more beach fun and some school ideas

I like to post what we are doing with school around once a month to keep track of what we are doing. I want to start a blog just for school and have it designed; but I just have not had the time lately to post but around once a week so I am not sure yet.
I recently found a few really great products I thought I would share that are in our update.

Dot Paint
This is really fun and no mess! I found the best price at Live and Learn. Chloe is loving the books you can purchase that coordinate. You can also paint on blank paper though. One book has each letter of the alphabet and you dot paint each letter. This is going to be something Caitlyn does each week.
Free printable scripture cards: http://www.sundayschoolprintables.com/versecards/cute.php
Love this for verses I like for the kids to hide in their hearts. It makes it extra fun for it to be on a cute card and they save them in an envelope and keep them beside their beds. I love that I can choose the verses I think they can understand and that are relevant for issues we are working on. You can make 8 different cards on one sheet. They love them and its FREE.:)

Clarence takes a vacation is the read aloud we are reading together this week. Nothing especially educational. Just a fun light read.

We watched a Dairy Farm movie and a movie all about animal mysteries this week.

Chloe is still loving My First Little House books and Jacob is still reading his Little Critter books. He has read them all 1000 times. During the day, I have them read a chapter from their Early readers bible, and give them something like a Frog and Toad or Owl at Home chapter to read. Sometimes we all sit and read a page of a book and read for around 30 minutes that way.

I have to keep things really fresh and switch things up. Jacob gets very uninterested in school if there are never any new fun ideas. For example just when he thinks he has to do a math page and has done a page every day for several days and he is really not in the mood; I pull out the white board and give him some word problems and say today we aren't going to use our book. He then lights up and is ready to learn.

Pianimals This is a curriculum that introduces piano/keyboard at home. Chloe is really excited about learning how to play. I purchased her the first book, Book A, Book B, and the Holiday Book. It really seems to be a great way to begin learning music before seeking an outside source for lessons.

We are also learning the alphabet in sign language along with a few words for each letter. They are really enjoying this.