Week in Review #38: Dd is for Dora and Dollar Tree

Ah, another short week, but I think our trip to Atlanta makes up for it. ;) We had a good time and wish we had time to do all the other fun tourist stuff, but I think the baby panda was well worth the trip.The girls and I made it back home Tuesday afternoon.  I am thrilled to say the drive was very uneventful!  Plus, it's always nice to be home!

This was a idea that just popped into my head! Our current stove has no use for burner covers and they were perfect to prevent crayons and colored pencils from rolling on the floor. Love it!

The table obviously didn't stay looking so neat for long. :) Coloring has become a bit of a school warm-up, if you will.  The girls get focused on something instead of just diving head first into school.

On Wednesday I took the kids grocery shopping and made it out alive. It is definitely at the top of my list of things I truly dread doing. I incorporated Hannah's help more than before while Autumn stayed in the cart looking at books.  I saw an idea in a magazine about making a picture scavenger hunt with different items from your list, so I may give that a whirl next week. :)

I've been wanting to try out this workbox system I've been reading about on other blogs--you gather the following day's work and put it in a specified container(s).  I really wanted to get those plastic storage drawers but they are so expensive. I found these at the Dollar Tree! So excited!! The girls both wanted green even though they had prettier colors. :-p Each day I've been bringing their boxes to the table and they pick whatever they want to start with.  Hannah has her normal subjects (Bible, Reading, Math, Astronomy), and Autumn has her dry erase pages plus either a file folder game or her special scissors for some cutting practice.  This system is already working out beautifully.

Take a closer look at the letters. :) I completely forgot I had them. If nothing else it will help me actually learn the military alphabet without making it up as I go along. 

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And finally, some "D" crafts:

Duck

Dog--found these at the Dollar Tree. The girls just painted
and added the eyes. :)

Our School House

We had a school room once upon a time before we realized that our sanity was on the edge if the girls continued sharing a room. That said, the school room that once was became Autumn's room again.  Since Hannah's room is bigger we moved the desk and all that good stuff in there. Now we have an actual school house since everything is spread out and never kept in a single area. My ultimate dream would be to have a huge finished basement to be a school/play room. It would be the cutest place on earth. Some day.

This is the right side of Hannah's room. Yeah, I'd say it's a smidge cluttered. :) If I'm going to show our schooling space I may as well show it as is. It's looked worse...just papers and various books. The little table has Hannah's coloring and drawing.  The desk features an array of future work and various school supplies I have yet to find a place for. The pink crate down at the bottom left is mostly "I Can Draw" books.  Clean laundry to the right that most likely won't get put away for a week. ;-p

Walk down the hall and you will come to this.  Our morning board and the white rack holds our craft supplies (overflowing a little so I will have to figure something out). Not pictured is a plastic tote with sensory bin stuff (just put one together! so excited!).

Now take a left and you will be in the kitchen where most of our actually learning has been taking place.  Here Hannah is decorating the workbox I got today (Dollar Tree! Woot!)--more on those later.  At this time Autumn had cranked out and went to bed a little early, so she will decorate her box tomorrow.

So that's where our school takes place! :) Hope you enjoyed it!

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