Although the kids are growing up (too fast!), they still like all of the simple things we did together when they first got home. Playing with play dough, Wiki Stix, and painting on their easel are just a few of those things. The only difference is that these fun activities have to wait for the weekend now. Our afternoons now consist of homework, dinner, and bed. We did paint recently, and the way the kids think now is so different, and it shows the progress we have made. Rather than just picking up the brush and starting to paint, they really things things through. Before we stopped schooling, the kids were doing creative writing at school everyday. We taught them that they first need to start with characters and a setting, then a problem, and then a solution. I had the kids think about that before they painted. If they were to write a story, what would that look like on paper.
Juan loves sea creatures and dinosaurs, so he wanted to illustrate what it would be like if you were driving over a bridge and could see fish in the water on a beautiful sunny day.
Angie loves animals, especially cats. So, her story takes place on a farm near the barn.
Ingrid loved the beach when we went on vacation earlier this year. So, like Juan, she focused her story on water as her setting. In her picture, there were baby seagulls in a nest and a Mommy seagull nearby in the water. The Daddy seagull is flying in the sky to make sure his wife and babies are safe, while he looked for some food to bring back to them.
We are proud of them for all they have learned! Throgh all of the daily challenges we faced, the kids have made so much progress.
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