The Chalk Pastels of September

We love, love, love doing

chalk pastels.

Here's what we've been doing this month

with some chalk dust...

Momma

Jo-Jo

Ceesa

Ceesa

Momma

Jo-Jo

Jo-Jo

Ceesa

Momma

Ceesa

Jo-Jo

Momma

Ceesa

Jo-Jo

See, what did I tell you...

we love chalk pastels.

We have to thank Tricia and Nana from

Hodgepodge for the great tutorials!

pumpkin, sunset, and tree.

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany



Of the last week in September

This week has held a lot of unexpected

surprises and fun,

oh and some learning too!

Playing Trash

Making Dye for Fabric

Finding Nest Materials

Making a Turtle Terranium

Out for a Hike

Making a Quill Pin

The Butterfly Emerges

Finding a Nest

Rainy Day Cuddles 

 

And this my friends, is well...

Little Man!

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Hurray! It's happened...

This would probably be considered part 2

of the story of the caterpillar surprise.

To recap, one day we were observing a caterpillar,

the next day we were observing a chrysalis.

No planning, just a surprise blessing.

Well, everyday I watched the chrysalis and today...

That totally did not look right.

Yet, I expected a butterfly to be emerging

or at least standing on the stick

that my sweet Ceesa put in the jar.

I was a bit confused,

apparently my brain was not interested

in taking in the new information.

It took me a minute to realize I

needed to look lower in the jar.

What we have here folks is a

Common Buckeye Butterfly.

It should be making its way from our neck of the woods

down to North Carolina to Florida for the summer.

How amazing...

and how beautiful!

We watched this great video of one emerging.

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany



Joyful Moments: Fairy Pumpkin House

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at Little Homeschool Blessings.

This week we've found joy here...

 What brings joy to you and yours? We’d be honored to share in it.

Joyful Moments are at the heart of our homeschool.

We'd love to see the Joyful Moments in your home. Whether you homeschool or not, feel free to join in every Thursday! Then visit the other links and see Joyful Moments from other places! Just add our button and link up in the comments.

The Experiment of Fire and Hot Air Balloons

We found a great experiment at

All Things Beautiful

that shows how cold air

is more dense than hot air.

Its the same idea as a

hot air balloon.

The hot air in the balloon

is lifted by cold air rushing in

underneath it.

For the experiment, you'll need a tea bag.

Carefully remove the staple and trim off the holes,

making sure you still have a flat edge.

Set the tea bag up like a cylinder.

We put ours on a fire proof surface.

Light the top and watch closely.

The last remaining bit of the tea bag will shoot up

into the air and finish burning. 

The kiddos loved it!

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

A Surprise Awaits...

So we happen to have a jar

that we keep on hand for collecting bugs.

The plan is we keep them overnight to identify

them and observe them.

The kids are allowed to collect anything

that will be caught.

Well, Ceesa found a caterpillar.

She picked it up with a stick

and plopped in its jar.

I set to work trying to identify it.

It was black with brown lines on its

back and it had spikes (so to speak),

maybe they'd be called tufts.

Well the first day, I couldn't identify it.

I looked several places, but just

couldn't figure out what it was.

On the next day, I noticed it had

attached itself to the side of the glass

and within an hour

it had turned itself into

a cocoon or chrysalis.

And it looked as if its head

or part of it's body anyway

(some of the spikes)

fell clean off.

Uhh...I wasn't ready for that.

 So now we wait...

Wishing you homeschool blessings,
Bethany



A Walk-About on a Beautiful Homeschool Afternoon

One of the many blessings

of homeschooling

is enjoying the wonderful weather.

So we decided to take a bit of a walk-about...

Wishing you homeschool blessings,
Bethany