Wordless Wednesday: July 3, 2019 (w/linky) - My Favorite View

Today's photo a day prompt was "My Fave View," and for the majority of the day I was trying to figure out what local landscape view I should take a picture of. Which view is my favorite? I debated going through my archive to find some favorite views from different times of the year. Then, when Harold and I were walking across the street to the store, I looked over and realized what my favorite view is, seeing my children so engrossed in a book that they don't want to put it down.

So,  of course, I had to then call them outside for a photo shoot. I got a few shots of just these three while Amelia was trying to find her books.

Then Amelia joined us.

And yes, she brought out two books.

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Sunday Photo Round Up: August 26, 2018

Sunday Photo Round Up

Sunday Photo Round Up is where I share the pictures I have taken during the week for the photo-a-day challenges I am participating in. For August I am participating in the ones from Fat Mum Slim, the Crew, one from Homeschool Instagrammers, and a new one from Happily Homegrown

Photo a Day Challenge From Fat Mum Slim

August 12: Upside Down

Just an upside down cooler on the lawn. It needed to dry out. I tried to take a picture of a spider, but it didn't turn out.

August 13: Eyes

Eyes focused on the books they are reading. 

August 14: Edge and August 15: Animal

A tiny insect type animal resting on the edge of my daughters finger. They named this little grasshopper "Grassy," and it was just hanging out there, not trying to hop away. Isn't it cute

August 16: Toppings

Some fresh yummy fruity toppings on a couple of donuts. Sadly, we left them in the store. They're not quite on plan

August 17: Something Warm

My warm cup of coffee that went with my breakfast of scrambled eggs and veggies just before we headed out for exercise at the Y. 

August 18: White on White


August 19: Trust

We went to the park just to see if we could find this trusting, friendly squirrel again. We met him the other day and he loved the acorns we gave him. Today he preferred the peanuts. I just love the look of trust between these two. 

August 20: Nature Macro

Cute teeny toad we saw at the park. Here he is sitting on the picnic table, then by my phone, on my phone, and with some acorns in the background to really get a feel for his teeny size. 

August 21: Wild
August 22: Kisses
August 23: Brightly Colored
August 24: Nine

Nine geese in the river and one lone butterfly flying above the grass on the riverbank.

August 25: Round

Seems the children found a couple of snakes underneath our round burn barrel in the yard. See how the mama snake's body is curled 'round itself. Oh, and of course, we were all gathered 'round. 

Then there is the challenge I am doing with the 

Homeschool Review Crew

August 12: Reading

Reading my Bible chapters that I am supposed to have read for my through the Bible reading schedule. I'm quite a bit behind, but trying to catch up. I read during Sunday School. 

August 13: Fiction

Reading their fiction books is considered language arts, right? Amelia decided to try the series with us. It is the Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. In the second picture they're doing the whole "My precious!" thing.

August 14: Chapter

A look at the last bit of the penultimate chapter and the start of the last chapter of The Keeper of the Lost Cities: Exile. Yes, I finished it and am ready to read Everblaze. Quite the obsession with these wonderful books by Shannon Messenger. Yes, I shared a review in last week's Fun Fiction Friday.

August 15: Illustrate

August 16: Middle

Love this little tree that is in the middle of the window and the benches

August 17: Flashback

So, I thought of doing a Flashback Friday type picture, but I wanted to share this instead. The 7th book of The Keeper of the the Lost Cities series is due out in November. At first I thought I was going to have to wait forever to get it out from the library. But hubby surprised me by letting me preorder this limited collector's edition. Can't wait to read Flashback in a few months. 

August 18: Poetry

August 19: Hero

Not any old hero from a movie or book we are reading, but the hero that we should all look up to and emulate, Jesus, the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. These letters would put up during our Vacation Bible School, as we learned of Jesus's upward bound journey. Today our message was about this journey and how we should be following Jesus on it. 

August 20: Motivation
August 21: Description
August 22: Editing
August 23: Character

My favorite character was fleeing quite the disaster in this scene depicted on the cover of The Keeper of the Lost Cities Everblaze by Shannon Messenger.

August 24: Favorite

I don't think it is any secret right now that my favorite book series is The Keeper of the Lost Cities. 

August 25: Author

It's always been my dream to write a book. I've always loved to read, and wanted to be able to write my own stories. But usually when I try to think of something to write lately, my mind is like this piece of paper, blank. 

And on to the third challenge: Homeschool Instagrammers

August 12: HS Method
August 13: English or Language Arts

Reading their fiction books is considered language arts, right? Amelia decided to try the series with us. It is the Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. In the second picture they're doing the whole "My precious!" thing.

August 14: Science

We were learning science with our Literature based study from Branch Out World. Here we were learning about spectacled bears. If you missed it, the review of the Paddington Bear Lit Study is up on my blog now.

August 15: Fav Publisher

My favorite homeschool publisher has to be My Father's World. We have used MFW since Tabitha was in Kindergarten, and I have no plans to change.

August 16: Spelling

A look at our spelling curriculum for the coming year. The older girls will continue with Phonetic Zoo, and Hannah will continue with Traditional Spelling from Memoria Press, both review products from the past. 

August 17: Record Keeping
August 18: Teacher
August 19: Books
August 20: Music
August 21: Digital Curriculum
August 22: P.E.
August 23: Art
August 24: Planner

I love that the My Father's World Teacher's Manual has the lesson plans all laid out in a wonderful grid. Can't wait to start Rome to the Reformation in a little over a week.

August 25: Foreign Language

Amelia was learning Ancient Greek a while ago. Really need to continue that. She had it out for a while this summer. 

