Fun with Journals and Art

Here are a few things we have done recently for the organization and fun of homeschool.

We made these fun journals out of composition books. Nature journals, piano book for assignments, and B has one for his Reading Made Easy handwriting journal. We enjoyed stamping on cardstock then gluing our creations to the cover. We also enjoy filling them up.
In the nature journal we write about the things we find outside, and print pictures of the critters we identify.
The kids love to do Creative Writing. We cut photos from magazines and make up stories about what could have happened.
Reading Made Easy is the phonics/reading program I am using with B-6. It is a wonderful curriculum. It involves learning special symbols for phonics and then writing out sentences with the phonics clues. Then you get to read books and listen for the phonic of the day. He loves snuggling up with me and reading books. He also likes to draw pictures of the sentences he writes for handwriting practice.
This is the kids' first drawing lesson. It is a picture of a banana, a nectarine and a plum on the table in front of the window. They both did very well. Their teacher was really impressed. We are so thankful she has donated her time and talent to bless us.

We "rowed" the book They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson last week. It was a great story about family. We learned a little about our family history as we completed a family tree. We also learned about industrialization. Just a little, not too overwhelming. We talked about the Civil War, and what times were like right after the war. It is wonderful to see the innocence of my children. I love that they cannot imagine the people being afraid of the old slaves. To me, it shows how far we have come in showing that all men truly are created equal. I love that my kids see everyone as God's children. Anyway, I will stop there before I get too sappy.