Woodwater Farmhouse

Happy FrightDay! I can't believe it's almost the end of October - this month FLEW by! Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up at The Joys of Home Educating. Thanks for stopping by! Lots of reading (as always) this week.  Our Matserpiece Monday subject was: Leonardo da Vinci - Molly is using the OSMO app/game to recreate The Mona Lisa Sammie decided in the middle of class the other day to sort ALL our crayons...lol...sometimes it's just easier to let the little ones go with it ! Zachary's video using his latest Tinker Crate.  We waited to carve our pumpkin until Thursday - we have a lot of little critters outside that will love to eat this baby up before Halloween!   Girls had fun - little Science thrown in there! We learned about spiders this week - the girls made a web and a paper spider to go along with the unit study. Fall is in full swing here in NY - the leaves are covering the ground and showing off the...

Happy Friday and Happy Fall Y'all! There were days this week when fall was in full swing and there were days when it was feeling more like winter! Last Saturday (as all Saturdays are till the middle of November) we spent the morning and into the afternoon at the soccer field.  The weather was LESS than stellar.    As you can see in the video above, we had snow flurries on the way to my son's home last Sunday...  If you are a follower on Instagram you know the story behind the LOST KEYS sign. Lost my keys to my truck, 5 days later they turn up 1/2 mile from my home on a random YIELD Sign.. #aGodThing #kindnessofastranger Fall in the Hudson Valley, NY is so pretty Family dinner with ALL my children and daughter in law We studied owls this week Kids laying on the floor to compare themselves with the largest owl wingspan (5 ft) Books we read on owls - highly recommend Molly and Sammie did a venn diagram ...

It's been a while since Molly has done a video on how to draw. Today she brings you a Cute Bat!  Enjoy! Bat Tutorial  So many studies of Bats on Pinterest !

Welcome back! If you are here, it means it's Friday once again.  A full week of school, practices and life happenings... Masterpiece Monday  - Vincent Van Gogh was our subject.  Sunflowers were one of Van Gogh's favorite things to paint. We happen to have some in the house so we had a fun time drawing them.  Sammie had fun with some Art for Kids (love that Rob!) Monday was a holiday for Daddy so he was able to go to the Pumpkin Fest with us. Nice family outing!  Pumpkins, games, play time with friends we don't see that often. More fun and games at the Pumpkin Fest. It's a beautiful time up here in the Northeast.  New York Fall never disappointments. The girls love to get out and draw what they see in the yard.  Hikes around the back property are always a must!  What's not pictured:  Three martial arts practices for Sammie. Two sewing classes for Molly. ...

It was our first official week back to school since our summer schedule ended.   We had a great week!   School ran longer than previous years each day, but the children did not mind.  They were ready for more...and so was I. It rained on Monday so we got the gym mat out in the afternoon.  Molly worked on one of her Doodle Crates and I helped out at a local bake sale on Sunday for our library. The business card above is what Molly made for Sammie. Sammie decided she wanted to start her own business helping kids who are sick.  LOVE HER! Busy with our Bible studies Got out our apple peeler and had some yummy snacks. It's National Popcorn Month - so of course we had to celebrate! Molly started Algebra (yes 3rd grade - she loves Math) We had fun with our first study of our Masterpiece Monday series - Picasso - Cubism. We started our Liberty Kids studies with Sammie (1st) and Molly (3rd) (LOVE THESE!) The crockpot ...

This week was our last week of "summer school". We start back October 5th with our full time schedule.  Schooling year round is really just a way of life for us. The children crave the routine and they love the lighter schedule in the summer.    SO we really tried hard to soak it all in this past week!  It was our last camping trip of the season with our BFFs and we rolled a ton of fun activities into the 48 hours!  We start and end the season at a Jellystone Campground about an hour from us. A few miles from our Jellystone campsite there is a great farm.  They offer the usual pumpkin picking and apple cider donuts but there are other reasons we fell in love with it.  They had the coolest mini golf course and petting zoo.  We spent the better part of 3 hours checking it all out .  Some fun times on this fall camping trip. Of course it would not be a trip to Jellystone without our character visits.   Cindy stopped ...