Our Autumn Challenge # 1 HBNS

We have been back to school since the 13th. Things are going great. We are having fun and learning alot. I will post later on what we are studying. This is actually a post for the Handbook of Nature Study Blog's Autumn Challenges.

We took a walk today to see what we could find :) I made us a worksheet for our notebooks, you can find it here : Four Signs Of Autumn , Our job today was to sketch four things we saw today that showed us that Fall is here. I took pictures of some things we found. Enjoy ! Blessings! ~ Nikki

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Weed ID

OK just because it is Summer and school is not "officially" in for us doesn't mean we can't learn something new. Right? Roosie and I were out exploring the yard, watching squirrels and hummingbirds  when we came across these interesting weeds. Now I have seen these all my life but just never knew the true name for them. Time to Google :) Using the University of Tennessee (GO VOLS!) website we were able to properly ID these . So there, we did some learning this summer :) Wonder if I can count that toward our 180 days? HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sorry about the fuzzy pics. Camera batteries are dead so I used my phone. I'll give the link to the website though so you can check out the pics there.

dallisgrass

http://www.tennesseeturfgrassweeds.org/Pages/weed.aspx?ID=72&Name=Dallisgrass

yellow foxtail

http://www.tennesseeturfgrassweeds.org/Pages/weed.aspx?ID=85&Name=Yellow%20Foxtail

Weekly Planner

I uploaded the new planner I created for our homeschool this year. It is set up for planning for two children for their individual lessons; except for social studies and science. I left those in one big block to plan for unit studies that we do together. I also added a weekly grade log to this planner so I can keep easy track of weekly tests and just have to fill out my main grade sheet once every 9 weeks. Let me know if you like this planner :) Blessings! ~ Nikki

Find it HERE.

Working On A New School Year

I have been getting my binder ready and working on our worksheets and notebooking things for our units. I'm looking forward to the school sales that are coming up. I find it is the best time for us to stock up for the entire school year. If you live in Tennessee don't forget the tax free weekend coming up in August. Have a great day! Blessings! ~ Nikki

New Calendars

I have been getting some things together and organized for our new school year. September will be here before I know it so I want to be prepared. I have uploaded some new calendars to my HSlaunch page.  If anyone uses the FROG planner I made last year , I uploaded some new calenders for it too.

New Copywork Pages

I posted some new copywork pages (Old Proverbs Set 1&2) on my HSLaunch page. Be sure to check it out. Blessings! ~ Nikki

NikNoo's Home & School Printables

Graduation Day , June 2 2010

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My BabyGirl is now a high school graduate and I'm not sure how to feel about that...of course I'm proud and happy for her...but somehow a little sad. Life moves too fast doesn't it? Wish I had somehow captured more in my memories...regret now forgetting even the smallest details. I love you BabyGirl ... follow your dreams!