Homeschool Activities

Our homeschool group, C.U.E., recently had a fun little get-together.   At our meeting they created their own country and were given the task to choose leaders, divide into states, and create flags.  I think the kids really enjoyed themselves.  Not only did they have fun, but they also had to learn to be cooperative and work together.  The boys actually were more successful at working together than the girls, but there were also less boys involved!

Zora & Lily working on their part of the flag

 The girls flag

 The boys flag

I was so proud of Zora because she went way out of her comfort zone and ran for President!  I was shocked that she did this because she does not like being in front of a group talking.  She wrote her entire speech by herself.  Even though she was not chosen as President, I think giving the speech really made her gain some self-confidence.

Zora's Speech

(please pardon my pitiful camera skills!)

In case you couldn't understand her this is what she wrote/said:

Hi! My name is Zora.

I am running for President.

The reason why I want you to vote for me

is because I would take care of the country very well.

And I would also make sure there was enough protection.

Also I would make sure there was enough hospitals

and enough people to care for the poor.

I would make a good President because I am strong, kind,

and would make a good leader.

So vote for Zora.

Thank you!

Another fun activity we did recently was a nature walk at a friend's home near the lake.  All of the girls explored the land for interesting nature finds.

My little explorers

 Exploring with friends

They had some fantastic discoveries!

 At the end of our nature exploration the girls decided to just play on the shore with pails and buckets.

Right as we were getting ready to leave we had a visit from a flock of seagulls.  They were beautiful!

It looks as if we might get one more short taste of warm weather so we will be exploring there again soon.  Then we'll have to find indoor activities to do because the cold weather will be moving in to stay :-(

This week we had a little art lesson about sculptures.  We then took a little trip with some friends to The Purple Glaze to paint some sculptures of our own!  The girls did great! :-)

My little painters

Lily painted the funny little monkey and Zora painted the mermaid...