Wandering through life one season at a time
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I am so excited to be jumping in as a Poppins Book Nook Co-Host! Poppins Book Nook is a free monthly virtual book club that takes place on the last Monday of each month. Several bloggers will be sharing books and activities to go along with that month’s theme. You are invited to join and share right along with us!
As soon as I saw that the theme for August was Fairy Tales, I knew I wanted to do a fractured fairy tale activity. Fractured fairy tales are the flip side of the story, told from a different point of view.
It just so happens that one of our favorite books falls into this wacky category:
We had a laughter-filled storytime and then the kids set to work creating their own fractured fairy tales. They first chose a classic story and then had to decide whether to flip it or rewrite it with new characters. I supplied them with a couple of fairy tale collections for inspiration and a Fairy Tale Story Map that I created.
We ended up with some incredibly funny stories:
The Bear Gets Back At Goldilocks – Papa Bear clumsily wrecks Goldilocks’ stuff while she is out having tea with Mama Bear and Baby Bear.
Fairy Tales: What Really Happened – The Tortoise and the Hare – The tortoise is the jerk in this story and has secretly set traps for the hare along the race course.
The Real Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Baby Bear’s job is to lure kids into the house so his family can eat them. Goldilocks escapes and the three bears make up the original story when the police start investigating.
The Three Stupid Pigs – The three little pigs all have brick houses to keep the wolf out, but they are so dumb that they each open the door and let him in when he knocks.
The four year old just drew pictures of fairies on her page. 🙂
We rounded out the day by watching Hoodwinked.
You can watch Fractured Fairy Tales for free on Hulu. I remember seeing these as a kid.
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In our early years of homeschooling, I got caught up in trying to make everything an educational experience. Our attempts at nature study usually ended in one of two ways:
1- I squashed the fun out of our explorations by trying to turn everything into a project.
OR
2- We never got around to nature study because my plans were too elaborate to carry out.
All of you tired and stretched-too-thin homeschool Mommas, relax and slow down. You know what your kids are going to remember about nature study? Two things –> God’s creation is amazingly beautiful, and YOU spent time with THEM admiring it.
Don’t worry about whether Charlotte Mason would approve of your activities, or whether your nature journals are worthy of being displayed on the coffee table. Just pick somewhere to start and have fun!!
I am a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants gal. I thrive on having a weekly routine in place, but please oh please don’t make me decide now what we might want to explore three months from now. Or even next week! Nature study is one area where we can pick and choose according to what we are interested in at the moment.
Having our nature notebook printables ready to go is the key to making our Nature Fun Fridays run smoothly. I can create lists of activities, and pages of printables, but those are useless if they just stay on my computer. I keep a binder filled with pages that we might want to use during the current school year. It is super quick and easy to flip through and find something to do each week.
My Nature Notebooking Binder is divided into five sections:
{I am linking to a few examples of what I have in each section.}
Do you have a nature table to show us, or maybe a Nature Study Pinterest board? Get those links ready because tomorrow we will have a Nature Fun Friday linky!
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We had great success last year with our Theme of the Day Chart!
With 5 kiddos needing my attention, it was hard for us to fit in the fun stuff like crafts or artist studies. Adding them to our morning homeschool routine allows us to stay on track without the extras slipping through the cracks.
I am changing it up just a bit this year by using Wednesday to focus on Geography instead of Writing. Last year’s Theme of the Day Chart is still available if that suits you better.
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~ Our 2013-14 Theme of the Day Chart ~
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Our new house has a beautiful pool in the backyard!! There is no screen over it yet, so someone is constantly scooping debris out. A couple of weeks ago we walked out to find the top step covered with tiny black things. At first we thought they were buds from a nearby tree, or maybe tiny bugs. Two days later it was very clear what they were.
FROG EGGS!
Do you see all the little black dots? Those are thousands of frog eggs!
Hubby & I were grossed out, but the kids were beyond excited. Sad faces were displayed when we informed them that there was no way our pool was becoming a frog pond. They quickly scooped up a few to observe.
The excitement didn’t last for long, however …
It turns out our whole pool was infested with tadpoles, not just the top step!
Insert horror movie music here.
The kids’ wonder quickly turned to disgust, with the girls convinced that they had surely swallowed frog eggs the last time they went for a swim. Hubby & I had been planning on going to the pool store on Saturday to learn Pool Care 101, but we bee-lined it over and stocked up on chemicals to shock the pool.
Our cute little tadpoles are growing and changing each day. We learned some interesting things about tadpoles:
Have some Froggy Fun with your kiddos!!
Frog Life Cycle Cards & Activities
Frog Life Cycle Animated Video
Tadpole Development Coloring Page
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