Week in Review (August 13th) - Let's fold clothes

We had a great week here at the academy. We are going to walk in lots of power as we are still working on our verse about God not giving us a spirit of fear.  The kids enjoy it, and K is able to talk about what the verse means in relation to not being afraid.

Our new activity brings joy to my soul.  As a stay at home mom/homeschooling mom or any mom for that matter, at times, I feel like all I do is clean and do laundry.  So now, it's time for me to give the kids the opportunity to help out, and of course, at this age, they are ready to help :).  And thus, after inspiration from Counting Coconuts, we created a practical life activity in the form of a clothes folding basket.  Both K and G have used the activity, and they both like it.  In our basket are some of M's shorts, M's onesies, and K's t-shirts.  I would like to continue to incorporate different clothing items as folding of each is mastered.

Items in our basket

G working on folding a t-shirt...I helped her with the sleeves :)

We also worked on our phonics with our letter mat; G worked on her beginning word sounds, and K added forming his blends to our work as well as spelling various words.  M absolutely loves the mat as well (and anything else that has to do with letters), and takes letters out and says their sounds.  Now, he's starting to say the names of the letters as well as saying the sounds they make. 

K and G also had fun buliding puzzles; they really love them and enjoy putting them together all the time.  K also had the opportunity to do some water color painting.  He's getting so much better at understanding and implementing the concept of covering the whole picture in color, which is nice to see.

K painting Owl from Winnie the Pooh

The kids also had fun outside with our diy water table.  They played for about an hour and fifteen minutes outside; it's been a bit rainy here lately, so the kids haven't had the opportunity to play outside as much.  It was a lot of fun for them and low maintenance for me. 

I took this picture through the screen

An enjoyable week!