School to summer

 

Are we still doing school this summer? I get that question a lot ...
and the answer is yes and no. It's pretty light school, but learning is a way of life - so we can't just wipe it away. It's just less structured, and we're spending more time playing in the sun with friends (which is learning in a different way) or getting projects accomplished (more learning).

Plus, we'll do a bit of formal education here and there too. Here are some pages from their nature books, for example:

 

This is Lil Sis' page about different shapes of leaves and the life cycle of a frog (above).

 

Here's Big Sis' frog life cycle page (above). 

 

Even E!'s pages are purposeful. He had me help label some of his work on this page. 

 

I'm also slightly obsessed with birds lately. This bird game entertains and teaches, and it helped us identify the gorgeous American Kestrel who ate our darling house sparrows and their babies. (boo!). 

 

We finished up our history book ... oh how much I learned about history!
I now have a special place in my heart for ancient Rome ... hopefully the littles do too.
We had to keep these four powerful leaders straight, so we made up this sheet to refer to.

 

And just to prove that educational activities are all around us ...
Sara gave us a box of tiny beanie babies (originally from GG), and each child picks one out a day and we learn interesting facts about that species. They write the name of the animal on a card, and the facts on the back/inside of the card ... creating an informative beanie baby museum. :)