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Last week the Mermaid kept asking me if we could start Learning Time again. So, on Monday we started her new curriculum, and the Guppy is joining in on the fun too!!
We started a basic Letter of the Week curriculum geared to learning how to read. She practiced her handwriting...

We also studied the composer Anderson, Astronauts, and Antelopes to get in a little social studies and science as well. The Mermaid was very excited to make her first lapbook, all about the letter A!

Then the Mermaid surprised me by asking me specifically to teach her how to add. So, I broke out a math workbook I had bought a while ago and let her have at it!


She loved learning how to add!!

Another great thing that happened to us is that we joined a homeschooling group specifically for girls. The group is filled with girls that are around the Mermaid's and the Guppy's age and so far they are having a blast!! It is loosely going to be associated with the Girl Scouts, so the girls will base their learning activities around badges that they want to earn. Today, the girls earned their puppet-making badges by making puppets ( a yarn puppet and a paper bag puppet):

Next week the girls will bring their puppets to the group meeting and the group will put on a puppet show!! I love the dynamics of this group, and I really love that this group's age range allows the Guppy to participate, instead of having to just be a tagalong :o)

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