Looking for Inspiration

I searched this morning for something to make me feel better about my homeschooling failures.  I found a few blogs I thought I'd share. 
First, this one , it just made me happy.  I've added it to my blog follower thingy so I can read her other postings more often. 

I'd also like to share this one.  It made me feel better.  I am also following it now.  :) 

We have a busy day ahead.  But next week it will be back to schooling, I think.  I really want to get in some hands on science and history this summer.  It's so hot outside, I think experiments and projects inside will be a good way to pass the time. 

Studying the Garden

Over the past several weeks I've been trying to focus more on teaching my preschooler, while I let the older boys focus more on reading and science.  The younger girls really like to work with their big sister, so we just do everything together.  :)  I decided that because we are starting to harvest several veggies out of our garden, "The Garden" would be a good theme to start.  I thought I'd share some of what we did.


The girls colored their own little flower gardens.  We used a worksheet from here, http://twistynoodle.com/coloring-pages/nature/flowers/flowers-4-coloring-page/   This was nice because they got to practice writing their names also.

We also worked on several activities from the garden preschool pack that I found on http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/ 
The preschool pack really helped.  They learned the parts of a flower, the names of several garden tools and what letters they start with, and practiced counting and writing. 

Of course, we also read several books.  Here are just a couple,

 And the best and most fun way to learn about how things grow in the garden is to grow something!