Aaannnnd on to the fourth challenge: Happily Homegrown

August 12: Quiet Time
August 13: Homeschool Room
August 14: Family
August 15: Math
August 16: Playtime
August 17: In the Kitchen
August 18: Favorite Homeschool Book
August 19: Quote
August 20: Socialization
August 21: Art/Craft
August 22: Sunshine
August 23: Bookshelf
August 24: Relax
August 25: Lesson Plans

Wordless Wednesday: August 15, 2018 (w/linky) - Weekly Photo Round Up

Weekly Photo Round Up

My Weekly Photo Round Up is where I share the pictures I have taken during the week for the photo-a-day challenges I am participating in. Yes, I usually post on Sunday, but we have been a bit busy this week with VBS, so I am finally getting a chance to get it posted. I figured I'd just make it my Wordless Wednesday for the week.

For August I am participating in the ones from Fat Mum Slim, the Crew, one from Homeschool Instagrammers, and a new one from Happily Homegrown

Photo a Day Challenge From Fat Mum Slim

August 5: Sunshine

Sunshine shining through the trees while we were at the park.

August 6: Ink

Using colored ink to create birthday cards for their big sister. Big sissy is a huge lover of kitty cats. 

August 7: Flying

Harold made himself some wings out of leaves that he had me tie to his hands with stems, and then he tried flying. Didn't work the greatest. 

August 8: Citrus

Just a bowl of lemons.

August 9: Purple

We were shopping at Wal-Mart and I looked over and saw these lovely purple onions. 

August 10: Heart-Shaped

Heart-shaped leaf art that Tabitha did at art camp.

August 11: Cheeky

I'm being a little cheeky here. It seems I can make Amelia give in to what I want by pouting. So, I was pouting because I want to watch a specific movie. The right picture is me smiling because I got my way.

Then there is the challenge I am doing with the 

Homeschool Review Crew

August 5: Theme

Figured the title of the sermon today would work for "theme." Today's sermon was titled: Walk in the Spirit. Our pastor talked about crucifying our sinful nature, and living by the spirit, keeping in step with the spirit, letting the spirit fill us and cleanse us (just like pouring clean water from a pitcher into a cup of muddy water eventually clears it of the yucky water).

August 6: Drama

A little acting out drama from Amelia as she shares her narration (in an English accent) for Paddington, to go with our study from Branch Out World.

August 7: Dialogue

Here is the dialogue we were looking at from Paddington when we were discussing noun/verb agreement. This is a part of the literature study of Paddington from Branch Out World, one of our current review products.

August 8: Scene

A relaxing scene by the river. It was still up a bit, but the children enjoyed a chance to wade and cool off. 

August 9: Fairy Tale

We love stories that give new twists to the traditional fairy tales.
Tabitha is now reading the first book of The Land of Stories which I read last year. 

August 10: Twist

Amelia twisted some pipe cleaners together to make a dragon. 

August 11: Comedy

Lots of comedy to be found in hubby's Weird Al accordion. 

And on to the third challenge: Homeschool Instagrammers

August 5: Fav Tools

I would say my favorite tools for homeschooling are my 3-hole punch, paper cutter, packaging tape, contact paper, stapler, scissors (though those are NOT my good ones) and permanent markers.

August 6: Geography

Tabitha was playing catch up with our Paddington study from Branch Out World because she was at camp last week. Here she is working on her map of the United Kingdom.

August 7: STEM/STEAM

Harold made himself some wings out of leaves that he had me tie to his hands with stems, and then he tried flying. Didn't work the greatest. Sort of counts as the engineering from STEM though, doesn't it?

August 8: Lunch

August 9: Writing

Writing stories based on some beloved stuffed animals, just as Michael Bond was inspired to write Paddington Bear when he bought a teddy bear for his wife all those years ago.
Just another neat piece of trivia we learned through the lit study from Branch Out World.

August 10: Vocabulary

Working on Latin vocabulary with PictaDicta Natural World from Roman Roads Media, one of our current review products. 

August 11: Fav Resource

Bit of a lack of inspiration here. Decided to go with the computer, and of course internet, as that is where I get so many ideas. Having my blog allows me to get lots of different review products to use in our homeschool. 

Aaannnnd on to the fourth challenge: Happily Homegrown

August 5: Reading

"Why yes, yes I am rereading the first book of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger that I JUST finished." she replied sheepishly when her family asked her. I can't help it. It is so good. And I have to wait til who-knows-when to read the seventh book as it doesn't come out til November and I have no clue when I'll be able to get it via interlibrary loan. Pout pout
(Update since I posted this picture. Hubby let me preorder the limited collector's edition, so I will have it in November after all!)

August 6: Outside

Tabitha outside at the park drawing a picture with chalk of the outside world. Mountains with a stream flowing into a lake. I think she did a marvelous job. She wasn't copying this from anything, just out of her own head. Quite the artist, I'd say. 

August 7: Snack Time

Had to stop at the store after finishing up at the Y today. Kids decided they were hungry and it must be snack time so they grabbed some free fruit for kids.

August 8: Map/Globe

Searching on our globes for England and Peru the other day as a part of our Lit Study from Branch Out World. Paddington Bear emigrated from Peru and immigrated to England. 

August 9: Science

A collection of science books from the library. We took a field trip to the first preseason Bills game today, so no schoolwork, no science work. 

August 10: Recreation

Some recreation time yesterday. Tailgating before the Bills game, fun with ladder ball and playing catch, cooking up some dinner, drawing with chalk.

August 11: Inspiration

This bowl of fruit was the children's inspiration for creating a couple of works of art while working on their "Exploring the Pictures" section of the Paddington Lit Study from Branch Out World.
Here we talked about overlapping, and they practiced layering the different parts of the picture by drawing and making a collage.

Looking forward to seeing your Wordless (or not so wordless) Wednesday posts this week.

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