Homeschooling Momma Strikes Again

The Oak is called the king of trees, the Aspen quivers in the breeze, the Poplar grows up straight and tall, the Peach tree spreads along the wall, the Sycamore gives pleasant shade, the Willow droops in watery glade, the Fir tree useful timber gives, the Beech amid the forest lives.

This poem is from one of our homeschooling books that we read together the other day. My kids love it when we read together, makes learning that much more fun! After we read the poem they wanted to learn more about the trees that were mentioned. This was a decision of, should I continue with the curriculum and stay on track with the days lesson or should I allow learning simply be what they wanted it to be? Well, I chose the latter with a little touch of Mommy on the end!

The poem led us to do a whole new lesson, one that I created along the way. We got on the internet and did some research on each one of the trees and they all found their favorites and learned so much more about the different tress. We then clipped pictures from magazines and now they’re waiting for Mommy to go to the store and buy some more glue so that we can make individual colleague's. As for the older two I want colleague’s and full reports on the tree or trees of their choice by the end of the week. They weren’t too happy about the report part of it though…LOL!!! How’s that for your homeschooling Momma!