Homeschool Fun School Day 3

Today we ate breakfast and got started on fun school right away.  We woke up later than usual today so Ava wasn't ready for her nap. I sat her in her high chair while we read "The Greedy Bee" again.  She wanted the book so I had to stop mid-book to let her down because she was fussing so loud.  lol  So she went out on the deck and played.  The boys were very attentive during the book again.  Today I had Noah to narrate the book himself as he looked at the pictures.  Here is his version:
The Very Greedy Bee

narrated by Noah Seyer

The very greedy bee was eating the nectar from the blue flower. He was being very greedy and not sharing the nectar.

The very greedy bee took the ladybug's flower and he wouldn't share or let her rest on the leaf.

The very greedy bee found a lot of flower. Big flowers. He was excited. He said, "The flowers are all mine, and I can't tell anyone."

The greedy bee is jumping on the flowers and falling asleep. He got fatter and fatter and fatter. He fell asleep on the pink flower and snored.

He woke up and he couldn't fly because he was roly poly. He bumped when he tried to fly.

"I'm scared" said the greedy bee because there was a monster.

It wasn't a monster, it was fireflies! "Follow us" they said, and they helped him go home.

He was tired and he heard the waves from the water. He said, "I'm almost home." "But how do I get across?" he said. The tiny ants will help with a big leaf. "Get on" they said.

The greedy bee said, "I'm home!". The other bees said "where have you been?"

He was going to share all his honey.

The end.
 
 
We did a few more questions about things going on in the book and the lesson of the story.  Eli said "eat honey" was the lesson. lol  Noah said, "be nice and share."  Hopefully that lesson will speak to him when he is being greedy with his toys.  
 
By this time Ava was ready for her nap, so I gave Noah an activity page on "B" and Eli colored pictures that start with the letter "B".  He actually remembered that glove didn't start with "b" from yesterday!  
 
They took about a 15 minute break to play and watch "Word World" on la la la la, doink, PBS Kids.  
 
We came back to the table and read a little poem about fireflies.  We talked about how awesome it is that God gave us such a cool bug to enjoy.  Eli said "God gave them to bees because they get lost."  He is paying attention, yay!! 
 
We got out some dried beans to do math today.  Eli was launching beans all over the kitchen, so his lesson was to count how many beans he picked up off the floor.  Noah did awesome with his addition today.  He probably did about 15 sets of adding beans using the beans as spots on the puppies.  I think he really likes Math, he was super excited today about adding. :)
 
We did our Bible lesson today and they made sure to pay real close attention today.  Noah remembered from yesterday that God made the planets, hills, stars, and moon.  Eli remembered the moon and stars too.  Today we learned that next the Earth looked brown and bare so God made the trees and plants.  We talked about the fruits on the trees and bushes.  Eli said God made the blueberries all on his own. :)  Noah said he wanted some blueberries, so that made me remember there is a you-pick blueberry farm super close to us that we will have to visit soon.  They have the BEST blueberries and it will be a definite fun school adventure!
 
Today was fun.  I'm learning how to balance both boys and teach Eli at his level, even though he's more interested in being the class clown. lol  Marshmallows are working as bribery for him to listen when he gets rowdy.  He likes to pretend he doesn't know something as a game, so teaching him is going to be a whole new experience.  Noah is the ideal student, he is really excited to learn, listens very well, and tries his best with what assignment he is given.  I like having both of their personalities to teach, it keeps it interesting and fun.  I'm actually very proud of Eli for his interest in what we are learning and what he is retaining, he just needs to express his inner comedian quite often.  So this week was a great start to our year of homeschool.  I am going to try to post as much as I can in the future, but it may be weekly instead of daily.  I need to use Ava's nap time very wisely to keep up with all my Mama duties. :)  Have a great weekend!