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Whiteboard

This school year I have decide write a daily motivational, inspirational, or funny quote/saying on the school room whiteboard. I picked up a few different paper borders for each month. Please share your favorite saying. Here are the first two days.

 

Simple DIY

We use our small dry erase boards daily for math and spelling lessons. The kids were always looking for the big erasers for the boards. For some reason the erasers are the one school item my kids fail to put away. I have found them under the couches, desks, and microwave stand while vacuuming. I tried taping a sandwich bag to the back of the boards to store the erasers. One of my kids couldn't stand the feel of the bag when he used the board on his lap. The other child thought the bag make the board unbalanced when she used it on the floor or the desk. I told my kids to figure out some else to use to clear the boards that wasn't a paper towel the last time all the erasers escaped the school room. They looked in the school supplies and picked out big pom poms that were left over from a craft project. LIGHT BULB!! I hot glued the medium size pom poms on the end of the markers. Problem solved! No more eraser hunts!! Here is a photo of the ones we are currently using. I thought it was an awesome idea that needed to be shared with others on Pinterest only to find out that teachers have been doing this for a while. Oh well, I felt like a super mum for a minute at least!

School Room & Garden Update

This is just a photo update on the garden and one side of the school area.

 Two of our cork boards. We hang flashcards in bags so we can grab them when leaving the house.

The artwork above the right corkboard is by a friend of mine, Melody. Here is her site: http://www.shwagart.com/ & FB page:  Karm Lotus Photography My kids like to look at nature photos during the winter months when everything is gloomy outside. Her photo is a refocusing tool for us.

 Our central file cabinet. We hang out daily chore schedules, family calendar,

family daily schedule, and a few other important papers on the front of the cabinet with magnets. All papers are in a clear pocket protector. 

 Top Drawer: Extra Supplies 

Third Drawer: School Supplies from the School.

 Mainly Math, Science, and Music.

 Fourth Drawer: I placed two milk crates in the drawer to divide the books and binders by child.

I hole punch all workbook pages and place them in binders. I will show you why in a post about how we organize our school day.

 

 Pledge of Allegiance sign that we made about 7 years ago. :-)

 The Planets fit nicely over the door way.

 Pumpkin!!

 The kids are VERY excited that our corn is growing. There are four starts on them!

Another Pumpkin!

Peppers are starting to grow!

I forgot to take photos of our radishes, cucumbers, and carrots.

The next group of photos are just of the garden as it grows.

Summer Fun Day 15

I saw this neat idea on the show called, The Chew. Here is a video clip of the hosts completing the project. The Video Clip You will need to prep for this project over night by filling a tin can with water & freezing it. DO NOT fill the tin can all the way to the top. You will need to hammer the bottom of the can straight again because it will bulge out a little. Next you put dots in a pattern on the can with a permanent marker. Take a hammer and a nail to poke out the holes. You do need to do this sort of quickly because once the ice starts to melt you will have a hard time poking the holes without denting the can. Put a small candle in the can once all the holes have been completed and the ice removed. Pretty simple and simply pretty.

Summer Fun Day 15: Poking Holes

 The Bulge

 Hammering

It is getting there!!

The 'E'

 The 'E' with a candle.

Summer Fun Day 25

I know I am posting out of order. I have been busying getting our school room back in shape for the new school year that I forgot to post in awhile. 

The kids wanted to tie dye shirts white shirt with red and blue for the Fourth of July. It sounded like I was getting away with a fun and easy craft for the day. HAHAHAHAHA...... Pinterest gave me all this confidence but it was fake. :-) The kids put the rubber band around the shirts and start to put dye on them. The dye would bubble up. Odd. We thought we had bad dye and tried a different color. It bubbled up again. It only did it on the two new shirts and not on the used baby shirt. We tried rubbing the dye in. NO LUCK. Then it hit me and the shirt label confirmed my suspicions. The shirts were wicking shirts!!! They keep moisture away from the body. The kids refused to wear their shirts because they turned out pink. We will have to try this again, sometime in the way future. I might not be super mum but at least I try. ;-)

Day 25 Tie Dye 

The shirts look white from the sun but they are complete bright pink.

Summer Fun Days 13 & 14

We decided to try making popsicle stick bows and arrows. They turned out nicely. You will need to soak the popsicle sticks for about two hours so they will bend correctly.

Day 13~ Mini Bows

Day 14:  Contact Paper Nature Collage 

Only one of my kids wanted to do this. She was a little upset that she couldn't finish it because it started to rain. I had her run to find each item to add a little exercise into the day.