random updates...

It's been awhile since I've updated this blog... sorry, things have been productive and crazy at times! :) Much learning has happened and we are gaining daily! :)

some fun things...
...we visited Lewis Farm Market: rode the apple express, picked our own apples to take home, heard a story in the teepee, ate donuts and cider, pet & fed the animals :) fun time!

...we have been going almost every friday to the kids' 'time out' program at the NCCS... it is a 'gym/craft program' for homeschooled children... there is usually about 10-20 kids there! FUN! they play tag, hockey, dodge ball, etc...and even did the presidential fitness test! plus there is almost always a craft for them to do! :) lots of fun! Kendyl LOVES it and has made some new friends! so has mommy! :)

...we had to go to the UP because David's grandpa Dahlstrom passed away. It was an emotional and wonderful trip. We visited family, friends, and the church we got married in! I even got to sing with Jacy again! awesome!

...we have played in the leaves, done picture scavenger hunts, fall art projects, and more! :)

...yesterday, we carved pumpkins to look like carriages...then attached a horse to one and a dino to the other--the kids LOVED it!!! :)

...Kingdom Kids started up at church again...she loves that so much! The kids in her class were impressed because their verse in the class was Gen. 1:1...kendyl said it right away, because we had learned that one at home! :)

...Every tuesday, Kendyl has dance class... so cute! Recital in December! They really do some difficult routines in her class...she loves it! we just got the written steps and will be getting the music for her routines next week, so that we can practice at home! :) FUN! :)

Some things Kendyl has been working hard on...
...counting by 2's and 5's... can count to 14 by 2's and to 110 by 5's (with a chart) and to 30 by 5's without a chart! :) We made a fun counting chart with hand prints to practice counting by 5's :) great way to bring in art!

...working on counting money...so far, we are just doing pennies and using money vocabulary to get her familiar with it (cents, coins, etc.)... we will introduce nickels and dimes soon! :)

... she now knows 42 sight words! She is getting better at them and reading in general EVERY DAY!! WE continue to work on the 'art' of reading (chunking words together to make it sound like talking and not broken words)... she is gaining... can sound out anything that follows any of the rules she has learned (including some complex words).

...continue working on spelling...this is less formal...we play spelling games, etc. to keep it fun! :)

...she has her doubles facts memorized through 6 + 6 and is working on the ones through 9 + 9... she can 'figure out' any one digit + one digit math equation :)... since she is doing a 1st grade curriculum, her book is going into subtraction now...so, we are not doing the lessons from that book right now...instead we are playing addition games, playing with dice and dominoes and toys to 'add', etc... working on her mastery of addition and place value, before we get too into subtraction :) We do continue doing all her calendar/weather/counting everyday though :)

...We are patiently awaiting our "flat Kendyl's" and will be studying those locations as she returns! :) Then they will be sent out to new destinations! :)

We are having fun and trying to be creative! Really loving all of it and cannot imagine sending her to school next year yet! :)
*tried posting pics & it didn't work :(