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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Wrapping Winter Away

O No!!!! Mum`s had one of those inspirations!!!!!
We are off to the material shop.......Come on Kids...
Wow look at all this beautiful fabric....................


Back home ok it took me awhile to make time to start our quilts
it happened on a beautiful Winter`s Day
rain, strong winds blowing and cold burrrrrr.....


cutting the squares out .................................


laying it all out to make sure I measured right!!!!!


Children painting their pictures with fabric paint...............
they spent hours so involved and full of Joy with their creations....

more photos to come as we do the next steps
in our Winter Quilts coming to life!!!!!!!!



Lots of sewing.....................

Wrapping Winter Away in our very own quilts..............

It is so good to start a idea/project
and then finish.........a real sense of meaning..............

Spring is coming !!!!!!











Mrs Thaw Arrives!!!!!!


An inspiration and making time to create
a moment for me to express myself
and loose myself in creating something special...........
I really love waldorf doll making..........


Magical Moments

Being free at the beach a real part of life..................


Creating in the sand with the waves rolling in.....................


Jaiden`s first tooth comes out..........................


Playing Prince and Princess.................................


Welcome to our school days within their Enchanted Childhood..............
A moment I am in awe of their happiness and reminded to really love life
you are so beautiful and dear to me.........................
I treasure you dearly and are happy being here with you.............
Thankyou.................


This is what I walked into the playroom and discovered.................
the family the children had made themselves...............
one of those moments................
Childhood can it be anymore magical.......................

Alphabet (The Adventure continues)

Jaiden`s writing letters..............
He writes the amount he is inspired to...............

L for Lavender Lady..............................
H for house.........................................




V for valley...............................


T for tree ...........................



S for Swan...............................


B for Bear...........................


F for fawn........................


We have been using the Christopherus Homeschool Resources
First Grade Syllabus............................
It is very beautiful for the children and really captures their interest
they look forward to the story and are really involved within it
and are totally enchanted by what letter is coming next........................
I have found it easy to create Jaiden~s learning of the alphabet
creating his picture alphabet.............and he applies his awareness to
letters he finds in other places.....It has awaken him gently................
This is the end of the first block.......................

I have found it interesting how to work with Jaiden almost 7years old
and his sister almost 5 yrsold as I did not want to bring her into this world
of alphabet yet.....she comes and sits down with us and we do it as a family
as this is part of their day to day happenings so I let it be and do not do anymore
with her and she takes in with Joy being apart of it all.....
I have set up special painting time with her to keep her a little bit more
in her KinderWorld .......................



Children for sure take in what is around them do you see those numbers!!!!!

Number Land

Drawing numbers in sand at the beach...............................



Modeling Numbers out of playdough we made................................

Monday, August 24, 2009

Learning Numbers


stamping and painting number nine..........................



Number Nine we used nine months of pregnancy.................
we talked about how long it takes to grow a baby
and them being babies inside me............



The children gathered rocks together
and we used them for counting and showing how ten can be
5& 5, 6&4 ect..................



An inspiration Rainbow treasure Game............


The children rolled dice and had to move the number
under the cups were balls hidden for them to collect.............
the children found it enchanting..................................




The children collected Ten leaves from the garden...........


and made these beautiful circles........................



and of course HAND painting still fun to do .......................


How many fingers??????..........10.................


And our farmer is starting to have a interesting lot of animals
to look after!!!!!!! they arrive newly each day..............
to correspond with the number we are exploring.................


Blackboard drawing for Ten.........................



Mainlesson book drawing..........................






Using wooden blocks to show 11 can be.......
4 & 3 & 2 &2 ect.. we made different arrangements..



Blackboard drawing eleven Stars...........................



Jaiden`s idea to paint over crayon 11 stars................
I love how natural the ideas come and the learning..............


Mainlesson book Eleven............................................




We made a clock from cardboard..............
very exciting to move the pointers to the numbers..
and say the time.........................

Twelve Dancing Princesses.................




Blackboard drawing for Twelve......................


Mainlesson book for number 12..................................