P is for Penguin

I'd like to wrap up MFW by August and officially start Kindergarten then for Emilie.  

We take a lot of breaks, because, well, let's be honest, life happens!  

Kids get sick.  I get sick.  We travel.  (Going to Texas soon! Yeehaw!)

But the great thing about homeschooling is as long as you are making progress

you can schedule your days any way you like. 

I plan on schooling through the summer, maybe half time.

Gives the girl something to do when it's too hot to go outside.  

Plus Emilie is making good progress reading 3 letter C-V-C words,

 and so I don't want to lose momentum with her reading instruction.

I didn't take many pics of school this morning.  But we learned about the Emperor Penguin in Antarctica.

How the fathers hold and keep warm their eggs at their feet for 2-3 months in the frigid, sub-zero temps, eating no food at all during that time.  And how that sacrifice and patience is an example of our Father in heaven's sacrifice and love and patience for us. 

 (I just love all the analogies in nature so easily understood by children

 to help us understand what God is like!)

We painted penguins... read a sweet book on patience... (all the while, telling the kids how *MOMMY* needs more patience, haha.  :P)... And we did a lot of crafts... rode bikes outside...ate a picnic lunch on the porch...did house chores... caught up on life and (unending) laundry.  It was a good day.  

At one point in the car, Emilie asked me how police officers know how fast a car is going in order to catch them.  (Good question!).  I explained they use radar guns to tell them the speed of cars going by.  It's good to be reminded that they are just little kids...learning about this big, crazy and complex world we live in.   It's easy to treat my 3 and almost 5 yr old like they are 8 and 10 yr olds "who should know better" when they misbehave.  But they are still young, and I need to be reminded of that...often!

Love them so much.  

(chuckling at the imaginary spellings and names Emilie made up.)