Gearing up for homeschool~

Very exciting day today! Brooklyn told me that This year was going to be the best year of her life! She was thrilled to be homeschooling. I feel very grateful that I am abl to stay home with her and teach her. This year we are using Oak Meadow. I really love there lay out and I am excited to look over the 4th grade materials. We received our box this afternoon . Here is how our day begun. 

We are very fortunate to have this park by our house. Easy to get to and beautiful. It is our favorite place to go and visit when mosquito season is over with.

 Brooklyn wanted to do some weaving so we found this beautiful branch to begin with ! 

On our way through the woods we went to our alter by the small oak grove. 

We lit some sage to cleanse any negative energy while we were there along with our new crystals we recently received.

 We offered some freshly picked apples for our nature friends to find and feast upon. 

 Sevi was quite pleased with eating the apples as well. 

We collected a bunch of acorn caps for projects  before heading over to play on the playground. 

 It was a beautiful mid morning. I am glad we got to enjoy it together.

After arriving home Brooklyn wanted to do some crafting and we made these cute little acorns to hang on our mobile. 

She then decided that she wanted to read the first chapter of Stuart Little out loud to me. She said she is already enjoying the book ! We will be looking over the rest of the materials later on. But right now we are just enjoying the new feeling of starting something new. 

Blessings,

Lillith

How the leaves came down

How the Leaves Came Down by Susan Coolidge

 "I'll tell you how the leaves came down," The great tree to his children said, "You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown, Yes, very sleepy, little Red.

It is quite time to go to bed." "Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf, "Let us a little longer stay; Dear Father Tree, behold our grief; Tis such a very pleasant day We do not want to go away."

 So, for just one more merry day To the great tree the leaflets clung, Frolicked and danced, and had their way, Upon the autumn breezes swung, Whispering all their sports among,-- "Perhaps the great tree will forget, And let us stay until the spring, If we all beg, and coax, and fret." But the great tree did no such thing; He smiled to hear their whispering. "Come, children, all to bed," he cried;

And ere the leaves could urge their prayer, He shook his head, and far and wide, Fluttering and rustling everywhere, Down sped the leaflets through the air. I saw them; on the ground they lay, Golden and red, a huddled swarm, Waiting till one from far away, White bedclothes heaped upon her arm, Should come to wrap them safe and warm.

The great bare tree looked down and smiled, "Good-night, dear little leaves," he said. And from below each sleepy child Replied, "Good-night," and murmured, "It is so nice to go to bed!

Local News on Guess what?? Finger Knitting!!

It's wacky Wednesday at Monkton Elementary School-- a day to be weird and celebrate the last week of school. But it's not just about dressing up; it's also about stepping up. Students are trying to roll out a Guinness World Record.
"At my house with Emily we were finger knitting and we got the idea of breaking the world record," said Sierra Petrocelli, a second-grader.
"We thought it would be fun," said Emily Larock, a second-grader.
But Sierra and Emily needed help to make it in the record books, so they brought their finger knitting effort to school.
"It started with maybe five or six kids and next thing you know everyone wants to finger knit," Teacher Barbara Yerrick said.
It's knitting that pays off and adds up-- the first- and second-graders made a 45-pound yarn ball.
"You wrap it around your fingers and keep flipping it over them," Emily explained. "Just your fingers."
"There were some naysayers in the beginning but I said wow, these are little kids with big dreams and why shouldn't we support them and encourage them? And here we are!" Yerrick said.
It all led up to this-- as students unraveled their goal of beating the record of 3.85 miles from Austria. Monkton students planned to beat that with over 5 miles.
"In math class we figured out how much we'd need to finger knit to beat the world record and how much we'd have to knit each week," Yerrick explained.
The kids knit all year to put their school on the map, keeping busy hands during read aloud and choice time in the school day.
Reporter Gina Bullard: Did you ever think it would be this big?
Emily Larock: No! (laughs)
"One of our students said it best; she said we're a tiny, little town in a tiny, little state and we're doing this really big thing and it's exciting," Yerrick said.
A big dream built on little strings as students push their way into the record books.
The kids did beat the record with a 5.6 mile finger-knitted chain. The ball is rolled back up now and will be put on display at the Bristol farmers market. And after that the kids want to turn the yarn into blankets for charity.

Gina Bullard - WCAX News VERMONT
http://www.wcax.com/story/14870996/monkton-students-try-for-a-finger-knitting-title?redirected=true