Springtime Again~ Chickens and Rubik's Cubes!

 

We recently got chickens for the first time! We are hoping to be collecting eggs within a few months :)

However, we realize the chickens are more "therapy pets" to us than anything else :) They really calm everyone down, and all the kids enjoy taking care of them. Chickens really make great pets!

When we first got them they were so tiny but within a couple days they grew out of their box! We got one Rhode Island Red, two Barred Rocks, and one California White. Their names are Ginger, Pepper, Licorice, and Lemon. Lemon is quite a character! Here is a pic of Rosie holding Lemon, who climbed right into her lap!

The boys (and Rosie too!) have recently gotten into Rubik's cubes and they are going cube crazy! I seriously never knew there were so many different kinds. They really enjoy these challenges every day and the cubes are both theraputic and inspiring to them- and math based- we use them as a big part of our schooling!

Here's just a bit of our cube collection, and Fynn solving an 11x11. He has gotten so good he has tutorials on his channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MrEFynn

And Rowan has designed his own puzzle based on a Rubik's cube.

More cubes! And Rowan holding one of the Barred Rocks

Rosie squealing with delight as chickens climb all over her!

Happy Learning!!

~b

Rowan,The Color-Change Boy

Some of Rowan's favorite toys have been the Cars characters that change colors in hot & cold water. Color-Change Cars. So Rowan earned his nickname, Color-Change Boy because he changes clothes ten times a day.  He just wants to dress up as all his favorite characters! As Fynn says, Rowan is going to be everybody.

"Agent Lucy Wilde" saying, "Lipstick taser!"

Dory, the blue tang fish

"Mr. Ray"

"Olaf" the snowman

"Elsa" singing "Let it go!"

"I am Li Sh'an, and I'm looking for my son."

"Master Tigress"

"Joy" with a bag of core memories

"Bing Bong" the imaginary elephant

The Man In The Yellow Hat

"Fear"

"Dr. Nefario"

The amazing Mr. Magorium with his magic paper airplane

 

Donkey Kong with Ditty Kong on his back

"Gru" making homemade jelly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One day Rowan came out saying, "Guess who I am!" like he does every day. I couldn't figure out who he was, so finally he said, "I'm... Rowan!"

What a surprise!

I just love watching Rowan be all the things he can be.

Happy Learning!
~Beth

Back To School

 I hope all you homeschool families had a fun "first day" of school!

 Since we mostly do "child led learning" we school all year long (since we never stop learning/ discovering, right?) but it's nice to have a first day like everyone else, to re-charge, and re-motivate. We celebrated by visiting the library & park and making root beer floats. Yay! Other than that, the beginning of the school-year consists of me writing down what we do each day in a new notebook, adding new puzzles & games to our repertoire of activities. Fynn is now in 2nd Grade and Rowan is 2 1/2, so he's not even technically in preschool yet.

 Here's a recap of some of the fun we've been having this summer:

Rowan's Beautiful Planets

Fynn's Homemade Exercise Bike

A picture of Fynn in his Den, where he says we found him.

Watch For Sants Eating Your Pants.

Rowan Being A Whale

Computer drawings of the Earth and Moon, and what their respective skies look like. Fynn made one of these of every major planet.

Rowan's Happy Sun

Painting Planets

Sheriff and Lightning McQueen drinkin' their drinks.

Rowan's Uranus

My Uranus

Two of Many Minions

Speed Limit 20 MPH

 Hope you all had a wonderful summer. Here's to a terrific new school year!
 ~Beth