St. Patrick's Day, FB Party and Art -- Woo Hoo!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone! I just printed out a thematic unit study from www.schoolexpress.com for today (which is free this week when you subscribe to their site!). I really like this site because they offer a free downloadable study each week to their subscribers, and the topics are always interesting. This is a good size study for my 1st grader son. It includes a short history of St. Patrick with questions, spelling words, a maze, crossword puzzle, a word search (which he loves!), and a matching game & coloring page. At only 18 pages, it packs a lot in a little package!

I am looking forward to attending the Apologia Facebook Party this evening! I haven't tried their science books yet in our homeschool, but am looking forward to adding them in next year (I've seen the books and am impressed with them). I can't wait to see what information is shared this evening by other homeschool parents and the Apologia team.

My friend, Lexi, of the Pink and Orange Coffee blog (http://paojava.blogspot.com/ ) has been inviting me to join her in "Walls of Art Wednesday." This week our homeschool group held a Crafts Fair at the library. For a small fee, each child received 10 tickets which they could redeem for the craft of their choice. My son chose 3 foam/paper plate dinosaurs, a sailing ship, an owl, 2 different dragons, a turtle fan, and 2 more items we'll finish this week at home. I wish I'd remembered to bring a bottle of regular white glue, but I did grab my glue gun and extra glue sticks (which I used while my son "supervised"). I also brought along some extra foam stickers (my son used the letters to put his name on the back of his turtle), and a glue stick which proved totally useless on the foam (once again, really glad I brought the glue gun!).  We'll probably create something "green" today for St Patrick's Day. I know there is a Leprechaun's hat coloring page in the thematic unit study. Maybe we'll make some Leprechaun dust with pistachio pudding while we're at it! (You can find the idea at www.KinderArt.com)

Have fun!

Susan