Worm Farm

We had a homeschool field trip today to the worm farm out in Apopka. I never even knew such a place existed. The boys were super excited about it and Dallas got to go because he didn't have any school today at his preschool. Boston was very interested and excited to be there with all his friends. Dallas on the other had held back and wanted to sit with me. The room we were in was very small and there were lots of us in there so I'm sure that might have been a little overwelming for him. Asher of course was Mr Social but I tired to keep him close....and the while having Sydney strapped to me in a sling.

I only wish I could have heard all that our guide had to say....it seems pretty interesting...but I had to chase after Dallas and Asher most of the time.

Here the first room where they learned so much about worms.

WORMS! This was about the only time Dallas was interested at all the whole day

Boston making his own worm farm

now adding the dirt.....and finally the worms.Asher ran around, collected rocks and was just being silly I ended up giving Dallas my iphone so he would stop getting into trouble

Boston smelling Thyme

Asher hanging out with his buddy Lucas

And here is Sydney all snug as a bug in the sling. She slept the whole time thank goodness. But she's too big now for the sling, until she can sit up and I can carry her on my hip. I can't believe at 7 weeks she's already too big for this thing. But my girlfriend Michelle had sent me hers and I think Sydney is now just big enough for that one. Yah.

The homeschooling group. Although Boston is my only kid present in this pic. Dallas and Asher didn't want to be in it. Boston is standing behind the teacher.

For all my homeschool friends....

Homeschool supplement recommendations

Some really cool books I've found to supplement our homeschooling I thought I would share with you.

The first is called Addition adventures and Boston really enjoys this. It makes doing addition problems fun. They solve the problems and it tells them how many squares to draw their line and what direction (which also helps with learning North, South, East and West) Try it out for some extra fun in math!!! The next one is a Kumon book of mazes. They are all mazes inside things that go. For example, today Dallas did one that was a submarine. And the pages are so colorful and fun!
The next is another Kumon book (I absolutely LOVE Kumon books!) It's really very basic but for Dallas it works really well for helping his fine motor skills. Asher even enjoys it. (Asher is 2 and Dallas is 4) It starts out very, very basic (drawing a line straight down) and then gets more advanced (like a roller coaster) Again....very colorful and fun and exciting pictures. Can't go wrong with anything Kumon!