This week was all about finishing the homeschool year well. And that means celebrating! We are blessed with opportunities both at church and through our homeschool group. (above – Hymn ‘n M trophies awarded for hymn memorization throughout the year.)
Children’s Choir
Three of our children were in the church choir Spring Sing! The annual spring sing is a program of all the children’s choirs, guitars and puppets. Above we have, Little Angels Choir – our youngest! This was his very first Big Church performance. And though he was apprehensive before, you wouldn’t have known it at church. He did all the motions to He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands and had a great time doing it. He’ll be in my four-year-old choir come August.
Littlest Girl enjoyed Melody Makers II choir this year. After being so sick last week, I wondered if she’d be able to participate. But she did – with gusto! Singing Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart. So proud of these little ones!
Our Middle Girl performed in both puppets and her Music Makers choir. This was after a couple hours of her drama troupe practice. We brought her to church to participate in Spring Sing then she went back to practicing for Jungle Book.
Eldest Boy recorded all the performances (while Hodgepodgedad ran the sound booth) since Eldest Girl was also off practicing for the Jungle Book with Drama Troupe. She was able to watch her younger siblings later that night. She was the first in Little Angel Choir eleven years ago! *sniff*
Homeschool Drama Troupe
Our two big girls have been practicing for their performance of The Jungle Book since January. Eldest Girl is a villager and an elephant. I love her dressy outfit and the sparkles on her forehead.
Middle Girl plays the cobra guardian and also an elephant. I explained more about how we are blessed by our Christian homeschool drama troupe in last year’s recap of the Alice in Wonderland play – Our Trip to Wonderland.
We were able to sneak in some nature study one rainy morning this week, finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary with our Outdoor Hour time thanks to Handbook of Nature Study.
And here’s a Hodgepodge collage of the rest of the week: 1&2. The starts of a classroom purge – with some new organization ideas I’ll be sharing about soon that are student-approved | 3. And then there was fudge… | 4. GHEA in a box! CD recordings of all those homeschool greats I missed last weekend – thank you so much Alicia! | 5. Pen pal fun | 6. A pancake stack | 7. 40 Days with Jesus – thanks Kristin! | 8. The Child Training Bible – excited about reviewing this!
Lastly, we loaded up on books from the library for summer reading. I’ll share more of those specifics and the lists I referenced in my summer wish list next week.
The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Many thanks to our Friday hostesses! Just look at this great list…
- Camera Phone Friday hostess Dawn Camp @ My Home Sweet Home
- Weekly Wrap-Up hostess Kris at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers
- Collage Friday hostess Mary at Home Grown Learners
- and Jamerrill at Holy Spirit-Led Homeschooling, plus
- Homeschool Mother’s Journal at iHomeschool Network
And we are DONE and ready for some fun! Celebrating a good year of learning. How about you?
Another full of fun and learning week! Your kids look so at ease!
I have tagged you for a bit of fun…http://homeschooljournal-bergblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/11-on-11th.html
Phyllis – it has definitely been a memorable week! And I know I will have fun with your 11 on the 11th. Thanks for the tag!
What a busy, busy week it has been! Glorious homeschool play with the two “old” pro actors in “Jungle Book,” the blessing earlier in the week of the children’s Spring Sing program at church…what more could one ask for?? I know: everyone can sleep late next week!
Forever,
N.
Yes Ma’am Nana!
I received a question about the stencil on our fireplace mantel, pictured above. You can find that stencil here: http://www.stencilease.com/db/display.asp?input=1020
Wrapping up the year — excitement! It looks as if it was a wonderful week. Congratulations to all performers! Can’t wait to hear about your summer reading.
We are not yet finished here — two or three more weeks to go. We’ve almost reached 180 days, but have more work to do in our books, so we’re plowing on. I’m going to spread some of it out over the summer. 🙂
It has been a wonderful week! And, like all homeschoolers, we’ll keep on learning through the summer. Enjoying Handbook of Nature Study summer outdoor hour challenges, some still doing math, practicing with Timez Attack, reading, reading. VBS. PE – Hodgepodge swim team 🙂 Christmas in July, Camp Hodgepodge. But – after this week – we are taking a break! We finished up our official 180 days a while ago since we start back in July. (Breaks here and there throughout the year plus plenty of time in December to focus on advent learning, another drama troupe play and more wonderful Christmas performances! You got me going talking about year ’round learning, Ellen!
What fun! Your church looks wonderful – I love the trophies for memorizing hymns. It looks like you had a great week, and I’m so glad your little girl is feeling better.
Looks like you had a great week! Love the trophy time of year. It makes my heart warm and fuzzy to see the joy on Childrens faces when the get rewarded for all their hard work. Stopping by from the Hoggatt Homeschool via the HSMJ link up
What a wonderful ending to your year!
Popping in from HMJ
Very cool!! The pictures look so fun. What a great way to end the year!