  
• Math- Pg. 347
  
• Spelling- Word Search
  
• Science- Impromptu lesson about Horn Tomato Worms (look at photo at bottom)
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 21A & 10-17
  
• Grammar- Lesson 14
  
• Phonics- Pg. 27
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Science- Horn Tomato Worm Lesson
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 28-33 & Pg. 30-34
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• Math- 10-8 & 10-9
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Science- Horn Tomato Worm Lesson
  
• Time4learning

 

 

 

 

After chores this morning, I went out to pick our tomatoes. While picking them, I discovered this HUGE nasty worm on a branch, and it had eaten some of our tomatoes. Upon looking around, I discovered several more. I took them all off, and we put them in a bucket… while we figured out what they were. Therefore leading us to an impromptu lesson about the Horn Tomato/ Tobacco Worm. Here is picture…

 

Day 27/ 175

 

 

 

The rain is starting to get to us… we need to see sun again soon!

 

 

Monkey Man:

• History- Lesson 7
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• Math- Pg. 340
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 10-13 & 10-16
  
• Phonics- Pg. 33-36
  
• Reading- 3 Books
  
• History- Lesson 7
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson R2
  
• Phonics'- Pg. 26 & Pg. 25-28
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• History- Lesson 7
  
• Math- 10-5 & 10-7
  
• Time4Learning

Day 26/ 175

 

 

 

Happy Monday! I think.. Did everyone have a good weekend? Technically today is a Holiday, for most people, but its not one we take off, so here we are.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.16
  
• Math- Pg. 336
  
• Spelling- List 6 Copy
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics’- Pg. 37
  
• Math- Pg. 20 & 10-11
  
• Spelling- List 6 Copy
  
• Grammar- Lesson 13
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 10-3 & 10-4
  
• Spelling- List 6 Copy
  
• Phonics’- Pg. 18-21 & Pg. 19-23
  
• Time4Learning
  

Day 25/175

 

 

 

Yay It’s Friday!!!! We made it through another week. We have had our challenges but we made it.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.15
  
• Math- Pg. 324
  
• Spelling- Test List 5
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  
• Science- Static Electricity
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Spelling- List 5 Test
  
• Phonics- Pg. 39
  
• Math- 9-5 & 9-9
  
• Grammar- Lesson R3
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson R1
  
• Spelling- List 5 Test
  
• Math- 9-10 & 10-2
  
• Phonics- Pg. 15 & Pg. 13-18
  
• Time4Learning

Day 24/175

 

 

 

We are really enjoying working on some reviews.. and so far we have been lucky that they have fit right into our curriculum quite nicely!

 

Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters (in current book)
  
• History- Watched some Egypt Documentaries
  
• Math- Pg. 307
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 8-15 & 8-17
  
• Phonics- Pg. 41-46
  
• Reading- 1 book
  
• History- Mummy Videos
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

Little Monkey:

• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Math- 9-7 & 9-8
  
• Phonics- Pg. 12 & Pg. 7-12
  
• History- Mummy Videos
  
• Grammar- Lesson 24
  
• Time4Learning