August school things

We started school in July, but we didn't get into a really regular rhythm until August. 

We started with "Math Camp" to refresh some basics:

I managed to get First Day of School pictures:

We were thrilled to start having school in our "new" school room! We keep the Murphy bed folded up until we have guests, which gives us a room to dedicate to school work. It's been massively helpful in keeping our messes corralled and helping all of us to keep our focus. Magic. That's what it is.

For Ukrainian Independence day (August 24), we took several days to learn about Ukraine together. Probably the girls' favorite part of this was having a Zoom call with my Ukrainian friend, Ira, who did a Ukrainian language lesson with them.

We had tea and cookies for snack (OBVIOUSLY)

Read a favorite folktale

Studied our many maps

Dressed up

Made flower crowns

And flags

Tried out traditional dancing

Listened to bandura music

Painted plates

And painted matryoshkas

We had the BEST time studying Ukraine! The girls loved the activities and books, and I loved sharing something I love so much (Ukraine) with someones I love so much (them).

We started our study of space this year, so, of course, we made marshmallow constellations.

And toilet paper roll "telescopes"

We're doing ancient world history this year, so we also tried our hand at the papyrus paper-making process. It was messy and time-consuming, and they loved it.

We got off to a great start in August! It's really fun to teach kids when they are excited to learn. Here's hoping I don't let that eagerness to learn get squashed...