Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Yeah for scripture study

I only have time for a quick, WOWSER!

Our scripture studies today turned into an amazing story about how a handsome man and a lucky woman fell in love, got married and had four amazing children.

I love how tentative the children are when we are telling stories about the past. They smile, laugh and ask the best questions. We know a question is coming when one of their faces gets serious and we just know their brain is ticking.

I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ and stories from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Stories that teach us not only about Christ but about life and lessons to help us live a good one.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

My goal

I have been such a slacker on the blogging side of Afterschooling. I really love going back and reading my journal entries and reading about our great adventures. So why am I not posting more?
Next week we begin learning about the 50 states and there are tons of fun activities to go with it. Many of the first lessons also go right along with our Native American studies we are doing right now. Which is perfect since we are taking a field trip to Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot this month. Very Excited!
MY GOAL:
2 blog postings a week
Good luck to me! Especially since I start working this week too.
I guess, if you can call singing songs, dancing and playing instruments with toddlers work.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

An ending the totally "ROCKS"

FINALLY!
We have been waiting for a Grand Finale to our Geology studies so we dragged it out a couple weeks longer than planned. We explored many great topics and also skipped some that did not grab the kids interest. We studied rocks, minerals, volcanoes, caves and gems. There was so much information that it was a great unit to introduce the kids to the vocabulary of rock studies.
Ever since the first day we discussed Geology the boys have been begging to go outside with a hammer and open up some rocks. Scary, I know but their drive to explore was awesome. While hunting up in the mountains my dad found a great place to look for rocks. So we planned a weekend we could all go rock hunting and to the delight of the boys packed hammers, chisels and goggles. Oh the joy are on their faces.
It was an amazing place and definitely served it's purpose. I didn't realize looking for rocks could be such a treat. We found lots of Geodes and the boys were able to open them up and find the treasure inside. We also saw something that mom was aching for. The first signs of Fall!