October 2014 - Unschooling Kindergarten

October 2014

10/1/14 - Seasons around the world

10/2/14 - Stacked wood; learned about the circulatory system

10/3/14 - Fall hike; car sing-a-long; rhyming book

10/4/14 - iPad everything! and rhyming book

10/5/14 - Trick or Treating in Houlton

10/6/14 - Bog Boardwalk - identified native plants, including pitcher plants

10/7/14 - Lego creations, outside play marking tree for syrup next year, crayfish, "The biggest leaves, Mama!"

10/8/14 - Leave No Trace at Scout meeting; beige; drew in sketchbook; created a spaceship with chairs and boxes outside; helped Daddy cook

10/9/14 - Playdate with Violet; pumpkin carving and Halloween hunter game

10/10/14 - Leaf raking; bulb planting

10/11/14 - Manatees book; Haunted Woods with Scouts

10/12/14 - Creation Story; duck picture in Sunday School; popcorn sale at Shaws

10/13/14 - Columbus Day

10/14/14 - Lots of outdoor play!

10/15/14 - Pumpkin carving at Scout meeting

10/16/14 - Homeschool Resource Center Pumpkin craft (including cutting with scissors); imaginative play with zoo theme

10/17/14 - Walk with Daddy and Mama on dolly; viking game; paper doll knights; dragons; Halloween audio story (about twins who became what their Halloween costumes were)

10/18/14 - Toys for Tots train; Belfast park and spy game

10/19/14 - Dragon books; playdate with Grace

10/20/14 - Playland Adventures - dodgeball; learning about China from Little Passports; mariner's book

10/21/14 - Stacking wood in garage with Daddy

10/22/14 - Practicing items for Scout badges, including flag folding

10/23/14 - Acted out Bible stories; knights book, including chivalry

10/24/14 - Lego candy dispenser; playground; Target shopping with Mama

10/25/14 - Imaginative play with knights theme; Lego Marvel DS game; meanings of "punch"; monster eyes craft to surprise Daddy

10/26/14 - Family Mass; Acting out creation and Noah stories with church soft playset in Godly Play room; popcorn sale after church; outdoor superhero vs. villain play; read-aloud Ramona and Beezus
10/27/14 - Newells; outdoors with Daddy
10/28/14 - Playing lighthouse keepers; original artwork (leaf-raking depiction)
10/29/14 - Carrot harvest; imaginative play with Star Wars theme; making bat house at Scouts
10/30/14 - 
10/31/14 - L.C. Bates Museum Flashlight Tour for Halloween - scavenger hunt, bat and spider crafts, owl pellets

September 2014 - Unschooling Kindergarten

These are some of the fun things we have been learning with Caleb this September, when Caleb turned six years old!

*Purple is Caleb's favorite color right now!

9/10/14 - Bug Mainea at the Maine State Museum; Lego building with Daddy

9/11/14 - Tomato harvest; Lego Movie and Marvel DS games

9/12/14 - Little Howler (Wild Kratts)

9/13/14 - Fall books; Raptors (Wild Kratts); Lego documentary; creating a spooky house with Mama; pirate sticker scene

9/14/14 - Creation story; creating rainbow ocean picture in Sunday School; harvesting herbs with Mama; nature walk
9/15/14 - Learning about funerals; Abram's Move story; reading Lego Ninjago graphic novel and learning about fonts (like how to tell when characters are yelling)
9/16/14 - Imaginative play with pirate and castle sets; imitation game at Scout meeting; learning about invasive species; creating his own superhero character, Light Man!
9/17/14 - Creating 3D Big Ben like we saw when we were in England; more tomato harvest and helping Daddy with canning
9/18/14 - Creating sticker pad scenes 
9/19/14 - First day of the Common Ground Fair - solar prints and fans
9/20/14 - Second day of Common Ground Fair - visiting animals, spending time with Helen and Baby Emily
9/21/14 - Learning about the President and the Secret Service, and imaginative play with this theme
9/22/14 - Playing restaurant,;practicing with fire ladder with Daddy
9/23/14 - Playground with Grace; potato harvest, Georgie and Bluenose books
9/24/14 - Scout meeting; Moses story
9/25/14 - Rhyming; Moses story
9/26/14 - Playground; grocery shopping and meal delivery to needy family
9/27/14 - Boat trip in Camden with Mama - touching lobsters and starfish, driving the boat; rescuing a turtle on the way home and learning about reptiles and being cold-blooded
9/28/14 - Serving food for coffee hour at church, including helping with food preparation and getting table ready; popcorn sale at Marden's for Scouts
9/29/14 - Turtle rescue game
9/30/14 - Completed Lego Movie police set, acted out Batman story