Saturday, June 30, 2012

Homeschooling Highlights - June

June flew by in a hot flurry this year! Here are the highlights:

The boys finished their core subjects in the first week of June. Then they found a froggy friend and decided to study and make him a new habitat in an old bucket. Then they set him free, but afterwards regretted it because "they missed him".




We braved the crowds at Marineland a couple more times before we decided to take a break til late August/ September. The Beluga's were particularly playful during our first visit.



Mommy cannot handle the spinning rides on a good day, let alone when she's 
pregnant, so she was glad that the boys could go on most without an adult!


Beautiful rainbow in our front yard one day. 


We went on a field trip to Chocolate FX, the chocolate factory just around the corner on 4 Mile Creek Road. Yumm!





The boys got to bring home all the chocolately treats they made.


Then we went on a visit with our small home school group (we really need to turn this into a co-op) at Happy Rolf's. It was the first time we'd visited since they did all the renovations. It looks amazing!



 

We went to the final gym day at the splashpad/ park with our NHEA friends. What a blast playing soccer and visiting on a gorgeous day.





Mom purged the homeschool storage areas (and needs to again). Mom also finished up the record keeping for the year.


We started this Science curriculum for the summer while we visit Safari Niagara with our passes.


We ordered and received our curriculum choices for next year.


...And we worked in the veggie gardens, ALOT.

 

Getting ready for the Sunflowers in the back two plots of the garden. The Rhubarb and Horseradish are already overabundant!




Cucumbers, Kale, Cabbage, Beans and Pumpkins.

 
Strawberries and our first harvest.


The boys' Corn.


Anyways, we're looking forward to July and the rest of the summer with visits to the beach, camping, grandma's cottage, visitors from Korea and more. I just hope we have more "down" days to rest at home than we did in June! ☺