The Walnut Acre Daily - Painting, Playdough and an IEP Meeting

Words to Live By

Psalm 97:1

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad;

let the distant shores rejoice.

Preschool and Kindergarten Homeschool Fun

Bible

We started our work time this morning with prayer, reviewing our memory verses and singing our theme song for this month.

They watched and danced to the song God Made Me Special.

 Then we read this action poem God Made My Face and colored the picture that goes with it.

Phonics and Reading

We did the D Lesson from Starfall and then read the story Peg the Hen.  We read Pig Wig and we sorted the -ag and -at words into their family groups. We practiced writing the letter D and talked about the sound D makes and words that begin with D. And we watched First 24 High Frequency Words.

Math

For math today we played number Bingo.

Dental Health Unit

We had fun with our dental health unit today. First we mixed some homemade paint . . . 

. . . and then we painted lots of pictures related to dental health. It's been a long time since we've done any painting so it was a nice change of pace.

Storytime

Austin and Amanda's Homeschool Assignments

I didn't give Austin or Amanda any school assignments today because there were other things going on that just made it hard to fit  it in.

Other Books We Enjoyed Today

These are the books I read to CJ this evening before bed.

Outdoor Fun

We Are Going

I had an IEP meeting for CJ to go to this afternoon. My friend Jennifer came over to stay with the kids while I was gone. The meeting went well and I feel good about the changes proposed and the work the teachers are doing with him. And when I came home I found that Jennifer had done a wonderful job of cleaning up my kitchen and the playroom and had the kids sitting quietly watching tv. It was wonderful! I had just asked her to sit with them, not do all that picking up and cleaning.

This evening Austin went with his friend Aaron to the Antique Mall. Later Austin, Amanda and Michael went to spend the evening with my parents and sister.

Daily Quote

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. ~ John Donne

Just For Fun

Playdough Fun

CJ makng Valentines's Day Cards for his friends at school.

The Walnut Acre Daily - Easy Sausage Pizza, Apple Pizza Pie and More

Words to Live By

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Homeschool and Independent Learning

This morning Calla, Lauren and Michael reviewed the memory verse and we sang His L-O-V-E. Then we watched the following videos - Jesus Loves Me Children's Song, I Am Pizza, Toddler Math - Addition For Kids, and the Letter N Song.

Yesterday the kids were not in the mood to do worksheets and coloring pages and today they could hardly get enough. They colored the Nn and Mm coloring pages and talked about the sounds the letters make and what words begin with those sounds. They colored the coloring sheet that goes with our song this week. We all worked together on the math sheets. They enjoyed coloring pictures of pizza (it looks to me like some is burnt), and colored a picture to go with our memory verse.

This evening I read spent some time reading with Austin and Amanda. We read some more of No Woman So Fair by Gilbert Morris and Proverbs 13.

Books We Enjoyed Today

The first two books are the books I read with CJ and Michael at bedtime this evening. The third book is the book I am reading with Austin and Amanda and the last one is the book I am reading myself.

In the Kitchen

We continued our pizza fun for National Pizza Week by trying the following two recipes for dinner this evening.

Easy Sausage Pizza

1 lb ground sausage

1 12 inch pre-baked pizza crust 

1 cup pizza sauce

1 1/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1 green pepper, chopped

1 yellow pepper, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

Brown sausage.

Spread sauce over crust, spread with one cup cheese.

Sprinkle sausage, peppers and onion over cheese. 

Top with remaining cheese.

Bake according to crust package instructions or until cheese is melted.

Apple Pizza Pie

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling

 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

Cream together butter or margarine and confectioners' sugar. Add 1 cup flour and mix just until dough forms a ball. Spread into a 12 inch pizza pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove  and spread with apple pie filling.

Mix together the cheese, 3/4 cup flour, brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over apples pie filling. Bake for an additional 25 - 30 minutes. 


These two pizzas along with a salad made a very good dinner. I also made a sausage pizza without the peppers and onions for those who don't like veggies on their pizza.

Around the House

I cleaned the kitchen after breakfast this morning and did some laundry.

Austin cleaned up the kitchen after lunch and dinner, and did the daily cleaning in the living room, playroom and upstairs bathroom.

Amanda did the daily cleaning in the mudroom and downstairs bathroom and did some laundry.

Outdoor Fun

Today was warmer then it has been for awhile and the kids went outside for a little. 

We Are Going

I was planning to take Austin to the Antique Mall and Amanda to the pet store this afternoon and let the little ones enjoy the outing as well. Then when when Doug came home from work he was going to stay with the younger ones while I took Amanda to volunteer at the SPCA. But out plans changed a little when Michael woke up this morning with a stomach bug. We stayed home this afternoon and then when Doug came home from work he took Austin and Amanda to do the things they wanted to do. 

Amanda bought two Fancy Rats and named them Jasmine and Lucy. She's had Fancy Rats as pets before and really enjoyed them. After the last ones died she took a break from them for awhile and then decided she wants some more. She already had the cage and over the weekend she set it up and had it all ready for them.

Today's Quote

Thank God every morning when you get up, that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ~ Charles Kingsley

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