Deladis’s kindergarten year is going well. We are on a relaxed and spontaneous kind of schedule, though still very regular. She has almost learned to write all her numbers through ten! This week we sang songs themed around boats, “Michael Row Your Boat Ashore” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”. We read our Little Jewel Book on water and the counting nature walk. We worked in the garden, and checked on the little frog pond to see the tadpoles sprouting their back legs. Last year, I ordered Little Acorn Curriculum. It was structured much like what we are doing now, but this time it is coming from my head. Yes, my head! I am really learning how to teach little littles. (My formal teaching experience is with 7th and 8th grades.) I can hardly believe this week in truth.
Thursday we made paper boats. I looked up a video on YouTube to show us how.
We folded two out of heavy cardstock, and took them to the creek to float.
The creek runs along a little coal seam in spots.
The girls were mighty pleased with the results.
We enjoyed our Thursday so much, we decided to do some splashing in the creek (last year’s Hillbilly Waterpark). We found one of the remaining wild blackberry bushes in a snake safe spot by the creekbank and Ivy ate every ripe berry there was to be found. I learned my lesson on being an ambitious blackberry picker last season too. It was a lovely day, and I took the time to really enjoy my girls. Kay, from Random Musings From My POV keeps telling me to do that. You know, I thought I was, but I wasn’t. I now know what it feels like to truly let loose and do that. Thanks Kay! It’s like nothing else in the world. They are blessings in this life.
Summer is such a great time for learning, and that is the great thing about homeschooling/unschooling, learning happens anytime, any place, any season. Now, I must be off to enjoy my girls before this day gets away from me. 🙂
A Mountain Mama - East Kentucky Gal 
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July 3, 2010 at 10:07 pm
kay
congrats to Deladis on her numbers! the boat project looks like fun. my kids would have loved that when they were children. i may just have to make those with my grandchildren. love the photo of the girls, they look truely happy!
July 4, 2010 at 2:28 am
Aneta
Oh, it sounds like you are having fun! “Relaxed and stonaneous” sounds like something I might struggle with. Ha!
I remember my father making paper boats with me. Gosh, that was so much fun. I’m glad Deladis and Ivy are enjoying it too.
My darling is almost 16 months, so we are some time away from the adventures you, Deladis and Ivy are enjoying. Row, row, row your boat she knows now, that’s always fun, as I do the actions with her.
Thank you for sharing Kelli.
July 4, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Alisha
This does sound a little more relaxed 🙂 I’m glad the unschooling/homeschooling is going well; I was just going to shoot you an email about it. Summer is the time for those care-free days. I’m working hard on that too. We’ve dug in the sand a lot more, spent more time outside in the heat…tring to just soak in these moments.
July 5, 2010 at 5:05 pm
m.hope
sounds like so much fun! i used to live in Pennsylvania as a kid and get sick on all the ripe ones and most of the almost ripe blackberries, unforgettable! i was home schooled for most of my elementary since I grew up in Gary, Ind. and kids were getting shot on the lawn outside the nearest public school. I would love to be homeschooling my son. His tuition is $600 bucks a month so as money gets more and more scarce it might turn into more of a necessity than a choice. maybe as i keep reading your blog, by the time that happens, i’ll be ready… blessings. mhope
July 20, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Fun Mama - Deanna
I want to do some unschooling preschool with my daughter this year, and I keep toying with the idea of getting Little Acorn curriculum. I know it doesn’t count as unschooling if you have a curriculum, but I’m not sure how to go about doing it.
Your creek looks so inviting. I wish we had one near us.