Fashion Designer in the family?

This has been a very good homeschool week. The kids have been cooperative and we've all been able to get a lot accomplished! Joshua is keeping up with his work so well that I've added two new subjects to his curriculum. He will now be learning Spanish (something we've tried to do several times over the years!) and is working through a workbook called "Man on Demand!"

Celeste has shown some amazing talent this week (and has given me another reason to take pictures!). When I was watching Project Runway one night (yes, I watch PR) she sat and watched it with me and ended up sketching her first outfits! Check this out:

This is a dress with circles and a flower on the shoulder.

This is a skirt she drew

This is an outline of a dress that Celeste colored

This is another outline of a dress that she colored

After the Project Runway fun, our subject in school the next day was Art. We had been reading the book "Lentil" about a little boy who plays the harmonica and saves the day. During our art lesson we learned about using charcoal and how it can be used to make shadows on photos. Celeste used the profile of Lentil on one of the books' pages and drew this picture:

And, no, that isn't a booger...it's shading (the pic in the book had it, too!).

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Literature: Elements of a Good Story

The Three Princesses and One Prince. By: Celeste Endo

Once upon a time in a pile of butterflies and rainbow colored flowers there were three teenage princesses. When they came there all the butterflies were scared until they realized the girls were their friends. The girls names were Marissa, Miss Cena and the other girl was named Lia. They were wearing snow dresses and they had on a necklace that had a crystal on it. Their bracelets had crystals and diamonds on them. The crystal was the charm.


There was a prince coming there named Lucino. Lucino was also a teenager and he wore red pants, a blue shirt with crystals on it and a shield in his hand. He visited the princesses so he could have a picnic with them.


The princess ran to their house holding their dresses off the ground like Cinderella to get ready for a picnic. They went up in their bedroom to get dressed in something else so they wouldn't get their dresses dirty. They got napkins and food and were all done.


So the princesses went back to Lucino and had a picnic with the prince. While they were at their picnic doggies came and licked their faces. So, the princesses decided to get some dog food and water. When they finished their picnic they went to play golf.


They go to play golf and Lucino tries to make a hole in one but he couldn't. He tried really, really hard and couldn't do it. But the princesses got golf balls and hit it hard and all of them got a hole in one at once! When the owners of the golf course saw they got a hole in one they gave the princesses one Barbie each.


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This year I plan on sharing some of the adventures we have in homeschool. Joshua is 11 and in the 6th grade and Celeste is 4 and is starting homeschool this year.

Joshua is using Alpha & Omega's Switched on Schoolhouse program for the majority of his subjects. This is a computer-based program. However, he is continuing on a path with Saxon Math since we have used this program since first grade. One of the electives he will be taking this year is a math-based money management type of program. He will learn about saving money, investing in money, following stocks, etc. Since Joshua has been earning money as a dog sitter I felt these would be good lessons for him to learn.

Celeste is following the "Five in a Row" program. This program requires you to read the same book to a child for five days in a row and each day they learn about a school subject based on the book. For instance, the first book we are reading is called "The Story About Ping" and today's lesson was an art lesson. Below is the picture Celeste drew based on the picture of a sunset in the book.

Yesterday Celeste learned about fictional stories and had to make up one of her own. I'd like to share her story here:

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Camema. She was playing a harmonica. When she was walking around with the harmonica she knew she would be lonely without her parents and her brother. So, she ran to her home and her house was colored red and blue stripes with a pink fence. Her friend was with her so she wasn't so lonely. Her friend's name was Miss Colleeen.


She went in the store and played her harmonica and the other girl played her guitar. There were actually three of them and the third girls name was Miss Lina. Miss Lina was playing her drums. All of them made a great sound. All the other people in the store were playing their instruments, too. And all the people in the world were playing their music, too. And everybody was happy except for old grumpy.


A unicorn was dancing and everyone joined them on the stage dancing except for old grumpy.


Finally, she was at her house and her mother, father, brother and cousins were really happy she was home for her birthday. The cake was red, blue and pink and had a chocolate unicorn on it. They dressed up beautifully as Cinderella, Belle, and Sleeping Beauty and played "Princess." There was a prince, too, and her brother was the prince. The prince had a golden shield, a red shirt and red pants.


There was a little puppy named Lacimo and Lacimo came up in her bedroom when she was playing "Princess."


There was a big surprise for her birthday and she got a unicorn and told her parents and cousins to bow down to her and they did. When they bowed down, the unicorn was stuck in the box (you could see it's horn sticking out of the box). They opened the box and she was surprised and screamed "Ahhh!"


Her parents let the unicorn stay there whenever she wanted it to. The unicorn did whatever she wanted. And that's what they did on Cemema's birthday.


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