Down the Road: Transportation Unit

Hello All! I'm so glad to be sharing a little snippet of our lives with you... I am so thankful for the opportunity to make new memories with my beautiful and witty children. We are learning so much! I have to take a moment to tell all the moms contemplating homeschool: DO IT! Watching my children learn and grow is one of the greatest joys of my life. I can literally feel my heart swell with love and pride when they discover new things and enjoy their learning. Homeschooling certainly isn't easy or always fun... But the good most definitely outweighs the bad.

We've moved on to a new unit! Transportation Station by Mother Goose Time is the new unit for the month of November in which Hope and Jonathan will be learning about all the aspects of transportation: from the road, to maps, to service stations, to cars, airplanes, hot air balloons and even horses. From the beginning, I knew Jonathan would love this unit and it hasn't been a disappointment! We are having a blast.

One of our favorite days this week was the day spent learning about the service stations and why they are important. The kids loved making their own tool boxes and washing their little car outside. They learned all about caring for their cars this day.

Getting better at writing his name... Even though
he complains it is too long! 

Always ends in a mess!

We are so blessed to live in the beautiful climate of Visalia this year! It is November and my baby is comfortably playing outside in the water in her diaper! Thank you, Jesus.

The Children's Museum in Visalia has a perfect exhibit for this topic. I am so glad we got passes for this year because we have been able to connect so much of our homeschooling already to the exhibits there. This particular exhibit was a car repair shop and service station. The kids got to replace tires, replace filters, slide under the car, and change the oil of a car. We had fun!

Look at Hope under the car! Ha!

Teaching about the car jack

We also have a very special book that has been so fun to read this week! Jonathan got a book about his name and different kinds of trucks and cars from his Nana a couple Christmas's ago. It has been so fun to bring that out again and learn about the various kinds of vehicles, and also learn all the letters in his first and last name (he has a long name! Poor kid...).

 We can't wait to see what next week brings around in the transportation unit! Thank you, Mother Goose Time for the creative and wonderful ideas.