Dr. Seuss Party

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!

Our homeschool group had a Dr. Seuss party on Friday! I can't believe we haven't done one of these parties before- it was so fun!!

Allison, who was the planner of this party, made the most adorable party decorations. 

Each family picked a Dr. Seuss book and their snack and game/craft were to be themed to it. 

We picked Red Fish, Blue Fish, One Fish, Two Fish. 

 Grace modeling the fishing game. She ran the fishing pond for me. The kids dropped their fishing pole over into the pond and when they felt a tug, pulled up the pole to find a prize!

Before we began, Allison read the kids one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books: I Wish That I Had Duck Feet

Then the kids had a blast playing all the fun themed games:

Red Fish, Blue Fish fishing:

Making Go Dog Go! hats:

Ten Apples Up on Top

Cat in the Hat mustaches:

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? Instruments and shakers:

Fox in Socks:

Green Eggs and Ham rhyming matching:

Seuss-O:

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas:

And a final Green Eggs and Ham relay:

The kids worked up an appetite for all the adorable snacks!!!

Antarctica

There wasn't much to put on our picture for Antartica! 

Brrrr!

Georgia O'Keeffe Art

The kids current art study is the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. They were to pick one of her paintings and make their own version. 

Grace chose Petunia:

She started with a sketch and she decided to use oil pastels instead of paint. Here's a close up:

Cian decided to paint Georgia O'Keeffe's Sky Above Clouds IV:

A close up:

Zoe chose White Shell with Red, but in Zoe style made it 'with Pink' and added a rainbow in her sky. 

Her close up:

Ellie picked Georgia O'Keeffe's From the Plains I, but was inspired to do her own thing. Lol!

Her close up:

Fionnuala wanted everyone to see that she 'painted' too (with color wonders):

Subjects 2016-2017

Grace – 7^th Grade

Religion – Be My Disciples Jr. High: 1st semester: New Testament, 2nd semester: Mystery (RCL Benziger)
Math-   Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra 2.0
Math- Math Detective B1
Grammar- Michael Clay Thompson Grammar Voyage & Practice Voyage
Grammar- Punctuation Puzzler C1

Spelling/Vocabulary – Word Roots A1 or A2 Software
Spelling- Building Spelling Skills 7

Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7
Vocabulary- MCTLA Caesar’s English CEE2
Poetry- MCT LA: A World of Poetry
Reading/Literature- MCTLA Classics: Search Trilogy set
Reading/Literature- Classic 7^th grade books - see Link here
Reading Comprehension- Reading Detective B1 (1st half)
Writing/Composition-   MCTLA Essay Voyage
Typing- Jump-Start Typing CD-ROM
Science-Apologia Jr. High Exploring Creation with General Science*
*I cannot in good faith choose to use most of this book, where I believe it to be so erroneous. She will be using Behold and See Life Science instead and completing the whole book in 1st semester and then use the Apologia book only the 2nd half on the body's systems where there's no conflict for us.
 History- All Ye Lands: World Cultures and Geography
Geography- Map Skills F
Current Events- Amanda Bennett Unit Studies on Government & Elections
 Spanish- Spanish Lessons

Spanish- Rosetta Stone Homeschool version
Critical Thinking-
Problem Based Learning Ferret Ecology

Health- Total Health- Talking About Life's Changes
Art – World’s Greatest Artists Volume 2
Arts Instruction- Drama classes &  Homeschool Art class 

PE- Tumbling & Dance classes
Music- Piano & Voice Lessons

Cian – 5^th Grade

Religion – Be My Disciples 5 (RCL Benziger)
Math-   Singapore Math 5A & 5B
Math- Math Detective A1
Grammar- Michael Clay Thompson Grammar Voyage & Practice Voyage
Grammar- Editor in Chief A1 Software (whole since didn’t start in 4th) 
Vocabulary- MCTLA Caesar’s English CEE2
Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5
Poetry- MCT LA: A World of Poetry 

Spelling – Building Spelling Skills 5
Reading/Literature- 5th Grade Reading List -see link here
Literature- MCTLA Classics: Search Trilogy set
Reading Comprehension - Reading Detective A1
Writing- MCTLA Essay Voyage
Journaling- 1001 Writing Prompts
Typing- Jump-Start Typing CD-ROM
Science- Behold and See 5
Science- Science Detective A1
History- All Ye Lands: World Cultures and Geography
Geography- Map Skills F
Current Events- Amanda Bennett Unit Studies on Government & Elections 
Spanish- Spanish Lessons

Spanish- Rosetta Stone Homeschool version
Health- Enjoying Good Health
Health- Health 5 for Young Catholics
Critical Thinking- Building Thinking Skills Level 2
Critical Thinking-
Problem Based Learning Ferret Ecology
Art – World’s Greatest Artists Volume 2
Arts Instruction- Drama classes &  Homeschool Art class 
PE- Tumbling & Dance classes
Music- Piano Lessons & (hopefully music class at co-op)

Zoe – 2nd Grade

Religion – Image of God 2 & 1st Communion supplements 
Math-   Singapore Math 2A & 2B

Grammar- Easy Grammar 2

Spelling– Building Spelling Skills 2

Spelling – Spelling City with Building Spelling Skills words

Reading- Drawn Into the Heart of Reading
Reading Comprehension - Time Magazine for Kids Comprehension and Critical Thinking Grade 2
Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 Grade 2 
Handwriting – D'Nealian 2
Journaling – "If I Were.." Writing Prompts and Scholastic 1st Writing Prompts and/or Quick Writes from tpt

Writing- Compete Writing Lessons for Primary Grades
Science- Noeo Biology I
History- Portraits of American Girlhood

Geography- DK Geography 2 

Geography- MAPS B
Current Events- Amanda Bennett Unit Studies on Government & Elections
Spanish- Spanish Lessons

Spanish- La Clase Divertida 1
Health- Health, Safety, and Manners 2
Critical Thinking- Mind Benders
Art- World’s Greatest Artists Volume 2
Arts Instruction- Drama classes &  Homeschool Art class 
PE- Tumbling & Dance classes
Music- Piano lessons & (hopefully music class at co-op)

Ellie – Kindergarten

Religion- Image of God- Grade K
Phonics/Spelling/Reading/Language- McRuffy Kindergarten

Handwriting- McRuffy Kindergarten
Journaling- August- Summer Writing Prompts & Sept-May from Moffatt Girls journals
Math- Horizons Math K
History- Bede's History of Me**
Geography- DK Geography K
Current Events- Amanda Bennett Unit Studies on Government & Elections
Spanish- La Clase Divertida 1
Art – World’s Greatest Artists Volume 2
Arts Instruction- Drama classes &  Homeschool Art class 
PE- Tumbling & dance classes
Music- (hopefully music class at co-op)

Adding these K supplements from TPT:
http://teachacademyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2016/08/new-kindergarten-supplements.html
 

Fionn – Tot School

Tot School Tot Packs on the 1+1+1+1 website. 

Footnotes:

**edited by me to fit with our beliefs as Catholics