A little summer learning

How has learning looked around here for the past couple of months?

Watercolor painting all morning long ...

Excellent audio books ...

Making paper dolls ...

Excellent reading ...

Building forts ...

Climbing the roof to watch fireworks ...

Yes, that is on our roof top ...

 Family beach excursions late at night in hopes of seeing some of the Perseids Meteor Shower (we caught a few) ...

Classical music on Pandora ...

Tons of poetry with our Poetry Tea Time on Tuesdays (we haven't missed a Tuesday in almost two months ... and I have a feeling they won't let me miss one again ever) ...

Morning beach walks ...

Twice-weekly surf sessions ...

Playing in the pink "rain" (flower) showers ...

Tons of Family Beach Nights ...

A little bit of Free-Writing ...

Attending a Rugby game and cheering them on ... 

Crafts galore ...

A bit of reading aloud ...

Making home-made play dough ...

Home-made sprinklers ...

Trips to the Library ...

Gzillions of books on everything from how cars work to wolves and fairy tales ...

Baking cakes ...

 

And making potato salad ...

Drawing and coloring ...

Dress-up ...

Snow days in August (snow angles and snowmen with packing popcorn) ...

"Snow" Angels

Snowman

Puzzles, finger-knitting ...

Walks to the Farmer's Market ...

An amazing adventure to the Lubee Bat Conservancy and then to the UF Museum of Natural History, finished off with watching 1/2 million bats come out of the UF Bat Houses at dusk ...

 A smidge (and I do mean a smidge) of cursive and math and writing ...

Making gifts ...

Vacation with family ...

Outdoor Family Games like Bocci Ball, Croquet, Badminton and Horseshoes ...

Gratitude Journals to thank God for all that He gives us ...

Learning to jump rope ... and then doing it *all* the time ...

Mental number journeys ...

Egyptian floor puzzle and the World geography floor puzzle ...

Fun with our Home school Group ...

 

Skip counting by 6s, 5s, 4s, 3s, 9s, 7s, 2s and 10s ...

Playing spelling bee ...

Total 80s immersion, including lots of Punky Brewster viewing (and dressing) ...

Playing instruments ...

Singing and dancing to music ...

Catching giant toads and lots of lizards ...

Lots of Madlibs (grammar practice) ... 

Family Game Night every Saturday night (lots of math and language here) ...

 

Building toilet paper towers and trying to beat personal records ...  

 

Writing lists, planning ...

Snail and slug care a few times ...

Tons and tons (and tons) of creative play ...

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Of course, not all of this has happened every day or every week or even more than once. But, this is the general feel of summer learning at our house. How about you?

 

My little mermaid

 

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Until next time,

 ~ Irie Momma