500 Page Club

Having a kindergartener and a 1st grader is actually giving us twice the opportunity to cover concepts in math at one time! Today Kenna explored Counting Bears (sorting by color, counting) and Maddy joined in. Then we switched to Maddy's math lesson, with Kenna joining in, to learn about coins (names, values, sorting, counting nickels). They don't look at it as 2 separate math lessons. And at this time, I am not telling them any different! Both of my girls love math and I truly hope they continue to do so during the years to come!


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Today was the first meeting of the kindergarten / 1st grade 500 Page Reading Club. Meeting once a week at the local library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library group. Co-led by myself and a local kindergarten teacher, Ms. Cheryl.

Kenna and Maddy love participating in their reading club. Kenna received her first library card today! They each borrow 5 books from the library each week.

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Loving animals ourselves, and living on a farm, we believe children should have - and learn to be responsible for - pets of their own. Today, Maddy and Kenna each added a new puppy to their growing list of pets which includes a Cockatiel and rabbits.

They did their own shopping (with assistance of course) for their collars and leashes, feed and water bowls, dog toys, flea stuff, dog Milk Bones, and Puppy Chow. Letting them choose and be there with the $51.73 bill rang up, lets them realize how expensive pets are and that it's important to take care of not just the pets, but also their pet supplies.

We drove a few towns over to pick up their "free" puppies from a friend. We actually sent them $20 in a thank you card to help cover the expense of the wormer and feed the puppies have consumed at during their 9 weeks of life. My Daddy says there's no such thing as a free pet. He's right! They have been wormed, but we have to make appointments to take them for their puppy shots and, when old enough, to be spayed. Maintaining a pet is pretty expensive. But the rewards of pet ownership, and our animals become part of the family, is priceless.

Lots of subjects covered during the time of preparing for and going to get their pets: economics (buying supplies and feed), animal science (animal breeds, selecting a pet, caring for a pet), geography (Where's Equality?), following directions (to reach our destination), math, a field trip, and some life skills.