Knitted Bracelet Showcase!

Today KL is back with a really pretty Bracelet she made all by herself!!! I think that she did an amazing job and I know you will too! Let us know what you think of it by leaving a comment below! So without further ado, here is KL!

My Knitted Bracelet

Just for fun I knitted a bracelet. I wanted to make one ever since I saw them in a knitting book we got out from the library. My mom helped me to figure out how to knit it. Here is how I made it.

I used size three double pointed knitting needles, some striped sock yarn, six small orange beads and a big crystal bead. We cast on five stitches. I knitted six rows and then I put a small orange bead on. I did this by knitting two stitches and taking the third stitch off with small crochet hook that had a small orange bead on it. Then I slipped the bead onto the third stitch. This is harder than it sounds. I did this about six times until it fit around my wrist. My mom tied it off and put the big crystal bead on for me, so I can button or unbutton it. This bracelet is very pretty, but if you get it wet, it will stretch out and smell like wet dog!



KL that is an amazingly cute bracelet and I love it! Thanks so much for sharing! I am so happy to have your post! If anyone has some work they would like to share with everyone, send me an email! Happy Schooling!

A job well done!~ from CL age 5

I wanted to send a congrats out to CL age five! This week she has worked really hard on sounding out and writing Halloween words on her own! It was really hard for her and she did a wonderful job! I wanted to share it with you all!

Here is her look of concentration.

Here are the words she wrote

 {I did help her with pumpkin}

If your child has done some work that is exceptionally good, please send it me

and I will be happy to post it! :)



Advanced Art Class~ Week 3~ by JL age 15

I also have the pleasure today of welcoming JL! He is here to share his work this week in the advanced art class!

In this week’s art lesson I learned how to sketch. I started by sketching straight horizontal and vertical lines, which took me a little to get used to. I then sketched circles and ellipses or ovals. I found the circles to be very difficult. After I learned some of the sketch lines, I learned to combine them and make some shapes. I combined the oval and the strait lines to make a cylinder. Next I took the oval, sketched a curve line under it to make a bowl. Then I took the things that I learned and used them to make a bottle. Before, I didn’t really know how to sketch properly, now I really appreciate it.

Thanks so much for ahring your work with us today! It is awesome to watch how many new things you are learning! Well I will have our new art class post later! Happy Schooling!

Meeting All the Animals~ by CS (age 5)

Today we did a good work session and during this work time, Bunny wrote a story about our Tool Fairy! I love that my story has inspired some really good work that is just so Montessori! She had the materials on hand and really worked hard on something that meant a lot to her! It was also a really great language work and she put alot of concentration into it! I was really proud of all the thought she put, not only into the pictures, but the story too! I had to stop her while she narrated so I could keep up with her! Here is her story!

Meeting all the Animals!

The Tool Fairy walked through the forest.

He met Mrs. Turtle and asked her what he name was.

"Mrs. Turtle", she said.

He asked her what she was doing . She said that her house fell down.

"Don't you carry your house on your back?" asked Tool Fairy

"Oh yes, yes," said Mrs. Turtle, "but I like to have a place to stretch out and rock my babies and sleep out of the rain safe."

 

"I can fix that," he said.

So he got to work pounding and he built it.

"Oh thank you very much," said Mrs, Turtle "It looks really good! I have to go now."

Then he walked over the mountains and through the bushes and trees. And he left.

And then when he was walking he saw a crab and crab said

"My name is Crab. I know that my house inst broken, but I would like a bigger one."

"Oh ok," said the Tool Fairy. He got out his shovel and rake and built a bigger castle!

Crab said, "Thank you Thank you very much!"

"You're welcome," said Tool Fairy, "Now I must be going!"

Then he met a horse.

He said"My Barn fell down. Can you build me a new one?"

"Yes I will," said Tool Fairy

He worked so fast his hands went clickity clackity and you couldn't see them!

"Thank you very much," said Horse!

"You're welcome. I must go. Good Bye!" he said.

So then he went through three bushes,

and three trees and over mountains. He went and went and went with his tool box in his hand.

Finally he got home!

The End

This is a hammer that Bunny said went in the book. She traced the tools on the tracing tray and then cut it out!

Here is my little author hard at work!

She was so proud and so was I!

On our school table I have a basket of pre made books that the girls can write stories in. The idea for this came from the book Playful Learning. She has a section all about inspiring kids to love writing and she says that having a place for books is a great way to that! Bunny has written a few, but this is her very best work! I hope that you all are having a great time with your kiddos! Happy Schooling!

Its time to Brag!

This is a picture of the words my daughter wrote last week! She was so excited she jumped around the room yelling "I CAN READ, I CAN READ!!!" I was proud of her!

Yes, I have said it, I want you to brag! Here at HOPE in the home we encourage you to send us your child's work! We want them to feel the pride that you have by creating a place where their work is honored for the accomplishment that it is! We want to showcase of all the best homeschooler's work!  All we need is a picture (or pictures) of the work and a small little bit written about what was done! If you email it me, I will post it here. The contact email is {hopeleader(at)gmail(dot)com}! Happy Schooling Everyone!